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Seaturtle waterbottle craft how to#

Glue the bottom of your bottle onto the middle section of the turtle that you drew on to the foam.

Cut out your turtle from the craft foam.

Note that your turtle’s head should be a bit larger than his legs and you need the tail to have a rather sharp point – But, this is your turtle, so you can design him however you want.

Draw around the bottle for the shell and then add in your legs, tail and head.

When you have the bottom removed from the soda bottle, place the bottom on your craft foam and draw around it to create your turtle’s shape.

First, you need to cut the bottom off of a plastic 2 liter soda bottle using your craft knife.

I used a combination of green soda bottle and yellow craft foam to give him “turtle” colors.

Note that you can do your DIY floating turtle in any color that you want.

If you need something to keep the kids busy this summer, this DIY floating turtle that you can make from an empty soda bottle is just perfect.

Seaturtle waterbottle craft how to#

How To Make A Floating Turtle From An Upcycled Soda Bottle Plus, it’s so much fun for kids to see their turtle float when they get him finished. It’s perfect for kids from preschool to teenagers, and it’s a really quick and simple craft. Other than that, kids can almost do this one completely on their own if they want.

What Ages Can Make This DIY Floating Turtle?Īs I said, if you have toddlers or preschoolers, you need to supervise them pretty close with the cutting on this craft. Once you have the supplies ready though, kids can definitely do most of the work for putting this craft together. You will need to remove the bottom from your soda bottle, and for toddlers and preschoolers, this is something that requires a lot of supervision. For younger children, I do recommend that you do the cutting yourself. With brand new resources added on weekly basis you will never run out of fun things to make with your kids (either as a parent or as a teacher).Similar Project: Recycling at its Finest: How to Build a Magnificent Milk Jug IglooĪside from the bottle, you do need a few basic craft supplies, but if you’re like me, you already have those craft supplies on hand…I even added to my stash when I knew the kids would be out for summer soon.Ĭan Kids Make This Upcycled Bottle Turtle? Glue two googly eyes onto the turtle head.Ĭut out several tiny trapezoids and hexagons and glue them to the top of the turtle shell.īecome a member of Easy Peasy and Fun membership and gain access to our exclusive craft templates and educational printables. Glue your green turtle shell to the turtle body. Use your paintbrush and green paint to paint the top of each seashell green and let dry. Move the shell and connect the head, arms, legs, and tail. Lay your seashell onto your green card stock and draw a head coming from the top, 2 arms coming from the top sides, 2 legs coming from the bottom, and a tail from the back.

Certainly better than collecting dust.Īre you ready to get crafty? Let’s make this seashell turtle craft! How to Make a Seashell Turtle Craft This way you’ll turn those shells into lovely things the kids can then play with, gift to their friends or family members.

You can turn those seashells into wonderful works of kid made crafts. Now they sure are nice, and collecting washed up empty shells from the beach certainly is a fun thing for kids to do but… What to do with all those seashells when you come home?

If you have a change of a sea side vacation with your kids I am sure you return home with an insane amount of all kinds of empty seashells that you kids have collected. These seashell turtles are insanely easy to make and you can even turn them into fridge magnets just like these seashell crab magnets are. We are quite crazy about turtles (and tortoises) so this seashell turtle craft is something we trully are happy about sharing with you.