Summertime is the season of splashing in the pool, building sandcastles at the beach, and soaking up the sun! Even your little gnomies will want to get in on the fun!

This summer gnome craft has cute gnomes dressed in their colorful swimwear, ready for a day of swimming either at the pool or the beach! Add on a colorful beach ball for some extra summer vibes!

Explore our collection of summer crafts for kids and keep the creativity flowing all season long!

Beach Gnome Craft Idea

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This activity is great to keep little hands busy and creative at home, in the classroom, or at daycare during the summer or when learning about the four seasons.

To get started, download and print our free template and gather a few basic supplies. Whether kids choose to create a boy gnome with a baseball cap or a girl gnome with a floppy sun hat, they’ll enjoy the process of creating!

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Gnome template (click the “click here to get this freebie” image at the end to open the form)

Directions

Start by downloading the gnome template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this gnome to life!

First, encourage your child to glue the eyes below the eyebrows.

Next, help your child to glue the lower part of the face to the top portion of the beard.

Now, place the nose below the bottom of the eyes and glue it in between them.

Position the hat on the top of the head and glue it in place.

Glue the waistband to the top portion of the shorts.

Place the shorts on the bottom portion of the body and glue it in place.

Attach the head and glue it to the top portion of the body.

Take the beach ball, color it in, and glue it to the center of the body.

Next, glue the hands to the left and right of the ball.

Finally, guide your child to glue the feet to the bottom of the shorts.

Be sure to check out our summer crafts while you’re here! Your kids will love creating more fun DIYs like this one!

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Summer Themed Kids’ Activities

Find even more summer themed activities to keep the fun going. If you’re looking for exciting projects to spark kids’ creativity or educational activities to keep them learning, we have something for every young learner.

You can discover a new book to read with them, DIYs to make, and printables to keep them busy learning while having fun throughout the summer season.

Summer Books For Kids

How To Catch A Mermaid is the summer version of the classic “How To Catch” series! It’s perfect for mermaid fans and summer lovers alike!

Gorilla Loves Vanilla is all about, you guessed it – ice cream! This silly book will have kids laughing and asking for you to read it again and again.

Goodnight Pirate is a fun bedtime book to read to kids all summer long! They’ll love the illustrations, story, and rhyming words.

Kids’ Crafts For Summer

Torn Paper Ice Cream Craft – This sweet treat doesn’t have any sugar, but still all the fun. Kids will love making a torn paper ice cream craft, perfect for summertime fun. This creative activity is simple, colorful, and helps develop fine motor skills.

Try this fun Summer Worksheets!

Pirate Gnome Craft – Ahoy, matey! Set sail on a creative adventure with your kiddos when they turn their gnome into a pirate! Kids will love creating their own swashbuckling gnome, complete with a pirate hat and eye patch.

Handprint Pineapple Craft – Kids will have a blast using their handprints to create the crown of this colorful and animated pineapple. This hands-on activity is a fun way to get creative and celebrate summer with a fruity masterpiece.

Shark Name Craft – This is a fin-tastic way for kids to practice spelling their names. They’ll create a shark and then spell out their names with fish. Be sure to pull this activity out when it’s time for Shark Week!

Summertime Printables

Keep kids entertained and learning with these summer connect the dots worksheets! You’ll receive four fun printables: a swimming boy, a crab, a slice of watermelon, and a sandcastle. Connect the dots helps kids develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and number recognition.

After connecting the dots, encourage them to color in the pictures for added creativity and fun. These activities are perfect for a summer day and will keep kids engaged and happy!

Combine a sea of fun and education with these ocean animal pattern block mats! They’re ideal to use with preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten kids. Playing with pattern blocks enhances spatial reasoning and fine motor skills, while the mats promote pattern recognition and problem solving.

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You’ll receive 14 pages of ocean animal printables, featuring creatures like an octopus, dolphin, and seahorse. It’s an engaging way for kids to explore math concepts while enjoying the wonders of the ocean!

Keep kids entertained this summer with our no prep summer color by number printables! Just grab the crayons or markers for a fun activity perfect for preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten children.

Inside this bundle of printables, you’ll find pages featuring a sandcastle, watermelon, beach ball, popsicles, sailboat, island, and fish. Each page includes a color key at the bottom that your little ones to follow to know what color to fill in for each number.

Besides being fun, these printables help develop fine motor skills and color recognition.

Enhance summer learning opportunities with this engaging summer read it build it write it mat, perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners! This hands-on activity mat helps kids practice early literacy skills focused on the alphabet.

Students pull an alphabet card and place it in the “read” spot, use a dry erase marker to write the letter in the “write” spot, and use manipulatives to build the letter in the “make” spot. It’s a fun and interactive way to reinforce alphabet recognition and writing skills!

Try this fun Torn Paper Crab Craft!

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Summer Gnome Template