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Also See: Summer,
Ocean Life
Make a
beach scene added
6-24-98 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
Baby food jar w/ lid, sand, pebbles, and shells
Directions:
A fun way to make a beach scene is to fill a baby food jar with sand.
Arrange pebbles, shells, and put a lid on it. The lid can be sprayed
gold. Pasta shells can be used to represent real shells.
Beach art
activity added
6-24-98 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
Plaster of Paris, sand, shells, Styrofoam bowl, and a drink umbrella
Directions:
Take plaster of Paris and add sand and put it into a Styrofoam bowl.
Then had the children put shells on the top before it set and add a
paper umbrella (the kind in drinks). It looks just like the beach on
some exotic island.
Sea shell
Candles added
8-8-98 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
Half-pint size milk cartons (rinsed out and dried), Paraffin wax melted
over a double boiler at low temp. (One pound will fill approx. 4-1/2 pint
size cartons), Grease or no- stick cooking spray, Small sea shell, Ice
cubes, Small birthday candles
Directions:
Open the to of the milk cartons to form rectangular boxes. Grease
or spray inside of cartons. Fill the cartons with the following five
layers: shells, ice, shells, ice, and shells. Place a birthday candle
in the center of the carton with wick exposed (shells and ice will
hold it in place) Slowly pour melted paraffin wax into each carton
until the wax is approx. 1/8 inch from the exposed wick. Allow to
cool completely, even overnight. Tear away carton. (NOTE there will
be water spillage due to trapped water in the carton, so complete
this step over a sink or outside) Display the candles.
Ocean Pictures
added 11-9-98 Original
Author Unknown
Submitted by: jiannyiliu@
Need: Gold fish crackers, gummy sharks,
tissue papers, blue construction paper, Glue, water
Directions: First, ask the students draw as
many sea animals they can think on a construction paper. Second, cut
tissue paper in stripes as seaweed and use glue water to glue them on the
paper. Third, use gold fish crackers, gummy sharks to decorate the
picture.
Beach Scene
added 3-28-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need:
Baby food Jars, sand, pebbles, shells, twigs, gold paint
Directions:
A fun way to make a beach scene is to fill a baby food jar
with sand. Arrange pebbles, shells, and twigs on top and put a lid on
it. The lid can be sprayed gold. Pasta shells can be used to
represent real shells.
Ocean Hear
and Draw added 3-28-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Ocean
sound tape, crayons, and paper
Directions:
Play a recording of a nature (ocean tape). How does it make you feel?
What sounds do you hear? Give the children crayons to color with as
they listen.
Sand
Castles added 3-31-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Sand
Dough, 1 cup cornstarch, 2 cups fine sand, 1 1/2 cups cold water
Directions: Mix in an old pan. Stir 5 - 10
minutes over medium heat until thick. Cool, then store in a plastic
bag or container until ready to use. This should yield enough for 4
-6 children. Make Sand Castles the
children can take home with Sand
Dough. Give each child a small amount of the sand dough on a paper plate
and an assortment of small shells, stones, beads, straws, anything to
decorate their castle. These will dry hard is left to set for a few
days.
Sand Shakes
added 3-31-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Construction
paper, glue, sand
Directions: You can use this art project to
reinforce lessons in writing letters or numbers. Help each child drip
glue on paper to make letters, numbers, or a design; sprinkle sand
over paper and shake off excess.
Shell
Monsters added
3-31-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
Shells, glue, tempera paint, paint brushes, newspaper
Directions: Spread the newspaper out on a
table. Glue shells together to form monsters or other creatures. Let
glue dry then paint creatures.
Sand art added
5-24-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Construction
paper, paint, glue, sand
Directions:
Cut a fish shape out of construction paper (different shades of
green) and the children painted designs on them with white glue. They
then poured colored sand on the glue where they wanted a specific
color, one color at a time, so I could reuse the excess. I hung them all
on the bulletin board (all 57) and it looked like a
"school" of fish. I put the sand in paper cups a little at
a time to avoid waste and it was easier for the children to handle.
