#510. Ocean

, level: Elementary
Posted Mon Jul 13 07:09:46 PDT 1998 by Sandy ().
Missouri

I am a huge Ms. Frizzle fan so I use a lot of her books and videos. There is also a National Geographic ocean video that isn't to old too.
I string blue, green crepe paper from the ceiling (can use Tulle) and then hang mobiles and other fish too.

Using a straw, 4 pieces of yarn and 3 fish, jelly fish whatever, blue & green construction paper. put the blue and green construction paper together and make a cont. circle cut. Cut 2 This becomes the water on both sides of the straw. Then color, cut out what ever you want fish, jelly fish and put in the middle. This was in last years Mailbox.. not sure if primary or kdg. one. April /May.

Bulletin board

Have each child make a star fish and put their picture in the middle. " Look at our stars" or "stars of Mrs. C's Kindergarten" I have cut outs of the Little Mermaid that I put around the room.

April/May issue of the Mailbox has several ideas, last year and this year.

Jellyfish.... using a gal. size (could be sand. too) attach some colored crepe paper to the zip end and then gather together with air in the top.

crab.... using the middle portion of a paper plate cut in a crab shape. Use the pincer type clothes pins for the front pincers and put googly eyes.

Using the blue grocery sacks cut part that doesn't have any writing on it. Make different fish, coral, rocks, (underwater scene) out of tissue paper and glue to the sacks. When finished put on the windows and it looks like water.

blue meat trays.. my grocery store will give me these so ask at your meat counter. The same principal as above but use construction paper and the goldfish crackers.

Make finger puppets, use fun foam and decorate with googly eyes, and the sparkle tinsel ( I know what I mean :-) the shredded filler you can put in pkgs.)

paper plate fishes need 2 paper plates, tissue paper Cut one of the plates in half. Staple or tape 1/2 to the back of the whole plate for the tail. Cut the other 1/2 piece in half again, and staple each 1/4 to the top and bottom of the whole plate for the fins. Cut the fish's lipts from the back of the tail. Decorate your fish with markers, stickers, tissue paper or what ever else you would like.

ocean in a bottle 2 liter soda bottle, blue food coloring, mineral oil and fun stuff (sequins, miniature plasatic sea creatures or tiny shells) Fill a 2 liter soda bottle 3/4 full of water. Add a few drops of food coloring. Drop in some objects. Then fill the bottle to the top with mineral oil. Screw the cap back on tightly. Then hold the bottle sideways, rock it back and forth to see the waves.

Fish-cup flilp Make fins and tails from construction paper and attach them to a paper cup. Cut a piece of yarn about 8 inches long and tie a plastic toy fish to one end. Plke the other end of string through the bottom "lip" of your fish. This a bead on that end so it will stay put. Using just one hand, see if you can trap the little fish in the big fish's mouth.

Snacks.. ( I send home notes asking for an ingrediant from the parents when ever I want to cook. Spreads out the expense and they don't mind.)

Turtle slice a small breakfast link in half lengthwise. The cut the lengths crosswise in half to make 4 legs. Make 3 small cuts in the end for toes. use a very small piece for the tail. Use a mini waffle for the body and a hash brown round for the head.

Clam... cut a doughnut hole in half, scoop out the bottom half and fill with pudding. Place a miniature pastel marshmellow "pearl" in the pudding. Top it with the remaining doughnut half. For the eyes add small candies (m&m's or skittles) with frosting.

Edible fishbowl. you can use small clear glasses or a big bowl. Put mini colored marshmellow in the bottom. Make a 3 oz package of sparkling white grape gelatin with ginger ale following the directions. Add a drop of food coloring *(or you can use blueberry jello) let the jello chill.the slip in a mandarin orange-section for a goldfish, gummy worms, gummy fish, and slices of a star fruit. Chill until ready to serve.

Sea-soned Trail Mix combin 2 cups of cheddar cheese goldfish crackers, seasoned oyster crackers, cheese flavored nacho crackers (fish fins) crunchy puffed cheese snacks (coral) and triangular wheat crackers (whales' tails). Add two 2 oz. pkgs. of slivered almonds ( sharks teeth... I do leave this out sometimes.)

Hope some of this helps

Sandy/K/Mo