5 Fun Beach Related Crafts

Fun Crafts that Will Remind You of the Beach and Ocean

The ocean is a beautiful place, a wondrous place. And what better way to remember your trip to the ocean, or make believe you are on your way to the ocean, then to make some beautiful ocean related crafts.

1. Create a Wave in a Bottle.

Ever want to see the ocean waves whenever you like? Well now you can by making a Wave in a Bottle.

You will need:
A clear plastic 2 liter soda bottle.
Food coloring- blue and green to make the ocean color
Clear Vegetable Oil
Plain water
Glitter and small shells.

To make:

Fill your bottle half way with water, and add a few drops of food coloring to make your ocean color. I like to use a mix of 3 parts blue to 1 part green. Next add some glitter, i like to use blue, green or silver. I try to use the smallest grain glitter i can find. Add in your shells. Using a small funnel fill the rest of the bottle with vegetable oil and glue the cap closed. I do this by putting glue on the insides of the threads of the lid and screwing it on.
To see the waves, tilt bottle side to side, or swirl in a circle to make a funnel. This is a great craft for small children.

2. Ocean Diorama

Create an ocean scene in a box.

You will need:

A shoe box from an adult pair of shoes.
Crayons and Markers.
Tape.
Thread.
Scissors
Craft items such as Pipe cleaners, glitter, thin cardboard or poster board ( to glue images to.)
If you want, plastic or foam ocean animals.

To make:

Take your shoe box and decorate the inside to look like the ocean floor. I lay mine on the side and fit construction paper to the back and bottoms to look like water and sand. Another idea for this is to use fish tank backgrounds.

Draw in fish, bubbles,rocks, sea weed, coral, and anything else you think you may see on the ocean floor. Get inspiration from Internet images. We also added octopus, jelly fish, sea horses and a mermaid. We use glitter and glue to make bubbles and to adorn our mammals and mermaid. We use the pipe cleaners and craft foam to make seaweed rocks and coral.