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Winter Homeschooling – Look to the Sea. 17 Hands-on Activities for Two to Teens.

September 17, 2015 | 10 Comments
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Today, I have  some sweet ocean themed hands-on activities to go along with those freebies.

HANDS-ON HOMESCHOOLING

Winter Homeschooling - Look to the Sea. 17 Hands-On Activities for Two to Teens @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

1. Glass Sea Bottle or you could use plastic. Gorgeous, easy and creative. (via Etsy)

ocean bottle

2. Make Ocean Colored Soap Cubes using Ice Trays. (via Martha Stewart)

soap cubes

3. Easy Swimming Sock Fish. (via Parents)

swimming sock

4. Ocean Diorama. (via Martha Stewart)

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5. Under the Sea Snow Globe (from baby food jars) (via Chickabug)

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6. Make an ocean bottle (via Lilla A)

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7. Write a message in a bottle.

Ocean Unit Study Message In a Bottle Language Arts @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

8. Easy Diorama with paper plates (via Make and Takes)

paper plate ocean diorama

9. Make a sea glass bracelet (via Martha Stewart)

sea bracelet

10. Shells on a Wooden Letter (via Beach Comber).

seashells on a wooden letter

11. Printable Ocean Diorama (via Holiday Kids Craft) Sometimes you got a kid that doesn’t want to color. I understand. So here is a diorama that has pages already colored. Some blank and some colored for options.

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12. Ocean Playdough (via Kids Activities Blog).

Ocean-Play-Dough

13. Make edible geography sea levels.

Edible Geography Sea Levels @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

14. Make your own Jellyfish Lights (via Kids Activities Blog)

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15. Handmade Boat (via Minieco.Co.Uk)

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15. Edible ocean layers.

Yum. Edible Ocean Layers @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

17. Good Ol’ Southern Louisiana Gumbo. You know, made the right way with a roux (Via Louisiana Cooking)

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Hugs and love ya,

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Also see my Winter Season Unit Study for more winter homeschooling ideas and my Oceans Unit Study for more ocean learning fun!

10 CommentsFiled Under: Hands-On Activities, Science Based Tagged With: hands-on activities, handsonhomeschooling, ocean

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  1. Eva at Kid Minds says

    September 22, 2015 at 3:19 pm

    Ocean colored soap looks gorgeous! We HAVE to try it! As well as ocean bottle! And Ocean Diorama! So little time, so many great projects…

    We made a similar homemade boat! It was part of our Waldorf curriculum.

    Thanks for a great roundup!
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    • Tina Robertson says

      September 24, 2015 at 9:08 am

      I agree, so little time. Oh, the boats sounds like fun too..You are so welcome for it.

      Reply
  2. Nancy says

    September 22, 2015 at 10:15 am

    Love these ideas! I’ve got to save them for my grandsons as they get older.

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    • Tina Robertson says

      September 24, 2015 at 9:10 am

      You are so welcome Nancy. “Grands”? Well that has to be the best part, to do them with the grands :o) Thanks for being here.

      Reply
  3. Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom says

    September 20, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    Love this collection! And guess what, I actually made #8 with my kindergarten class last year! 😀 Clearly, you have excellent taste in kids crafts. ;P
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    • Tina Robertson says

      September 24, 2015 at 9:31 am

      Hey Sarah,

      lol, Thanks for stopping by and yes, I do love easy…lol

      Have a super day!

      Reply
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