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70 Creative sea animal crafts for kids (Ocean creatures)

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Teaching and learning with kids and their creativity is so rewarding. Make these creative sea animal crafts and activities with kids. Great ideas for imaginative preschoolers and children who love to make ocean creatures like fishes, octopus, sharks, water plants, crabs, lobsters, star fish, whale, turtles, coral reef and so much more.

Since the ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul. here are some fun loving activities for your kids to help them learn, make, and inspire in the best way with games and DIY craft ideas related to sea animals. Activities in this collection are applicable to all age groups from toddlers – kindergartners to 5th graders.

CREATIVE SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS

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SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – HABITAT

DIORAMA FOR SEA ANIMAL BARRIER REEF

Teach your kids how to make this fun card here. Let their imagination go wild in choosing animals and their positions. The idea is to use puffy paint to color the sea creatures and use digital stamps for the base.

diorama pop up card

CORAL REEF OCEAN CREATURES

Kids love to explore underwater life at aquariums and museums, what they would love more than that is if they had their own aquarium to play with all day. Even if they are not yet ready to pet a living sea creature but they are definitely ready to make their very own aquarium, tutorial here.

The old school shoe box activity never gets old, and they even have printable for you to choose from.

diorama habitat of sea creatures

MINI MASON JAR AQUARIUM

Main equipment for this project include Mason Jar and lots of sea creature figurines, tutorial here.

Mini Mason  Jar Aquarium

CARDBOARD CORAL REEF

found here.

cardboard kids coral reef

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – RECYCLE

SEA CREATURES OUT OF EGG CARTONS

This tutorial uses very basic craft materials like pipe cleaners, beads and obviously egg cartons to create master pieces, here.

Sea Creatures out of Egg Carton Cups

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – PROJECTS

SEA CREATURES MOBILE

Sew a fabric or felt mobile.

sea creatures mobile

SEA CREATURE CRAYONS

Upcycle old and broken crayons into interesting water animal shapes using molds filled with crayons and melt them in the oven to reshape, tutorial here.

sea-creature-crayons

SEA CREATURES HANGING

Make this fun decorative hanging with beads, felt and yarn. Also great for teaching fine motor skills and sequencing.

sea creatures door mobile

DIY SEA CREATURE KIDS SOAP

Homemade soaps with ocean animal squeaky toy, made using tutorial here. Also make great party favors.

DIY Sea Creature Kids Soaps

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – TURTLES

BOTTOMS UP SEA TURTLE

These are the cutest non living turtle I’ve ever encountered and the best part is they are way too easy to make. Make cutout turtle bodies with formic sheets also called foam and recycle plastic bottle bottoms for the turtle shell, finished with buttons and thread.

bottoms up sea turtle

CLAY TURTLE TIC TAC TOE

A fun activity and game for 2 or 3 year old kids to make with clay, here.

clay turtle tic tac toe

CLIMBING CRITTER TURTLE

Make and move the turtle activity here.

climbing critters turtle

WALNUT TURTLES

Walnut shells, googly eyes and paper turtle bodies to make this cute craft here.

walnut turtles

HOW TO MAKE A FELT SEA TURTLE

Felt cutouts glued together to make sea turtle/ tortoise in two different ways here.

felt sea turtle

STUFFED FABRIC TURTLE FOR KIDS

Make a fluffy plush toy following the instructions here

stuffed turtle craft for kids

EGG CARTON TORTOISE

Make these cute sea animals using egg carton, pom poms and buttons. Found here.

Egg carton tortoise

TURTLE KIDS CRAFT

Easy craft here.

recycle turtle kids craft

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – FISHES

PUFFER FISH USING FORK

Creative tutorial here.

puffer fish kids craft using fork

PAPER PLATE KIDS FISH CRAFT

tutorial here.

paper plate fish craft

WOVEN PAPER FISH

Weave paper or ribbons together to create contrasting patterns for fish bodies with this kids craft.

woven paper fish

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – DISNEY

LITTLE MERMAID CRAFT

Help your little princess in creating her favorite fairy tale become a reality with these 3 in 1 free printables of DIY 3D Princess Ariel, 3D flounder and, 3D Ursula. No longer available on Disney website.

Disney little mermaid printables

GOLD FISH KIDS CRAFT

An interactive story telling fish craft, the idea can be used to create various sea animals.

3D gold fish

BOTTLE CAP FISH ART

Repurpose bottle caps to create an ocean scene, project here.

Bottle Cap Fish Art

DIY BUTTON FISH

A tutorial to make fish with buttons by sewing on the felt to create a decorative frame. This idea is also good for creating button fish using glue, fabric, paper and so much more.

button collage fish

PAPER PLATE FISH CRAFT

Tutorial to make this sea animal craft.

Fishing frame

FOIL FISH UNDER THE SEA CRAFT

Tutorial here.

foil fish under the sea craft

POPSICLE STICK FISH

Colorful angelfish created using craft sticks also called ice cream sticks and lolly sticks here.

popsicle fish angel fish

PAPER ORIGAMI FISHES

Tutorial here.

paper origami fishes

PAPER PLATE SEA ANIMALS

Fun to create and super fun to innovate with colors, project here.

