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Here are two fun ideas using hot dogs. For a hot dog octopus, simply cut some legs and add a smile then boil or grill. We added a little bit of cheese for eyes. For the squid, cut the hot dog into sections, poke spaghetti noodles in one end and cook according to the noodle directions. We broke the noodles in half so that the squid would be a little more proportional.
Q: What do you give a dog with a fever? A: Mustard, it’s the best thing for a hot dog! Make a beach scene
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 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 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 parafwax 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 Hear and Draw Need: Ocean tape, crayons, 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. Cool Breeze fans Need: Paper plates, markers or crayons, popsicle stick, glue Directions: Using the centers that you cut from the paper plates, cut the circle in half to make a straight edge. Have kids decorate and glue to a popsicle stick. Sand Castles Need: 1 cup cornstarch, 2 cups fine sand, 1 1/2 cups cold water Directions: Make Sand Castles the children can take home with Sand Dough. 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. 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 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 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. Beach Scene Need: 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 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 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 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. Underwater Scene 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 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 Need: paper, crayons or markers, scissors Directions: Cut surfboard shapes out of cardboard and decorated them with markers. Hula Skirt 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 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 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 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. Ocean In a Bottle Need: Bottles (peanut butter jars, baby food jars, etc.), Sand, Sea Creatures, Rocks Water Directions: Let your children put sand and small rocks in a bottle. Then have them add small plastic sea creatures and grass (seaweed) Finally have them add water and salt. This makes a cute and fun "Ocean In A Bottle." Note: Super glue the lids shut so your children can not open them Idea: Add sand to your paint (it adds great textures). Ocean Animal Stain Glass Need: Contact Paper or Waxed Paper, Tissue Paper or Construction Paper, Googly Eyes, Yarn Directions: Give the kids the contact paper (or glue and wax paper) cut out as a sea creature. Then Let your kids make their own stain glass creature. After they have dried hang them in the window to make a beautiful stained glass look.. 3D Sea Creatures Need: Poster Boar, Tissue Paper, Googly Eyes, Yarn, Paint, Glitter, Cotton Balls or Cutup Paper Directions: Give each child a cutout of some creature. Let them decorate the creature however they want (hint: for cool gills use glue and sprinkle glue on it). Then connect the two halves, stuffing them with the cotton balls. Makes a great 3D fish. Finger Paint Sea Creatures Need: Contact Paper, Tissue Paper, Googly Eyes, Yarn, Glitter, Finger Paint, Sponge (For Sponge Paints) Directions: Cut out the construction paper in the shape of a creature and give all of your kids a cutout. Let them use all of the above materials to create their own creatures. Idea: Cheerios make a great suction cup look on starfish. Wax Paper Sea Need: Wax Paper, Construction Paper, Paint Directions: Have your children paint their wax paper like the sea (blue and green paint). Then have them cut out different sea creature's shapes from the paper and stick them on the wax paper (the creatures will stick to the paint as it dries). Paper Plate Aquarium Need: Tissue Paper, Googly Eyes, Yarn, Paint, Glitter, Paper Plates or Clean Meat Trays, Plastic Wrap Directions: Give the kids a paper plate (or meat tray) and have them create an aquarium scene on the top side of the plate. Then over that plate tape a second plate (or meat tray) that you have cut out a hole at the top (can cover with Plastic wrap). This makes it look like your looking into an aquarium. Bubble Sea Creatures Need: Bubbles, Paper Directions: Have your children cut out a sea creature shape from paper. Then give them bubbles colored several different colors (food coloring works but can stain clothes). Have them blow these bubbles onto their creature cutouts. This creates really neat designs. Idea: To make shiny crabs (or other creatures) add cornstarch to your paint. Rainbow Fish (After reading: Rainbow Fish Book) Need: Poster Board or Construction Paper, Tissue Paper, Googly Eyes, Aluminum Foil (For Shiny Gills), Paint, Glitter, Cotton Balls or Cut-Up Paper, Glue Directions: First Read the Book and then let your kids design their own rainbow fish. Idea: Let your children paint with rubber worms attached to fishing line! Under The Sea Need: Paper, Glue, Sand, Saran