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Supplies you will need:
- colored cardstock paper
- white and black cardstock paper
- party streamer
cut into 8 sections - 2-inch circle punch
(optional) - 1-inch circle punch
(optional) - Cheerios cereal
- pencil
- scissors
- Elmer’s Clear School Glue
2. Have your preschooler use your circle punches to punch out two 2-inch white circles and two 1-inch black circles. Glue them onto the Octopus.
3. Turn your Octopus over and add a line of glue across the bottom of your Octopus. Add four of your streamer pieces along the glue. Make another layer of glue and add your other four streamer pieces.
Looking for books to go along with this craft? Try these:
Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galoway
My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker
Even an Octopus Needs a Home by Irene Kelly
Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace
This post is part of a collaborative preschool series where four bloggers and myself have joined together to bring you fun crafts and activities based on a common preschool learning theme. This week we are sharing ideas focused on the Ocean.
Check out all the other Ocean ideas from our collaborative preschool bloggers:
Puffy Paint Ocean Collage | Artsy Momma
Ocean Sensory Play & Matching Game | A Little Pinch of Perfect
DIY Ocean Drum | Hand Made Kids Art
10 Ocean Crafts & Activities | Pink Stripey Socks
Stop by March 20, 2015 for Map/Geography Activities.
You might also enjoy these Ocean/Fish Crafts: