OCEANS / SEA SHELLS ART PAPER PLATE FISH Material: 2 paper plates, scissors, stapler, markers, paint, glitter, glue 1. Cut out mouth 2. Staple the cutout piece onto the body for a tail. 3. Cut the top and bottom fins from 2nd plate and staple to body. 4. Decorate SCALLOP SURPRISE Material: 2 paper plates, stapler, scissors, paint 1. Fold sides of plate under to form point. Staple 2. Cut out 2 triangle pieces from 2nd plate. Staple to the point 3. Decorate SEASHELL WIND CHIME 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. JELLYFISH Material: foam bowl, wiggle eyes, tissue paper or iridescent cellophane, yarn, glue, blue paint 1. make a glue-water mixture and tint with the blue 2. paint the bowl 3. glue on wiggle eyes 4. cut several lengths of cellophane or tissue paper and glue to underside of bowl 5. punch hole in top of bowl and suspend from yarn 1 OCEAN IN A BAG 2 Ziplocks of the same size Styrofoam trays in several colors White plastic beads blue hair gel small seashells clear packing tape Fill one of the bags with blue hair gel so that when the bag is closed and flattened out the gel is about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick all over the inside surface of the bag. Cut 1 to 2 inch long fish from several different colored styrofoam trays. Put them in the bag. Toss in a few seashells and plastic beads for bubbles. Squeeze as much air as possible out of the partially closed bag, then seal the bag. Place the bag, sealed end first, inside the other bag. Zip second bag closed. Cover the closed edge of the bag with clear tape. Run hands over surface of bag to make fish move around. SEASHELL PAPER WEIGHT MATERIALS: Small seashells, sand, large tray, baby food jars with lids, colored adhesive tape, beach sand Dry sand thoroughly. Scoop sand into jars until 3/4 full. Add several small shells into jar. Tape lids to bottles. Invert jar and shake to see different shells. PAPER PLATE AQUARIUM COLLAGE MATERIALS Fish pictures or stickers 2 9" paper plates Scissors glue Blue or clear plastic wrap Shell macaroni Small pebbles or beans scraps of yarn (green or brown) Hole punch crayons or colored markers 1. Cut one 6" circle from the center of one plate. 2. Glue a 7" x 7" piece of plastic wrap over the inside of the hole. 3. On other plate, clue collage materials in place to form ocean scenes. 4. Glue cut plate (with plastic "window") onto plate with collage. 5. Punch hole through both plates and tie on a 12" piece of yarn to hang. 2 SAND DRAWINGS Dribble glue onto paper. Sift sand onto glue. Let dry. CRAZY OCTOPUS Materials:1 toilet paper tube, scissors, crayons, wiggle eyes 1. Make 8 evenly-spaced cuts 2/3 of the way up the tube. 2. Bend and curl the 8 legs so they spread out. 3. Draw on face or glue on wiggle eyes. OCTOPI Use half a paper plate for octopus body. Use black crayons to draw eyes. Glue eight pieces of white crepe paper to the bottom edge of each octopus body to make arms. Hang octopi and watch them "swim" as air moves through the room. ROCK LOBSTER Use 3 cup section of a cardboard egg carton. Paint red. Cut out 3 claws and a tail and glue to cups. Attach 2 pipe cleaners for antennae and 2 wiggle eyes. TUBE OCTOPUS Material: Paper tube, 1.5" 3 pipe cleaners, pink Purple paint 2 wiggly eyes Hole punch Tacky glue 1. Paint paper tube (inside and out) purple and set aside to dry. 2. Punch 8 holes around the bottom of the tube. 3. Cut the pipe cleaners in half. 4. Lace pipe cleaners from one side to the other. You will be using 4 pipe cleaners. 5. Wrap another pipe cleaner in the center where all the pipe cleaners cross and twist to secure. 6. Curl the legs. 7. Glue on wiggly eyes and add a mouth. 