Wrap Directions: Have you children create a sea scene by spreading glue on the bottom of the paper and sprinkling sand on it. Next, they can cut out different sea creatures and attach them to the paper. Finally, cover the paper with blue Saran Wrap to make it look like it is under water. Idea: sponge painting sea creatures creates a neat ocean look. Sea Urchin Need: Play Dough (Make your own in the recipes section), Tooth Picks, Paint or color the play dough Directions: Talk about Sea Urchins and show your kids pictures of sea urchins, Then let them create their own sea urchins using the above materials. Idea: Have children use crushed Cornflakes or cornmeal to paint on starfish to make a realistic feel Shaken Confetti Fish Need: Paper, Glue Directions: Have all of your children rip up small pieces of paper and put them in a garbage bag. Then have then cut out a sea animal shape. Next, have them cover the shape with glue. Finally, they can put the animal (with glue still wet) in the garbage bag and shake it. The confetti will stick to the glue. Idea: Painting with bubble wrap makes great suckers on starfish. Paper Plate Fishbowl Need: Tissue Paper, Googly Eyes, Yarn, Paint, Glitter, Paper Plates, Plastic Wrap Directions: Cut off the top of a paper plate to make it look like a fishbowl. Have them create an aquarium scene on the bottom of the plate. Then have them cut out fish shapes and attach to the bowl. Idea: Make a paper mache sea creature Decorative Shells Need: Large Pasta Shells, Paint Directions: Give your children large pasta shells (the bigger the better) then have them paint them any way that they want. Explain to your children that no two shells are the same just like their shell creations are all different. Idea: While your children's sea paintings are drying sprinkle salt on them. When it dries it will create neat patterns in the paint. Hand Octopus Need: Paper, Googly Eyes, Finger Paints Directions: Let the kids put finger paint all over their hands (in any combination that they wish) then have them put a hand print on the paper. Next have them put another hand print overlapping the last but pointing in the opposite direction. The base of the hand creates the body of the octopus. The fingers make the tentacles. Idea: Have your children paint with seashells, dry seaweed, dry kelp, dry starfish, etc. Sandpaper Creatures Need: Paper, Sand Paper, Googly Eyes, Crayons, Iron Directions: Cut out the sand paper creatures in the shape of various sea creatures. Let the kids color the sea creatures (The more times they go over an area or harder they press the better). Then put the sand paper face first on another piece of paper. Go over the paper with a warm Iron. This will create a neat picture on the paper. Paper Plate Jellyfish Need: Paper Plates, Tissue paper Directions: Cut paper plate in half and cover plate with glue (colored a color of a jellyfish). Add googly eyes and strips of tissue paper (same color as glue) for tentacles. Paper Bag Fish Need: Paper Lunch Bag, Paint, Tape, Yarn Directions: Give each of your children a paper lunch bag, Have them paint the bottom third of the bag. Next fold the bottom of the bag to form a point (tape it). Tie the open ends of the bag together and with yarn. Now your children can add a fish face and you have a cute fist. Ocean Pictures 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. Ocean Hear and Draw 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 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. Shell Monsters 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 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. Shark Tooth Hunt
Put several shark teeth (fake or real) in your sand table. Let your children sift through the sand and find the teeth. Sponge Animals Cut starfish and fist shapes out of sponges. Let your children play with these in your water table. Balloon Fish Fill balloons with water. Draw on fins, mouths, etc. Let your children play with these in the water table. For an added effect add fishnets and let your children try to catch the fish. Who has the Ocean Creature? Cut out several pictures of different ocean creatures. Pull the names of the creatures out of a hat. The person that has that creature stands up. The last child sitting wins! Dive Under the Ocean Put several plastic ocean creatures under a sheet. Call out a child's name and say "(Child's Name) dive under the ocean" then have that child go under the sheet and retrieve an ocean creature. When they have their creature have them tell the class what it is (or if they're too young you can tell them). Feed the Shark Draw a large shark face on a piece of poster board or the side of a box. Cut a hole out where the shark's mouth would be and add paper teeth (make it at least twice the size of the beanbag). Tape the board to a chair and let each of your children take three tries to feed the shark (by throwing a beanbag into the shark's mouth). Fish, Fish, Shark! Just like duck, duck, goose! Octopus Put your children into groups of four. Have them try to make an octopus with waving tentacles. This is a great activity, they can use their arms or legs as tentacles, while working to stay