23 Fun Ocean Theme Preschool Crafts

This shark headband craft will get your little one prepared for shark week in no time flat! Download the printable template to make this craft or use the black and white version to color in.

Crabs are such fun little critters, and this handprint crab is a lovely little keepsake craft that's perfect for summer.

Kids will be delighted when they see this cute craft come to life.

The jellyfish is a craft stick puppet that "swims" when you move it behind the plate. So fun!

This easy shark craft is a fun and simple paper craft that comes with a free printable template.

Any fan of Finding Nemo or Finding Dory loves a clownfish! This paper craft is so simple to put together.

Preschoolers may need help cutting out the shapes, but otherwise, they can assemble this mostly independently.

This easy fish painting for kids is a blend of arts and crafts that all kids will love!

Combine the fun of watercolors with the simplicity of a paper craft in one cute project.

Use whatever colors you like to print the seahorse pattern. What's terrific about this craft is that every seahorse and every watercolor background can be unique.

Read Over in the Ocean with your preschooler and then make this fun craft!

Your child may need some help cutting out the seahorse shape, and for some children, it may be easier to let them paint their paper plates first and then cut out the seahorse. This can help cut down on the mess from painting.

Make this craft after visiting the beach to collect some treasures to include like shells, bits of coral, or even small pieces of driftwood.

The shark template makes this incredibly easy for little ones to put together. Love the tissue paper seaweed!

This adorable fish looks like a clownfish, too, but you can easily adapt the colors to make it any fish you'd like.

How cute is this little crab made from a paper mache egg?

Preschoolers will need help cutting out the pincers, legs, and eyes, but they can paint the egg and glue the crab's body parts on with little assistance.

Colorful jellyfish are made even more exciting with the fine motor component of threading the yarn through the holes.

What a brilliant way to use glitter glue! You only need 3 simple materials to make this suncatcher, and it'll look lovely displayed in the window.

These brightly colored pufferfish are so goofy and lovable that they definitely need to be on your ocean crafts list.

Exploring new painting methods, like with the cardboard tubes for this craft, helps inspire creative thinking in kids.

Learning scissor skills is so important for preschoolers, and what better way to practice than this jellyfish craft.

What better way to make a sea turtle than with a seashell? Use school glue if you're letting your preschooler do this craft independently.

Work with simple shapes like circles, half-circles, squares, and triangles to recreate this adorable Under the Sea ocean scene.

Recycle some cardboard tubes to make a fearsome shark. Preschoolers will need help with the mouth and teeth, but the rest is easy peasy.

Reuse some of those plastic Easter eggs to make ocean animals, like this delightful little whale.

Preschoolers will get practice with simple shapes and with paper tearing in this lovely craft.

Don't you just want to sail away on those blue waves?

With only a tiny bit of cutting and a lot of gluing, this craft is perfect for preschoolers who aren't yet confident in their scissor skills.

You could even use colored craft sticks if you're short on time and doing this craft with a group.

The ocean theme meets pretend play with this fun and durable craft! Your preschooler will get loads of playtime out of these wooden spoon ocean animals.

You'll need to help your child with the designs, but they'll definitely enjoy helping and then playing with them.

There's more than one type of shark in the ocean.

Teach your little ones about the very cool hammerhead sharks! The template makes this craft super simple to put together.