Hand and Foot Print Lobster

The other day I helped Alex make a cute and super easy hand and foot print lobster to go along with the other sea creatures artwork Alex has made. You can read that post here. I love handprint art.

Alex insisted that it have huge googly eyes, I didn't protest because I think it made it even cuter. LOL

It was the perfect addition to our little kitchen artwork display.

Ocean In A Bottle

Tonight we our own little ocean in a bottle. The idea came from here. This was a easy, quick, inexpensive and fun craft.

 

To make our little ocean we used a funnel to fill a clear bottle approximately 1/3 full with water.  We added a few small shells and a plastic shark, and a couple drops of blue food coloring. We filled the rest of the bottle with some vegetable oil. Clear vegetable oil or mineral oil would have been ideal but we didn't have any on-hand.  I sealed the bottle closed with some hot glue.

Alex was very interested that the water and oil would not mix. I showed him how to lay it on its side and gently move it back and forth to make "waves."

Under the Sea

Lately we've been really busy with a good friend's wedding. Last week we did get a chance to make some sea creature crafts. We made this cute hand print crab. This was another idea that I got from Pinterest. The original post came from here.

After the hand prints dried. I painted on some glue and he sprinkled sand on it to make a beach. He also added some googly eyes.

He also free painted a couple of starfish shapes that I had cut out for him.

We also did a sorting printable and a pre-writing printable from Homeschool Creations' Ocean Pack and we watched a Under the Sea Song clip from Disney's The Little Mermaid on Youtube.

Tot School Day 3

A Wet Wednesday

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

One of our favorites. A beautifully illustrated book that teaches about sharing.

Keeping with our color theme I came up with an idea to make tiny colored fish out of some scrap craft foam. Then I made some triangle shaped "nets". I found a small kitchen strainer and a small fish net and let Alex catch the fish in a tub of water. He immediately got the idea of it and had a blast. 

Rainbow of fish

Catching fish

Matching the fish to the same colored triangle "net"

Since it was a beautiful day we went for a walk down to the beach. Alex soaked his shoes and pants but still had fun.

Hopping down the path to the beach

Alex collecting shells

We collected a bunch of white clam shells.

Later in the day we made our own Rainbow Fish. I cut out a fish shape and let Alex color it with markers. I helped him by outlining the fish shape. Then I dunked it in the sink so it would have a more softer water-colored feel. After it was dry Alex helped me glue on some foil for his shiny scales and a googly eye.

I made Alex some bath sea creature from craft foam. I was inspired to do this after reading Filth Wizardry's blog post about craft foam bath murals. Alex enjoyed the new colorful creatures and liked sticking and unsticking them to the side of the bath tub. 

I am also linking this to Mommy Adventures' StART and ABC and 123's Show and Tell