Paper plate sea creatures

PUFFY PAINT FISH

Paint based activity that involves use of puffy paint using shaving cream and colored glue to create fish craft here.

puffy-paint-puffy-fish

SEA FISH MAGNET GAME

Build and play fishing game with these felt fishes and fishing rods using the instructions here.

sea creature magnet game

SEA SHELL FISH

Put your seashells collection from last visit to beach to good use into making these cute fish crafts found here.

sea shell fish

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – SHARKS

FEED THE SHARK GAME

Equally fun activity for toddlers and kindergartners that is learning based for teaching kids about alphabets found here.

feed-the-shark-game.jpg

EMPTY PLASTIC BOTTLE SHARK CRAFT

Cut the water and paint with acrylic paints.

plastic bottle shark game

MAKE GOLF BALL SHARK

Shark Golf Balls

CRAFT STICK SHARK IDEA

shark eating fish popsicle

DIY SHARK HAT CRAFT

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shark-hat

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – WHALES

CUTE PAPER WHALE

shark paper toy

PAPER PLATE WHALE CRAFT

whale paper toy

PAPER CUP WHALE

paper cup whale craft

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – STAR FISH

BUBBLE WRAP STAR FISH

Create this bubble wrap pattern on paper and cutout the star to make this project here.

bubble wrap star fish craft

PAPER PLATE STAR FISH

An easy craft that can also be made with styro foam.

paper plate star fish

BUTTON STARFISH

Cute sea craft for kids made with buttons and glue gun, here.

Starfish button kids carft

PIPE CLEANER STARFISH

Fun project that involves dipping and pressing pipe cleaner made stamps to create different shapes.

Pipe cleaner starfish ocean craft

DIY SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – OCTOPUS

CARDBOARD OCTOPUS

 Give few materials like cardboard, paint and markers to your kids with instructions from here.

cardboard octopus costume

TOILET PAPER ROLL OCTOPUS

tutorial here.

ocean animal crafts for kids - octopus

PAPER OCTOPUS

Craft sea animals with kids using crepe paper and colored papers like this octopus here.

Sea animal paper octopus kids craft

DIY OCTOPUS COSTUME

Find instructions here.

DIY octopus costume

RECYCLE OCTOPUS CRAFT

Create an octopus shaped memory box by recycling empty chocolate and cookie tin and cardboard boxes, tutorial here.

octopus mini box

MAKE A YARN OCTOPUS

tutorial no longer available.

DIY yarn octopus

STYROFOAM OCTOPUS

Make a cute octopus sea animal craft with foam ball and paper, found here.

Sea animal crafts for kids

TOILET ROLL OCTOPUS CRAFT

Make this cute ocean creature with toilet paper roll and threads, found here.

Ocean creatures- toilet roll octopus

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – JELLYFISH

PIPE CLEANER JELLYFISH

Pipe cleaner and styrofoam balls cut in half makes perfect jellyfishes with googly eyes and some paint, project found here.

pipe cleaner jelly fish

JELLYFISH MIXED MEDIA PAINTING

Tutorial here uses mediums like acrylic paint, pastel, chalk etc to create different effects on the paper.

mixed media jelly fish craft

SUN CATCHER JELLYFISH KIDS CRAFT

tutorial here.

jellyfish kids craft

PAPER PLATE JELLY FISH

Ocean themed kids craft here.

Jellyfish kids craft

DIY SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – SEABED

SEA URCHIN KIDS CRAFT

Sea Urchins are really fascinating sea creatures. They are actually carnivorous living animals which look like plants. Kids don’t find them on beaches and sea shores, these hidden treasures live under the sea on the seabed, craft here.

sea urchin craft

DIY SEA ANEMONE CRAFT

Tutorial here.

DIY sea anemone craft

PAPER PLATE OYSTER PEARLS

Pearl bracelet in an oyster made with paper plate from the ocean floor, tutorial here.

Sea creature- Oyster pearls kids craft

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – SEAHORSE

SEA HORSE PAINTING

Painted patterns that can be created using things like bubble wrap, egg carton and sponge etc here.

sea horse painting

DIY SEASHELL SEAHORSE ART

This project is so neat, it can also be used as a home decor instructions here.

DIY-Seashell-Seahorse-mosaic

PAPER SEAHORSE

here

Sea animal crafts

BUTTON SEAHORSE

button seahorse

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – CRABS

STYROFOAM CUP CRABS

Pipe cleaners and disposable cups makes cute ocean crabs like THESE.

styrofoam cup crabs

PAPER PLATE HERMIT CRAB

Tutorial to make this craft here.

ROCKING PAPER PLATE CRAFT

SEASHELL CRABS

here

sea animal crab craft

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – MERMAID

CLOTHES PEG MERMAIDS

Upcycle clothespin into mermaids using foam and paint, here.

mermaid-clothespeg

SEA ANIMAL CRAFTS – LOBSTER

LOBSTER PAPER BAG CRAFT

here

Ocean animal lobster kids craft

HAND PRINT LOBSTER CRAFT

here

Hand print sea animal kids craft

PAPER PLATE LOBSTER

here

paper plate lobster
These are the best sea/ ocean animal projects to try with kids.
Ocean creature crafts for kids
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  1. Sharon says:

    So many fun ideas! Love this collection.

  2. Bright says:

    Your writing skill is nice, I am a blogger and I know it is not easy to write an article as good as this. I want to thank you for sharing this post as it contains a lot of useful details, keep up this good work.

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