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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Ice Cream Crafts for Kids to Make

We’ve gotten to the point in summer where I live where I spend a lot of time thinking about ice cream. While I’m trying to avoid eating ice cream daily as a way to beat the heat, let’s take a look at some ice cream themed crafts we can make instead.

And don’t miss these learning activities with an ice cream theme if you need more ideas.

One of the links in that post was to this cute puffy paint ice cream cone craft from Crafty Morning, which deserves more attention because it’s super cute and this version of puffy paint is easy to make and sensory fun for kids. They also have this cute handprint ice cream cone craft that’s super sweet for little kids to make.

You can use everyday materials of all sorts to make your ice cream cones. For example, you can use a sponge and pompom or cotton balls like stamps as in this craft from Fantastic Fun and Learning.

Or use a potato to make the top of the cone like this one from Made to be a Momma.

Make your ice cream from a doily, like this one from Crafts on Sea, which is also embellished with pompoms for sprinkles. I Heart Crafty Things has a similar project done with a cupcake liner instead of a doily.

Or try using cotton pads, which can then be decorated with watercolors, as shown in this tutorial from Happy Toddler Playtime. You could do the same thing with cotton balls if you don’t have cotton pads handy.

Cut a paper plate into a cone shape and have kids decorate it with this craft idea from Easy Peasy and Fun. One of hers shows using real sprinkles to decorate the ice cream, which is a great idea if you’ve got some old sprinkles lurking in the pantry. Or you can just draw on sprinkles or use other random things from around the house.

The Pinterested Parent has a printable for a mosaic ice cream cone craft, which is a fun way to use up bits of paper. You could also make it more of a collage with different kinds and colors of paper and different items to add to your ice cream.

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