Tropical Seashell Fish Craft

If you’re headed to the beach this summer, chances are your kids will collect a lot of seashells. You can turn a bunch of those shells into cute little tropical fish! So pull out the craft paint to make this cute seashell craft for kids.

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As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.
For this project you will need the following supplies:

Seashells
Googly eyes
Hot glue gun
Paint in tropical colors

It doesn’t get much easier. Paint your seashells, choosing smaller shells for tails and fins. Once you have chosen which shells go with which, go ahead and glue them together. Glue googly eyes onto your fish.

I used googly eyes with eyelashes. You can use regular ones. The link above in the supplies goes to some with eyelashes if you’re interested. Have fun with it!

More fish crafts

If you like this project, or you’re working on a fish unit, here are a few more fish crafts you might like!

How to Make Seashell Fish

School of Cardboard Tube Fish

Paper Plate Tropical Fish

Print Project

Tropical Seashell Fish

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 20 mins

Supplies

• Assorted seashells
• Googly eyes
• Hot glue gun
• Paint in tropical colors

Instructions

• Paint your seashells, choosing smaller shells for tails and fins.
• Once you have chosen which shells go with which, go ahead and glue them together.
• Glue googly eyes onto your fish.