Under the Sea Seashell Craft

by Iddle Peeps

3 Materials

UNDER THE SEA SEASHELL CRAFT
For the first 26 years of my life I lived in a city called Johannesburg in South Africa. Johannesburg is inland and the nearest beach is more than 550km away, so a trip to the beach was always a real holiday treat and something I remember very fondly.
I love the sound of the crashing waves and the sight of a calm jewel blue sea never fails to soothe me. As a child, I enjoyed looking for seashells and found it fascinating to imagine the mysterious and unusual sea creatures that had lived in them.
Now I live in Perth, Australia – which is only about 2km from the beach… lucky me! Both my boys were born in Perth so the beach is a large part of their lives. In the warmer months we’re at the beach at least once a week. The boys enjoy running around in the sand and surf, frolicking in the waves, burying eachother (!) and building huge sand castles.
I still love looking for shells- these days it’s with two boisterous little helpers in tow!

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We can’t wait for the weather to warm up a bit to resume our beach visits once again. In the meantime Big boy and I thought we’d use some of our seashell collection to make an undersea art piece… to create some indoor beach fun!

This craft is brilliant for painting and gluing to develop fine motor skills. There is also plenty of opportunity to discuss the sea and sea creatures. We discussed the different parts of a fish and what they were used for. We also explored which sea creatures swam in the water and which ones might stay on the sea bed, like a crab.

We hope you enjoy making your under the sea seashell craft piece; there’s so much opportunity for creativity and imagination with this fun project!