together as one group. Hidden Treasure Get a small bucket or trough and fill it partially with water, fill this trough with seaweed or other sea vegetation. Hide small treasures on the bottom of the trough and let your children search for these items. Warning: This is very messy and fun! How Long is a Whale Ask your kids how long they think the largest creature in the world is. Then get a long rope (about 100 feet) and have them unwind it. They will be amazed at how long a blue whale is. Next ask them how many of their lengths it would take to make a blue whale (You can actually do this if you have the time) Beach Towel Day Let the children bring in a beach blanket during beach week. They can take naps on them are sit on them during activity time. Fish in a Boat Cut the styrofoam containers used to hold hotdogs (like you get at a carnival, or baseball game or fast food place with a hot dog to go) and cut the top and bottom apart. This created two "boats". Next I cut out simple fish from all different colors of construction paper and gave one fish of each color to each child along with a boat. We spread the fish on the floor and sang this chant: "Fishy fishy, in the sea, jump in to my boat for me! Fishy, fishy in the sea, what color fish will you be?" Next I called a color and they had to find that fish and put it in their boat. We had a lot of fun with this and reviewed our colors at the same time! Beach Party Have your children wear their swimsuits one day and have a beach party complete with beach balls, volleyball (over a short net or no net at all), Frisbee's, etc. Seashell Imprints Give each of your children some play-dough and let them explore making imprints with different ocean items (seashells, starfish, sea horse shapes, etc) Sea Shell Sort and Match Cut a variety of seashell shapes, colors, and sizes from paper. Your children can do various things with these: * Sort them by color * Sort them by shape * Sequence them from smallest to largest * Match them by shape * Match them by color * Match them by size * Hide them around the room and search for them Seafood Limbo Have your children play limbo by acting like different sea animals. (i.e.: wiggle like a fish, walk like a crab, slide like an eel, etc.) Go Fish Create a fishing pole using a stick and a piece of yarn with a magnet tied to the end. Write different prizes on paper and tape them to magnets. Have your children try to catch the prizes. Seashell Imprints Give each of your children some play-dough and let them explore making imprints with different ocean items (seashells, starfish, sea horse shapes, etc) Sea Shell Sort and Match Cut a variety of seashell shapes, colors, and sizes from paper. Your children can do various things with these: * Sort them by color * Sort them by shape * Sequence them from smallest to largest * Match them by shape * Match them by color * Match them by size * Hide them around the room and search for them Shadow Play Have your children cut out different sea creature shapes. Then have them paint them any way that they want. Finally, hang up a sheet in front of an overhead projector, turn off the lights, and let your children act out scenes with shadow fish. Note: Play sea music while your children act out their scenes. Octopus Tentacle Match Make a large round octopus head. Then put different numbers of dots, letters, or stickers around the head. Put corresponding dots, letters, or stickers on tentacles. Have your children match the tentacles to the correct spot on the head. Charlie Over the Ocean Have one child close their eyes and then select a shape from a shape poster. Then all of your children chant: (Child's Name) over the ocean, (Child's Name) over the sea. (Child's Name) over the ocean, find a shape for me. Then the child guesses a shape. And the class responds "Yes (No) it is (isn't) a _______". Pass the Fish Have the children sit in a circle and pass around a toy fish while the whole class chants "Who caught a fish in the big blue sea?" (Student Holding Fish's Name) caught a fish in the big blue sea! Student Holding Fish's Name says, "Who me?" The Class says, "Yes, you!" Student says, "Couldn't be!" Class replies, "Then who?" Then start passing the fish again. Fish in the ocean Have one (or several children) be the shark. The rest of your children must try to cross the ocean (a set space that you specify) and not get eaten (tagged) by the shark. If they get caught then they join the shark to try to catch more fish. Keep playing until everyone is sharks. Crab Walk Race In an open area, place your hands (fingers facing away from you) and your feet should be flat on the floor. Crawl backwards. See who can win. You can do this with only one person and it is still a lot of fun. Math, Science & Sensory Sea Habitat Put things that exist in a sea habitat (sand, small shells, smooth stones, seaweed, etc) in a small box for your children to look at. Sea Water Show your children seawater by bringing in ocean water or adding salt to lake water. Difference in Water Types Have two bowls of water. One saltwater and one fresh let your children taste and smell the different waters. Then let them float different items in the different waters. (Items