We have yet to meet a child that doesn't love looking at aquariums and, with this craft, your children can make one of their very own. This aquarium craft is a simple preschool craft that will encourage your kids to be creative. Use our template to print and cut out some plain fish that your children can decorate anyway they would like. Letting kids experiment with different colours, shading techniques, and even textures if you incorporate materials like paint and glitter, will encourage them to think creatively and learn how to make artistic decisions about colour and colour placement. Building on these skills as a young child lays the foundation for development and growth in the later stages of education. With these amazing resources, you will be able to teach your students about the fascinating and diverse forms of life that can be found under the waves. You will also be able to introduce them to food chains and the role that they play in maintaining biodiversity in the oceans. Do you have a treasured photo of your child catching their first fish or going on their first fishing trip? This fishing frame craft is the perfect way to display it and your kids will have a blast creating it! This fish craft is made from unfinished wood pieces and a little bit of paint and wire (though you could use string instead). This is also a great homemade gift for a fisherman in the family.

Pom pom painting: Pom pom painting is a great choice for creating a circular effect with paints that I think would look great as fish scales. Just dab your pom pom into paint before dabbing it all over your fish. Construction paper shapes (made with our printable template) make up this cute shape fish craft. This fish craft is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to help them learn to identify and name their shapes. It's also a great learning tool to show your children that putting different shapes together is a fun way to create new things. This fish craft is easy to do and your kids will love it. This brightly colored fish craft is perfect to create during an ocean unit and to brighten up a classroom. Kids can be creative with exactly what colors of tissue paper they use to make their fish. As well as being great to decorate at home with your child this template would also make a great resource for preschools and classrooms. Need a fun and simple fish craft to do with a toddler? This fish craft is perfect for toddlers. Print out our fish template and let your kids use the materials and their imagination to make their unique fish.Playdough: This template would make a great fish playdough mat, if you want to reuse it just make sure that you pop it into a plastic wallet or you could use a self laminating pouch for it. This fish picture frame craft turns a simple unpainted wooden fish shape into a fantastic frame for your favorite picture. This fish craft makes a fantastic homemade gift or decoration. It is a fantastic preschool craft - perfect for children to use their imaginations to come up with their own special fish. Your ocean themed lessons would be a perfect opportunity to discuss with your children the dangers of plastic pollution and it’s negative impact on our oceans. You can use this PowerPoint to start your discussion with your class. Try squishing balls of playdough to make scales to place on your fish shape, if you have a lot of different colors you could also use this as an activity for The Rainbow Fish. This fun cd fish craft is made from an old cd and blue cellophane. It is a great craft to make in the summer or when learning about the ocean. If making at a school or camp, you can create a large ocean scene and add a whole school of fish!

Turn your child's handprint into a cute fish swimming in a fish bowl with this handprint fish craft. This fish craft for kids is a great way to entertain your children while creating a keepsake for yourself! Making this handprint fish craft is very simple and with fun materials (dried beans for gravel) your child will love it.

Bubble wrap: If you have some bubble wrap around it’s a great material for painting with. Place some paint onto a plate and dab the bubble wrap into it before carefully dabbing it onto your picture to cover it in lots of small circles. As well as these printable fish templates, we also have a huge range of resources that will help to support your teaching of ocean life to your students. This fun bottle cap fish craft is fun to make in the summer, when learning about the ocean or when reviewing shapes or colors. The fish are made from bottle caps and foam. After adding painted fish bubbles, tissue paper seaweed and paper ocean creatures, you have a pretty underwater scene! These activities also support: PSED working as part of a team, group or class, taking turns and sharing fairly; CLL interacting with others, negotiating plans and activities and taking turns in conversations; MD Number counting reliably up to 10 everyday objects; in practical activities and discussion begin to use the vocabulary involved in addition and subtraction; PD move with control and co-ordination These under the sea display images are a great way to add to the children's vocabulary, they are an engaging tool to discuss the wonders of the ocean as well as nice images for the walls of your classroom. Other under the sea display ideas

Twinkl has lots of resources you can use to teach your children all about the oceans and what lies beneath! You could make some fantastic under-the-sea themed display walls to make your children’s learning environment really exciting. There are PowerPoints to teach your class about the different oceans and there are some fun activities for your children to do in groups. We have taken a dive through the Twinkl resources and caught these which we think you might find useful: Colouring: The absolute most easy idea and the best for when you really don’t have the energy for anything more complicated! Our shark template is always really popular and it’s one that we’ve used to do a fun painting activity with too. This paper plate fish craft is a fantastic toddler craft. We made this with our daughter when she was about 18 months old and she had a fantastic time. Using paint, glue and large pieces our daughter was able to help with all aspects of this fun fish craft for kids. Colouring is not just a fun activity for children, but also an important formative part of education. It’s one of the best ways for children to strengthen their fine motor skills and confidence in holding and using pens and pencils. This means that there’s a direct link between practising colouring in and handwriting.You could pass them around the class while learning about different things that are found under the sea. In case you want the images in different sizes or colours we also offer an editable version.

Why not try our fun book for children Starry-Eyed Stan about a starfish and friends? Hear an extract with the storytelling video below. What kind of things are under the sea?You could keep the learning going, but with an ocean theme, by using this maths worksheet. This worksheet will help with your children’s addition and subtraction and also includes a fun fact about the ocean too.