Summer Crafts for Preschoolers
May Check-In Board
Yay June! Summer is coming and what better way to celebrate then by learning about sea life! This check-in board helps our under water theme come to life! The "bowl" is made from poster board and a little bit of imagination. Add whatever you like to the bowl like seaweed, rocks etc. The children take their fish off the Big fish and put it in the bowl! Fun Fun Fun! Don't forget to laminate and add magnetic strips to connect the fish! Click on picture above for template.
Sailing Away
Use Shapes to create this sail boat. Paint waves at bottom using tempera.
Edible Ocean
Doing a theme about the ocean? Here's a great snack!
Edible Ocean
What you will need:
• 1 cup of pre-made blueberry flavored gelatin for each child
• gummy fish
What to do:
~ prepare the gelatin ahead of
time in separate clear plastic cups (1 per child)
~ let children gently place fish into cup and enjoy
Hint: for a carnival theme fill a clear plastic party bag with blueberry gelatin, place a orange gummy fish in the middle and tie bag shut with a ribbon. Looks like the fish in a bag you win at the carnival/fair.
Edible Ocean
What you will need:
• 1 cup of pre-made blueberry flavored gelatin for each child
• gummy fish
What to do:
~ prepare the gelatin ahead of
time in separate clear plastic cups (1 per child)
~ let children gently place fish into cup and enjoy
Hint: for a carnival theme fill a clear plastic party bag with blueberry gelatin, place a orange gummy fish in the middle and tie bag shut with a ribbon. Looks like the fish in a bag you win at the carnival/fair.
Bubble Art
What you need:
•Large Bowl
•Liquid dishwashing
detergent
•Food Coloring
•Straws
•White Paper
•Newspapers
What to do:
• Cover table with newspapers
• Pour 1/4 cup of liquid detergent into the bowl, then add a small amount of water and a few drops of food coloring.
• Blow into the bubbles with straw until
the bubbles rise to the top.
• Gently lay the white paper over the
bubbles for a beautiful bubble print
•Large Bowl
•Liquid dishwashing
detergent
•Food Coloring
•Straws
•White Paper
•Newspapers
What to do:
• Cover table with newspapers
• Pour 1/4 cup of liquid detergent into the bowl, then add a small amount of water and a few drops of food coloring.
• Blow into the bubbles with straw until
the bubbles rise to the top.
• Gently lay the white paper over the
bubbles for a beautiful bubble print
Paper Bag Whale
Stuff a White paper Bag with newspaper, paint blue or gray and add a large googly eye to create this adorable Whale.
Puffer Fish
Have children paint or color a large paper plate. Cut out small triangles for the "scales" and fold the bottom so they stick out like a Puffer Fish. (see picture) Add fins, eye, tail and mouth.
Recycle fruit cups for this fun project! Add a paper fish to the top with fishing line and clear tape. The sides are covered in blue tissue paper (water down some glue and paint over to stick). The seaweed etc is also made with tissue paper and water downed glue.
Paper Plate Fish
Grab a paper plate, blue paint and a googly eye to create this simple Fish. Cut out a triangle from the plate and glue it to the back for a tail. Glue on googly eye and swim away! Add colored metallic paper to correlate to "The Rainbow Fish" book. The children will be thrilled to have their own Rainbow Fish to take home. Add a large craft stick to make it a puppet.
Lets Make Ice Cream
It's just the right time to make yummy yummy ice cream! So gather the ingredients below and have fun making and eating cold creamy ice cream!
hint: play dancing music while the children are shaking their bags
You will need:
• Gallon sized zip loc bags 2 per child
• 1 pint sized ziplocbag per child
• alot of ice
• 6 tablespoons of rock salt per child
• 1 tablespoon of sugar per child
• 1/2 cup of milk or half/half per child
• 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla per child
What to do:
~ Fill the gallon sized bag 1/2 way with ice and add rock salt (seal closed)
~ combine milk,sugar and vanilla in pint sized bag and seal.
~ put the pint sized bag inside the gallon sized bag and seal..now put the gallon sized bag (the one with ice) inside ANOTHER gallon sized bag and seal tightly. (this will help prevent leaks)
~ Shake until milk mixture turns to ice cream
~ take out bag and pour into a bowl. Add
toppings if you wish!
hint: play dancing music while the children are shaking their bags
You will need:
• Gallon sized zip loc bags 2 per child
• 1 pint sized ziplocbag per child
• alot of ice
• 6 tablespoons of rock salt per child
• 1 tablespoon of sugar per child
• 1/2 cup of milk or half/half per child
• 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla per child
What to do:
~ Fill the gallon sized bag 1/2 way with ice and add rock salt (seal closed)
~ combine milk,sugar and vanilla in pint sized bag and seal.
~ put the pint sized bag inside the gallon sized bag and seal..now put the gallon sized bag (the one with ice) inside ANOTHER gallon sized bag and seal tightly. (this will help prevent leaks)
~ Shake until milk mixture turns to ice cream
~ take out bag and pour into a bowl. Add
toppings if you wish!
Sailing Away With Max
Sailing off with Max to where the Wild Things are. Create this sailboat from a paper plate. Paint the boat red, sails yellow and add a pole made from brown construction paper. Sail, sail away!
Hand Crab
Paint both hands red and place them on the paper like above. Add googly eyes.
Paper Plate Sea Turtle
What You Need:• two paper plates
• brown construction paper
• dark green paint
• light green paint
• brown paint
• googly eyes
What to do:
• paint one paper plate dark green and the other one light green, dry then paint brown markings on the dark green plate.
• cut out legs and head using template (click on picture)
•glue dark green plate on top of light green plate, stick legs and head between plates. add eyes.
Paper Plate Sun Mask
• Cut out eyes from a paper plate and paint it yellow• trace hand onto yellow construction paper and cut out
• glue hands
around plate
Rainbow Fish
Collage Fish
Cut out 2x2 squares of tissue paper and glue to a large paper plate. Add eye, fins and tail.
Use two paper plates to create this cute project. We used goldfish crackers for the fish, tissue paper for the seaweed and construction paper for the background. Glue plates together as shown.
