Mermaid Activities for Kids

July 17, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Summer is the perfect time for all activities related to the beach and the ocean, regardless of whether the things you’re learning about are real. Mermaids are a lot of fun and a great way to bring a little ocean-themed fun if you’re headed for a beach vacation or just wishing you were.

This mermaid-themed activity placemat from Rock Your Homeschool would also be fun in the car. It includes coloring, counting bubbles, a word scramble, maze, word search and a tic tac toe board.

Just because it’s mermaid themed doesn’t mean it can’t also be educational. Check out these counting to 10 worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog to do mermaid themed activities including number identification, writing numbers, finding the missing number, I-spy, addition, counting and more.

Grab mermaid color by number coloring pages from This Tiny Blue House to help kids identify numbers while they color. Simply Full of Delight has some more cute mermaid coloring pages, too.

Fun with Mama has a great mermaid activities pack including a mini book, three-part cards, cutting practice, line tracing, puzzles, number cards, trace the letters and a lot more. This will keep kids learning with mermaids for a long time! You can grab it directly from their website or a Teachers Pay Teachers.

Of course we need some mermaid crafts, so make a mermaid paper bag puppet (Messy Little Monster), a cardboard roll mermaid (Ocean Child Crafts) or a paper mermaid crown for kids to color and decorate (Happy Paper Time). And of course we might need some ocean slime; get the recipe from Little Bins for Little Hands.

Or turn your mermaid crafting into a bigger project with this mermaid and fish aquarium from Krokotak (check out their other mermaid crafts here).

Everyone has a huge stash of shells from previous trips to the beach, right? This mermaid shell necklace craft from Moms and Crafters is a great way to use some of them. They can be necklaces, keychain fobs, zipper pulls or you might come up with other uses for them, too.

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Ghost Craft Ideas for Kids

Ghost crafts are a lot of fun for kids to make and they’re a way to get into Halloween crafting that’s not really scary. Here are some easy ghost crafts for you to make with kids, whether it’s your kiddo at home or a class full.

I love this simple ghost made with a pompom or cotton ball covered in paint and used as a stamp. This one is from Crafts on Sea and you can have kids just hold the pompom or hold it with a clothespin to make it a little less messy.

Use cotton balls and printable facial expressions to make these silly ghosts from Housing a Forest. The post includes the printable templates or you can just add googly eyes.

Little fabric ghosts are a classic, whether you make them with white fabric or fall or Halloween fabric. Buggy and Buddy shows you how to make these little ghosts with a few cute embellishments. Just make one or two or make a garland or Halloween tree full of them.

There always seem to be paper plates lying around, and this paper plate ghost from Crafts by Amanda is a fun one. There’s a printable in the post for the facial features and arms, or kids can draw their own faces (and leave off the arms if you want to keep it simple).

What kid doesn’t love peeling dried glue? Turn that impulse into a craft with these glue ghosts from Friends Art Lab, and don’t miss the tip in the post that helps you turn these into window clings.

This handprint ghost in the window craft from Glued to My Crafts is so cute and easy for kids to make alone or with help. The post shows lots of variations so it would be fun to make these in a classroom and let each kiddo design their own “window” or add embellishments.

These sweet little tissue paper ghosts from Red Ted Art are actually mini pinatas, but you can just make it as a ghost without anything inside if you’d rather.

And you know I love a good kids’ sewing project so I can’t resist sharing these little felt ghost puppets from The Craft Train. Kids can sew them by hand or you can make them out of paper if you don’t want to try sewing them. The template for the ghosts is free to download, and you can also just make little softies instead of puppets if you like.

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