3 SONGS GATHERING SEASHELLS (to tune of “Caissons go Rolling Along”) Over here, over there, seashells lying everywhere; Seashells lying all over the sand. Sand dollars, clamshells too, some are purple, some are blue And they’re lying all over the sand. Then I pick them up and put them in my cup Treasures for kids like you and me! Next I’ll look for more at the ocean’s shore Those seashells all over the sand. LET’S GO TO THE BEACH (to tune of “A-Hunting We will Go”) Let's go to the beach To swim and play and run. Building castles in the sand Is ever so much fun. We'll fix a picnic lunch And eat it when we like. And when we all are nice and full We'll take a nature hike. Be sure to wear your suit And bring along your float. We'll ride so far out in the surf Pretending it's a boat. We'll find some pretty shells And throw the gulls some bread. Put on a lot of suntan oil So that we don't turn red. We'll never want to leave. Such fun this all has been. But we'll come back another day And do it all again! DOWN BY THE SEASHORE (to tune of "Down by the station") Down by the seashore, early in the morning See the little children, ready for some fun See the happy grown-ups, spreading out the blankets Watch the little children, to the shore they run. Splashing in the water, digging in the sand Splash, splash, dig, dig, the seashore is such fun! 4 MR. LOBSTER & MRS. CRAB (to tune of “Old MacDonald”) Mr. Lobster and Mrs. Crab Pinch and snap all day. Mr. Lobster and Mrs. Crab Pinch and snap all day. With a pinch pinch here and a snap, snap there. Here a pinch, There a snap, Everywhere a pinch, snap. Mr. Lobster and Mrs. Crab Pinch and snap all day. DEEP BLUE SEA (to tune of “Wheels on the Bus”) I’m goin’ fishin’ in the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea. I’m goin’ fishin’ in the deep blue sea. Wanna go fishin’ with me? We’re ridin’ in a boat on the deep blue sea… We’re castin’ our line in the deep blue sea… We’re bringin’ home the fish from the deep blue sea…wanna’ have dinner with me? OCTOPUS SONG – (to tune of "Three Blind Mice") Octopus, Octopus In the Sea, In the Sea To swim they use all 8 of their arms Their color changes to hide them from harm They live in the sea, not on a farm The Octopus DO YOU SEE (to tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”) Do you see a jellyfish, A Jellyfish, a jellyfish Do you see a jellyfish A-swimming in the sea? Do you see a sea turtle… Do you see an octopus… Do you see a tiger shark… Do you see a sea urchin… WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH (to tune of "The Farmer in the Dell") 5 We're going to the beach, We're going to the beach. High-ho, the dairy-o, We're going to the beach (add other verses) We're going to find some shells... We're going to splash and swim... AT THE BEACH (to tune of “Frere Jacques”) Make a sand cake, make a castle In the sand, in the sand. Pouring, measuring, digging, Pouring, measuring, digging Just feels grand, just feels grand. Sand is gritty, sand is gritty, At the beach, at the beach. Sand is many tiny rocks Broken down from bigger rocks, At the beach, at the beach. DOWN UNDER THE SEA (to tune of “Home on the Range”) Down under the sea, Where the dolphins swim free, And the sand and the sea grasses sway, Where the starfish shine bright, And the dogfish don't bite, I ride my seahorse all day. (chorus) Down under the sea, Where the whales sing and dive deep, We chase and rope sharks, Until it gets dark, When the waves gently rock us to sleep. Down under the sea, My seahorse takes me, On a ride through coral and caves. We round up fish there, Rescue mermaids so fair, My seahorse and I are quite brave! OTHER FUN STUFF 6 SHELL MATCHUP Find several pairs of different types of shells. Place the shells in a clear container, such as a plastic food container of glass bowl. Let children take turns sorting through the shells, finding those that match, and setting the pairs out on a table. CRAB WALK Sit on the floor. Place hands behind you. Bend knees and keep your feet flat on the floor. Now lift your bottom off the floor, Try to keep your stomach flat. Crabs mostly move sideways, but they can also move forward and backward. OCTOPUS Materials: 1 pillowcase, 4 pairs of pantyhose, felt, newspaper, yarn 1. Cut eyes and mouth from felt and sew to pillowcase.