If you are teaching preschool arts and crafts and are looking
for a Sea Horse theme, then here are some great ideas that you
can use. First of all, children love the ocean and Sea Horses
hold a special appeal to most preschoolers because of their
unique appearance. If you are fortunate enough to bring live
Sea Horses in your classroom, then you can display them in a
tank. However, for most preschool teachers, this won’t be an
option and a more creative approach will be needed to ensure
that your preschool arts and crafts Sea Horse theme is a
success.

Tissue Paper Sea Horse

For this activity, you will need construction paper Sea Horse
cut outs. Simply trace your Sea Horse template or shape on to
construction paper then cut them out. For a free Sea Horse
template that you may print visit here:
http://www.firstschool.ws/t/cpseahorse.html
Let each child have some pre cut tissue paper and a little cup
of Elmer’s glue. They can apply the glue with a paintbrush and
decorate their Sea Horses with the tissue paper.

Underwater Sea Horse Scene

Here is an activity that you can use to create an underwater
scene. This is a great addition for your preschool arts and
crafts Sea Horse theme. First, you will need to print out this
template of Sea Horses provided by First School.
http://www.firstschool.ws/t/cp_animals/sea-horses.html

Have the children color the pictures with crayons. After
children have finished their scenes, lightly paint over their
pictures with blue tempera paint. This will give an underwater
appearance to their pictures. As an alternative, you can have
the children draw their scenes as well as Sea Horses, then
color their pictures with crayons, and cover with the blue
Tempera.

Sea Horse and Ocean Book for Preschoolers

For this activity you will need to print two copies of the Sea
Horse template on cardstock (this will be the cover of the
book). Again, you can find the free template here:
http://www.first-school.ws/t/cpseahorse2.html. Next, you can
add regular blank paper for the inside of the book. Have the
children color and decorate the covers. Let the children paste
pictures of ocean animals inside the book.


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