Making an "under the sea" theme room or wall has been a favourite of mine over the years. It can be made over days of doing different craft projects.
- Blue crepe paper (the type in rolls is best)
- Blu-tack (to stick crepe paper to roof, glue is no good for this part)
- Scissors (Kids make sure adults are helping)
- Assorted craft materials like glitter, ribbon, sequences, off cuts of materials, shells, sand, googly eyes, stickers, cut up magazines, textas (markers) and buttons
- Cardboard to cut out sea creatures
- Kids craft glue
- Paints
* Hang crepe paper at different lengths from the roof using the blu-tack. This is to look like the water and really gives it a 3D feel.
* Choose a room, wall or space that you can make your under the sea area.
* Keep it contained so its more effective by having the fish and sea creatures swimming close to each other and the crepe paper hanging just in front from the roof- say one metre out from wall.
Here some ideas for sea creatures
- fish
- sharks
- dolphins
- crabs
- octopus
- seaweed
- coral
- treasures chest with gold
- seahorses
- whales
- stingrays
- turtles
* You can add anything to do with the ocean so BE CREATIVE.
* Cut circles out of paper and paint them blue - these can be bubbles placed all over the wall.
* You can stick sand to the creatures which looks great.
HAVE A BLAST.....
*** ADULTS:
- Use this experience to talk to the kids about the ocean and all the creatures that live inside.
- You can also print out colouring in sheets of the sea creatures.
- I like to always make this project last the whole week by making one thing each day and usually leave it up for 2-3 weeks.
- Talk with the kids about what each creature looks like - its colours, shape and size.
- You can imagine together what it would feel like - slimy, prickly, smooth, rough, hard.
- Talk about other things that the ocean is used for to extend creative thinking. For example, fishing, swimming, snorkeling, tubing, scuba diving, boat trips.