that will not float in regular water will float in salt water) Finally, put two small amount in the freezer and check on them every couple of hours (the salt water will freeze slower) Marine Animal Place several different pictures of marine animals in an area. Talk to your children about the animals habitat, what they eat, etc. How Long is a Whale Ask your kids how long they think the largest creature in the world is. Then get a long rope (about 100 feet) and have them unwind it. They will be amazed at how long a blue whale is. Next ask them how many of their lengths it would take to make a blue whale (You can actually do this if you have the time) Why they Live where they live Talk to your children how some animals live near the top of the ocean where the water is warmer (fish, etc) while others live lower where it is cooler (whales, etc) Then show them that hot water rises by filling a clear container with cold water. Next add blue hot water (dye with blue food coloring) The hot blue water will rise to the top of the pitcher Oil and Water Talk to your children about the travesties when oil was spilt into the ocean. Then show them how oil floats on water by pouring water into a pan and then pouring oil on top of it. Magnified Shells and Sand Place several shells and sand along with a magnifying glass in an area of your classroom. Your children will love getting to see the patterns and makeup of these items. Salt and Freshwater Animals Make a salt water solution and dye it with food coloring. Fill the jar half full of salt solution and then slowly pour plain tap water on top of the solution. The salt water will stay at the bottom of the solution because it is heavier. Release a couple of small brine shrimp (check a pet store) and a goldfish into the solution. The shrimp will go to the seawater bottom while the goldfish will stay at the top (freshwater). Dry Seaweed Put seaweed (purchase from the grocery store) in your water table. This makes the area smell like the sea. The seaweed also feels like the real thing. Waves in a Bottle Fill a plastic soda bottle half way with blue died water. Next fill the remainder of the bottle with oil Now your children can make waves by tilting the bottle. Aquarium Put an Aquarium in your room full of fish. Children love to watch the fish swim around. Hint: Don't use ocean animals, as they are much harder to take care of. Literacy House for Hermit Crab, By Eric Carle Hermit the crab outgrows his shell and finds a new one that is a good size, but too plain-looking for him. As he goes on his way, he meets six sea creatures that he asks to live with him. Mister Seahorse, by Eric Carle After Mrs. Seahorse deposits her eggs in his pouch, Mr. Seahorse drifts gently through the sea, meeting five other fish fathers who participate in prenatal care. Big Al, by Andrew Clements Big Al is a fish who wants a friend. But, although he is kind and gentle, his scary appearance frightens all of the other fish away. Blue Sea, by Robert Kalan Little fish swims in the blue sea with big fish, bigger fish, and biggest fish. Along the way, little fish swims through coral, boats, and nets. Is little fish able to get away from big, bigger, and biggest fish? Somewhere in the Ocean, by Jennifer Ward & T.J. Marsh Set to the tune "Over in the Meadow", this catchy counting story travels to the depths of the ocean discovering manatees, sea turtles, tiger sharks and many other ocean dwelling creatures. Swimmy by Leo Lionni Swimmy is a fast black fish who finds himself alone after his brothers and sisters are swallowed by a tuna fish. Swimmy is happy when he meets new friends however, they are afraid of the dangers of the sea especially the big fish. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister This scaled down version of the enchanting tale of rainbow fish with glittering scales teaches us all an important lesson in life: That even though we all may have special gifts and talents, the only way to truly appreciated these gifts is to share them with others. Puppets Undersea Puppets Here are some suggestions for sea creature puppets, you can make and use with your children while reading stories or singing songs. They are also great for encouraging your children to make up their own stories and songs. Octopus Puppet – Use a paper half circle for a body and draw on eyes. Glue or tape eight ribbon pieces hanging down from the straight edge for arms, and add a craft stick handle. Sea star Puppet – Cut a sea star shape out of paper. Using a marker, add a face and cover the shape with dot “spines”. For a handle, tape on a plastic straw. Oyster Puppet – Paint a hinged, burger carton gray (add a drop of dishwashing liquid to help the paint stick). Draw on a face and glue a small plastic-foam ball inside for a pearl. Writing Ocean Writing Finger Painting Letters Give your children plain pieces of finger painting paper. Place a dollop of blue paint in the middle of each paper. Have children finger paint with the blue paint. Show them how to create a clean slate by pushing the side of their hand across their papers. Then have them draw letters or words on their papers. |
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