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| Squid/octopus Craft |
Classified: Medium and can take some time to dry! Good for ages 4 and older.
What you need:
- Clay pot
- Blue (or other color), white and black acrylic paint
- Paintbrushes
- Tacky glue
- Blue (or other color) felt
- Scissors
- Marker
- Optional: to hang you will need string or yarn and a large bead.
What to do:
1. Paint the clay pot blue (we used various shades) and allow it to dry.
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| Materials |
2. In the meantime, draw out 8 arms on blue felt and cut out. If your child is handy with the scissors, allow them to cut out on his or her own.
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| What the legs should look like |
3. Glue the arms to the bottom (well, in reality the top) of the upside-down clay pot. Allow time to dry. When ours was completely dry we painted over the tops of the felt arms with blue paint to make it blend in. You don't need to do this.
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| Adding on the 8 arms |
4. Paint on eyes and a mouth.
5. If you would like to hang your octopus/squid- simply thread a string through the hole of the clay pot and tie the string around a bead. This will anchor the string into place and make it easier for you to hang.
We read the book:
Great Web sites about squids for kids: National Geographic for Kids, Buzzle.com
cute craft! We have this book from the library to read - never read it before!
ReplyDeleteWe are working on our ocean theme too - so fun - love how we are in sync w/o even knowing haha
Very cute, we just made a jellyfish at VBS using a clear balloon and curling ribbon for tentecales. The kids loved it and it as super easy. I would have loved to use this one too, good thing there's always next year. :)
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