For the final activities for our Ocean week for Storybook Summer here on Rainy Day Mum we have a fun DIY game that you can create for your kids that ...
Ocean Activities and Crafts for Kids
Hooray for Fish Pattern Making Activity
It’s Ocean week and today’s Storybook Summer idea is a simple fish pattern making activity inspired by Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. Paint colorful ...
Shell Stepping Stones to Make
Not sure what to do with all the seashells and rocks your kids bring home from the beach? Use their beach treasures to create mementoes of your trip ...
Beach Themed Paper Plate Wreath for Kids to Make
Continuing with our ocean week for Storybook Summer this year we have an easy summer craft for kids to make with a simple paper plate wreath with 3D ...
What to Find in a Tide Pool – Scavenger Hunt Guide for Kids
Tide pools are nature's aquariums, and a trip to your local tide pool is absolutely magical. Today's Storybook Summer for our ocean week post focuses ...
Torn Paper Sea Horse Project
I love paper crafts, whether it's folding, painting or even gluing and sticking they are always a hit with myself and the kids. For the last of our ...
Rainbow Fish Weaving
The Rainbow Fish is a favourite tale. It shares the story of a fish that has special shiny scales. After hearing other fish praise his beauty .the ...
Simple DIY Maze Craft for Kids
Matching Crafts with favourite books is a great way to get kids excited about reading and also helps to build comprehension. Crafts that then become a ...
Ocean Themed Sensory Bin
Sensory Bins are a great way for preschoolers to retell stories in today's Ocean Themed storybook Summer Post we are creating a simple and easy to put ...
Crazy Sea Monster Craft for Kids
Ever wondered what a sea monster with hair would look like? Maybe they would have long hair or short hair? Curly hair or straight or even brightly ...
Ocean Books for your Budding Marine Biologists
We love anything Under the Sea - reading, writing, learning, playing and creating it's one of those themes that grips my kid's imagination and gives ...
30+ Cute and Easy Summer Paper Plate Crafts for Kids
By the pictures I keep seeing from our friends over in the USA I am guessing that Summer is finally on it's way and from what I remember schools will ...
Fun Summer Beach Themed Crafts for Toddlers Up to Make
The sun is out and thanks to our move last year we are just a couple of miles from the beach and it's inspired us to get creative. The kids love it ...
Cute and Fun Turtle Crafts for Kids to Make this Summer
Whether at the beach or right in your local park’s pond, it’s not hard to find a turtle or terrapin! Here are some adorable turtle crafts for your ...
Learning about Sea Turtle Conservation with Kids
If there is something that has defined my life it's Sea Turtle Conservation. Twenty years ago this June I headed off to work with a Sea Turtle rescue ...
Ocean Animal Clay Art
We are excited to be taking part in our first Storybook Summer post. I am a sucker for a good rhyming book and Over In the Ocean In A Coral Reef by ...
Paper Plate Craft for Kids – Scuba Mask for Play
I remember the first time I read a Pete The Cat book. I believe it was Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. My daughter picked it as one to check ...
Dot Marker Art ~ Rainbow Fish
One of our favorite books has been The Rainbow Fish. Recently it was one of the Virtual Book Clubs picks and we did a gross motor activity ...
Read a Story – Paint the Ocean
Sometimes things don’t go the way you expect. That’s the case in the story I read to my 6-year-old twins this week, as well as the activity we did ...
Story Telling Wheel for the Snail and the Whale
Hi everyone, I'm so happy to be taking part in Storybook Summer. This week is all about oceans which immediately made me think of the wonderful The ...
No Mess Painting – Bright and Colourful Canvas
We are exited to be taking part in our third season of Storybook Summer. For the past two years we have focused on dinosaur books - Three Little ...