Under the sea aquarium - Arts, Crafts and DIY

54 Comments

This activity can take as short or long as you like in time. You can even add paddle pop sticks to some fish and stage your own aquarium puppet theatre.

Material

1 cardboard box
or 2 paper plates
coloured paper
coloured cardboard
crepe paper
clear cellophane
shells
sand
string
scissors
glue

Method

Assemble box but leave or cut out a section at the front for viewing.
Cut out ocean creatures and hang them from string from the top of the box (inside).
Make seaweed out of green and brown crepe paper. You can fold in a zig zag pattern or crunch the crepe for added effect. Hang from top of box and place some at the bottom of the box to represent the sea floor.
You may wish to sprinkle with some sand on the bottom of the box(inside) or if this is to messy just place shells.
You may like to paint or draw bubbles. Place a sunken boat or deep sea diver into your aquarium.
Most of all have fun and be inventive.
To make with paper plates. Cut the middle out of one paper plate. Use the second paper plate as the backing for the aquarium, this is the paper plate that you stick your fish and sea creatures onto. Now cover with second plate. You may wish to cover the entire paper plate with clear cellophane the choice is yours.

Notes

Children can have hours upon hours of fun with this simple craft idea.

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- cherz
- 17 May 2014
  6:18 pm

54 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    2:34 pm
My kids would love making this

- - mom462038 said
  - 16 Apr 2020
    1:37 pm
Love this! Cool and creative way to have a fish tank without having to worry about feeding and cleaning

- - MrsA said
  - 27 May 2019
    3:13 pm
This is so cool! What a great idea!

- - mom111059 said
  - 23 Jun 2018
    8:31 pm
Watch Nemo then the kids could reinact it like a play (after making the aquarium of course). Thanks.

- - mom111059 said
  - 18 Jun 2018
    8:09 am
looks like lots of fun to make

- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    8:54 pm
Very cute and fun! Thanks for sharing.

- - Kell said
  - 22 Jun 2015
    3:14 pm
this is a great project for the holidays thanks

- - Mum of 5 darlings :) said
  - 28 May 2015
    11:28 pm
This is so cute. My children will love it.

- - rachael_lorenz-stockdale said
  - 13 Oct 2014
    7:47 am
This looks like fun! You could even put sand with glue on the star fish.

- - Mandi2406 said
  - 28 Sep 2014
    2:05 am
Oh that is just too cute

- - mom68016 said
  - 26 Sep 2014
    1:55 pm
Awesome! Love this!

- - mom93821 said
  - 25 Sep 2014
    7:24 am
Lovely creative idea, fun for all the family.
- mom93821 replied
  
  05 Feb 2017 , 5:44 am
  We have had so much fun with these type of craft projects – don’t need big $ for fun.
- - mom94125 said
  - 22 Sep 2014
    2:17 pm
i have made one of these before but i cut out the front of a box and put blue cellophane in the “window” it was fun to make with the kids and they loved it! tape green streamers from the roof and you have seaweed
- mom57522 replied
  
  13 Jan 2015 , 10:13 pm
  That’s a neat suggestion to make seaweed.
  - mom94125 replied
    
    07 Oct 2015 , 10:22 pm
    
    cool thanks for saying that. it was my children’s idea lol
- - mom63082 said
  - 05 Sep 2014
    3:21 pm
Simple yet lots of fun for the kids.

- - tamandimmy said
  - 01 Sep 2014
    8:57 pm
These look fantastic, I know my daughters preschool would love to make these.

- - mouse said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    4:51 pm
a fun craft idea for the kids to make

- - Happy_Dayz said
  - 18 Aug 2014
    1:36 pm
Fun activity for me to do with my daughter

- - mom57522 said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    8:38 pm
I can see my girls going all out and making an elaborate aquarium!

- - poppyc said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    1:28 pm
Love this idea!

- - ginoula5 said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    10:10 am
kids will absolutely love this, thanks so much