8 Under The Sea Themes

Under the Sea is a staple theme in all elementary education. Learning about what's underneath the ocean is exciting.
I found a few resources online worth sharing,

Octopus Tag is all over Pinterest

Instructions: 

1. Determine who will be the first Octopus, as they will start in the center of the Ocean.
2. All other players are Fish.  Fish line up at one end of the ocean and the Octopus calls out "I am the Octopus, full of black potion - Let's see if you can cross my Ocean!"
3. The Fish then try to swim (run) across the ocean and the Octopus tries to tag them. If tagged before reaching the other side of the Ocean (which is marked) then they become Crabs on the ocean floor.  Crabs must stay where they were tagged, leaving one foot planted as they try to also Tag players running by.  Any player tagged also becomes a Crab.
4. Each time players reach the other side of the Ocean, the Octopus and Crabs say the chant again and the players try to cross the Ocean again.
5. Last Fish tagged becomes the new Octopus

Jellyfish in a bottle

https://bhoomplay.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/diy_jellyfish_eng/

Things you need to make your own jellyfish:

1. A transparent plastic grocery bag
2. A plastic water bottles.
3. Thread
4. Food coloring
5. Scissors

Sand/ Ocean Water sensory bin

https://bhoomplay.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/diy_jellyfish_eng/ 

Play Sand

Dollar Store -sea shells and ocean creatures

water -can tint with blue food coloring

plastic shallow storage bin 

 Fill half of the storage bin with play sand 

add shells to sand and in the middle of the bin to form a barrier

Add water to the other half , not a lot - you don't want to cover the sand

add sea creatures

Explore!

Catching Word Fish (or Letter)

I printed a few of these, added spelling words, and we'll fish for this weeks spelling words. If Lillian doesn't know the word, she'll have to throw it back and try again. 

This would also work with letters, numbers, phrases, types of sea creatures, or bible verses. 

To make the fishing pole and fish game:

Tape a paper clip to the fish. Tie a string to a pencil and hot glue the string to a magnet. 

Eaten By A Shark

Using a paper plate or large piece of construction paper cut out a shark head

Make the mouth big and wide so it can be cut out. 

Poke your head in the mouth and tell us how you were caught and eaten by the shark. 

Mermaid Tails

Using a piece of cardboard or heavy cardstock cut out the shape of a mermaid fin. Let the kids color and decorate the fin with glitter, stamps, markers, lace, tissue paper, etc. 

Have the kids decorate a large tube sock.

After both feet are in the tube sock attach the mermaid fin with gorilla tape. 

Shark Hat

Materials:

2 sheets of large gray construction paper
1 sheet of white paper
Black marker
Double-sided tape
Red glitter
Scissors

Step 1
Take one sheet of gray paper and fold it in half, then fold it in half again.

Step 2
Open the paper up halfway, then fold the corners in toward the middle as though you were making a traditional sailor’s hat.

Step 3
Take your completed sailor’s hat and fold the ends over. Once you’ve done that, tape the loose pieces down with double-sided tape. Now place the hat aside.

Step 4
Grab the second sheet of gray paper, fold it in half, and draw the outline of a shark (now the fun starts!). Cut it out when you’re finished. You should have two identical sharks.

Step 5
Making sure your two shark silhouettes match up, cover one shark completely with double-sided tape. Cover just the head of the second shark in double-sided tape. Tape the sharks to the top of the hat — they should match up.

Step 6
Put that aside and grab the white paper. Fold it in half and start cutting out the teeth, making sharp triangles along the edge. When you’re done, tape the teeth to the inside of the hat.

Step 7
Cut out circles to make the eyes and tape to the hat. Draw in the eyes with marker.

Step 8
Use the double-sided tape on a few of the teeth, then shake red glitter over the tape.

https://blog.modcloth.com/lifestyle/shark-hat-diy/?crlt_pid=camp.78mOvp7JlD1B

for step by step photos

Ocean Treasures

Materials:

egg carton

pink felt

wiggle eyes

cotton ball

Nacre lines the inside of the shell. The formation of a natural pearl begins when a foreign substance slips into the oyster between the mantle and the shell, which irritates the mantle. It's kind of like the oyster getting a splinter. The oyster's natural reaction is to cover up that irritant to protect itself.