Kids Ocean Animal Crafts

Whales, dolphins, jellyfish, and starfish - animals of the ocean make fantastic preschool crafts! These ocean animal crafts are a great way to teach kids about the animals found in the ocean, to introduce them to crafts that use a variety of textures and materials, and they are just a fun way to spend an afternoon! Our kids ocean crafts range from simple to complex and can all be modified for any age group. We have done all of these ocean animal crafts in our own home, many of them with our own daughter, so that we can assure you they are child-friendly and easy to do.

Ocean Animal Crafts for Kids Dolphin Craft When we asked our daughter what dolphins do, she responded "they jump out of the water". So we created this dolphin craft to make our paper dolphin do just that! Made from a milk carton, construction paper and our dolphin template, this kids ocean craft can be put together from materials you most likely already have in your home. This is a more advanced kids craft, so we recommend trying with an older child, unless you are able to do a bit of prep work to be able to adapt to a younger child's abilities (and attention span!). Jellyfish Craft Make our jellyfish craft using paper plates, tissue paper and glue. This is a simple preschool craft that turns out great everytime. Add a string to hang your jellyfish craft from the ceiling to create your own ocean indoors! Sock Whale Craft It took a while to come up with this sock whale craft. There are few materials that let you form a good three dimensional whale! This sock whale craft is easy to put together and our daughter kept giggling because we were crafting with a sock. We hope your kids giggle too! Paper Bag Whale Craft This paper bag whale craft is made from two lunch bags, a little yarn, and a lot of blue crayon! It requires a little maneuvering of the pieces, but once it's together it's sure to make you smile. Give this great ocean craft for kids a try! Crab Craft This styrofoam crab craft is a ocean craft that you can make with your kids. Transform styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners and paint into an incredibly cute crab! This project uses materials with great textures and encourages your children to be creative and use materials in different ways. Enjoy! Starfish Craft Every now and then we create a simple craft that our daughter flips over, and this starfish craft is one of those! Tiny star-shaped pasta gives this starfish craft the bumpy texture of a real starfish. This ocean craft is a fantastic toddler craft or preschool craft. Paper Bag Octopus Craft Turn a paper bag and crumpled newspaper into a happy octopus! Our paper bag octopus craft is a great preschool craft, as young children seem to love watching it come together (we know our daughter did!). This octopus craft was our first attempt at turning a paper bag into an animal craft and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Octopus Craft Decorate eight squiggly craft foam legs with pony beads to make this cute octopus craft. This is a fantastic preschool craft and is great for teaching patterns and fine motor skills. Our daughter really enjoyed making this fun ocean animals craft and we hope your kids will too! Ocean Worksheets for Kids Check out our collection of free printable ocean worksheets for kids. We've created a whole set of kids ocean worksheets to go along with this collection of kids ocean animal crafts. This set of printables includes worksheets designed to work on early spelling skills, math skills and more!

We'd love to hear your suggestions on Ocean Animals crafts for kids.  We'll soon be adding a place for you to submit craft and project ideas directly to us so we can display directly on the site.   For now, please send us any ideas for kids Ocean-Animals crafts or comments at contact@allkidsnetwork.com.