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A 45–60 minutes craft for ages 3–10, using supplies you likely already have — White Glue, Colored Pencils, and Paint Pens.

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    Make Seashell Ocean Scene Collage

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    Step 1: Make a turtle

    To make a turtle, paint or color a seashell green. Glue it to your paper. Add a head, four legs, and a tail with colored pencils or markers.

    Step 2: Make a snail

    Glue a seashell to your paper. Use a colored pencil or marker to give it a skinny body and head, two antennae, and a face.

    Step 3: Octopus

    To make our octopus, we glued one seashell with the widest point facing down, then added tentacles with colored pencils.

    Step 4: Seahorse

    The seahorse uses a seashell for a fin! We glued the seashell down first, then drew an S-shape for his body. Spiky points along his neck made a realistic mane, and a long nose made him extra cute.

    Step 5: Angel fish

    Our angel fish uses two seashells glued with their narrow ends facing each other. The larger one is the body, and a smaller one is it's back fin. Then, we used colored pencils to draw a face and long, flowing top and bottom fins.

    Step 6: Crab

    The crab is made of three seashells that we colored red with markers. Two small shells are the crab's pinchers, and a larger seashell is its body. Glue them all down, then add six legs, eye stalks, and the legs between the body and claws.

    Step 7: Blue Lobster

    We made a rare blue lobster out of four seashells. Two small seashells are its pinchy claws. A long skinny seashell and a smaller sheashell make up the body. We drew it's face with markers.

    Step 8: Shark!

    Our ferocious shark started with a seashell we colored gray with paint pens. A menacing top fin was added along with fins it can use to swim super fast through the water. The toothy grin was added with black, white, and red paint markers.

    Step 9: Buoy

    The last seashell detail we added was a buoy. We used a round seashell and added stripes with a paint pen, then glued it on and gave it a pointy top so it can be seen as it bobs in the waves.

    Step 10: Finishing touches

    What other details will you add to your picture? Sand, bubbles, or seaweed would all make great additions.
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    Clean up

    Put things away so your space is tidy for next time.

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    Put away our supplies

    Check off each supply when it is put away — and any clean-up tips underneath are done too. You might find a fun surprise!

    • A cartoon of White Glue
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Close glue lids.
    • A cartoon of Colored Pencils
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Paint Pens
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Replace paint marker caps. You'll know they're on tight if you hear them click!
    • A cartoon of Sea Shells
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    • A cartoon of Paper
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