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DIY: Ocean Diorama [2]

JM Perez By JM Perez1 min read1.3K views

Below is a beautiful Ocean Diorama we helped our daughter create for her school project.

Ocean Diorama.

Materials/Tools Needed

  • Paper Clips
  • Plastic Boulder
  • Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Box/container (we used the base of a Plastic Cake Container)
  • Plastic Sea Plants
  • Plastic Ocean Creatures (or cutouts from drawings or Magazines)
  • Spray Paints

Step by Steps (for this project):

  • Spray paint the base of the plastic cake container to look like water.
  • Figure out the placement of the animals, boulder and plants.
  • Straighten out a couple of paper clips and then bend them to shape to hold the animals in a floating position.
  • Hot glue the stones and synthetic plants on the floor of the diorama.
  • Make sure that you are able to put the cover back on at the end to protect it.
Ocean Diorama.
Ocean Diorama.

Have fun creating your own Ocean Diorama!

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Kids Craft Children Education DIY: Projects

DIY: Ocean Diorama

JM Perez By JM Perez1 min read2.7K views

For their last month of school, the first graders project is taking the students to the Ocean waters. The kids were asked to allow their imagination go wild and create their own Ocean scene in a box.

Ocean Diorama Project.
Ocean Diorama Project.

Materials/Tools Needed

  • Cardboard
  • Hand drawn scenes
  • Blue Construction Papers
  • Scissors
  • Synthetic Plants
  • Stones
  • Fish cutout (from drawings or Magazine)
  • Card stock
  • Markers
  • Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Fishing Wire

Step by Steps:

  • Decide on the shape of box you want.
  • For background, draw a scene on a blue construction paper, cut it out then glue inside box.
  • Draw Sea creatures on paper, cardboard or simply cut out shapes out of magazines.
  • Use fishing wire to make free-floating fish by taping them to the top of the box and the body of the fish.
  • Hot glue the stones and synthetic plants on the floor of the diorama.

It was another fun project which my Son completed with the assistance of his Father and Sister.

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