Underwater
Scene added
5-27-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
paper plate, paper, blue wrap
Directions:
Have children decorate a paper plate with underwater scene--cut-out
paper fish, painted fish on plate, whatever they like. Cover the
plate with the blue wrap (like Saran Wrap).
Leis
added
5-27-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need: paper, drinking straws, and yarn
Directions:
Make flower leis by cutting flowers from construction paper in red,
orange, yellow and green. Poke a hole in the middle of the flowers. Cut
the straws into couple inch pieces. Now string them on yarn. Alternate a
flower then a piece of a straw.
Surfboard added
5-27-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need:
paper, crayons or markers, scissors
Directions:
Cut surfboard shapes out of cardboard and decorated them with markers.
Hula Skirt
added 6-19-00 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Green tissue paper, yarn, stapler
Directions: For a hula skirt, layer 3-4
sheets of green tissue paper and cut it into strips up to about 1.5 in.
from the top. Fold that "margin" over a piece of yarn and staple
it all around the skirt. The skirt is then tied around the child's
waist.
Seashell
Necklace added
6-26-00 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Paper, shell clip art, crayons/markers,
hole punch, yarn, oak tag
Directions:
Reproduce 5 different types of seashells on paper. They could
be a
starfish, scallop, sand dollar, etc... Make them about 2 1/2 inches
wide. Color them and cut them out. Glue them to oak tag.
Take a hole punch and at the top of the shell, punch 2 holes about
1" apart. Take some yarn and string through one hole and then through
the other. Push the shells close together on the yarn and tie in the back.
Sand
Bottles added
6-26-00 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Soda bottles, funnel, sand, water, blue
food coloring, shell pieces, wood, plastic jewels, hot glue (adult
only)
Directions:
Save some soda bottles and the lids. Using a funnel, fill
bottle about 1/3 full of sand. Add water and a few drops of blue
food coloring. Add your broken
shells, pieces of wood and maybe even some plastic jewelry treasure.
Hot glue the lid on the bottle and let the kids shake them up and let them
settle.
Paper
Weight added
6-26-00 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Jar lid, Glue, sand, shells
Directions:
You will need deep lids like off of jars and glue. Put a layer of sand on
inside bottom of lid. Arrange shells and such on top of sand.
Pour glue on top of
everything. Let dry. Glue will turn clear when dry. When it is
finished you will have a lovely paperweight.
Beach Scene
added
5-6-01 Original Author
UnknownNeed:
Rock salt, alcohol, food coloring
Directions: Color
rock salt by soaking in alcohol and food coloring. I made blue, green,
and brown. Children make a collage using blue or green for the ocean,
brown
for the sand and some uncolored rock salt for shells. My class loved
doing
this because the rock salt looks like gemstones.
Sand Art
added
6-26-01 Submitted by: Tawnya
Bourne Need:
Paint, sand, paper
Directions:
Mix sand and paint together. Pour mixture onto a piece of paper.
Have the children spread the sand around with their hands. Glue on a
crab or other beach creature to make it look like a real beach.
Permanent Sand Castle
added
4-7-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: sand,
water, paper plate, flour, sugar, stove, pot, spoon
Directions:
Combine 6 cups of sand w/ 1 cup of wheat paste (recipe below). Add water until the mixture feels slightly sticky and packs firmly into shapes.
Put the shape onto a paper plate and allow to dry over-night.
Wheat paste recipe
Combine 1/3 cup of flour and 2 tbsp. sugar in a saucepan. Slowly pour 1 cup of water and mix well. Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly, until thickened. Makes 1 cup as needed above.
Seashell Wind
Chime added
6-22-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Yarn,
cardboard tube, a dowel, or a piece of
driftwood, shells, glue
Directions:
Tie several pieces of brightly colored yarn around a cardboard tube, a
dowel, or a piece of driftwood, leaving one inch of space between each
string. Tie three or four seashells on each string, positioning them so
they will hit each other when they are blown in the wind. Glue the shells
in place. Attach a string hanger to the tube and hang it outside where it
will blow in the wind.
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