20 Easy Beach Crafts for Kids to Make This Summer
Bring the fun of the beach to your craft table with these 20 creative beach crafts for kids! Whether you’re looking to entertain little ones on a rainy day or add some seaside charm to your home, these crafts are perfect for sparking imagination and keeping hands busy.
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These easy beach crafts are perfect for preschoolers, toddlers, and older kids alike — and best of all, you can make them with simple supplies you probably already have at home.
Paper Cup Sandcastle Craft
Building sandcastles with sand is a lot of fun, but it’s not always practical. These paper cup sandcastles offer a creative, mess-free alternative that’s safe for sea creatures.
Beach in a Bottle for Kids
Collect some sand and seashells on the next beach trip for this fun craft. Make a beach in a bottle sensory craft, and add some glitter and/or blue dye to give it a real sparkle.
When you are finished give these glitter sensory bottles a go!
by Little Bins for Little Hands
Coffee Filter Seashell Suncatcher Craft
Print out this template and cut it to size. The suncatcher is created using a coffee filter, making it exciting for kids to watch the dyes spread and blend beautifully.
Surfboard Craft
Get your little designers’ creative juices flowing with this craft. The surfboard template gives them the canvas they need to design the perfect surfboard.
Crab Name Craft
This beach craft comes with a template, so kids have everything they need to make a crab. The name craft helps familiarize kids with reading and spelling their names.
Paper Palm Tree Craft Tutorial
Here’s another template craft that has a big benefit for kids. The palm tree printable requires a good deal of cutting, so they can get some serious scissors practice in.
Handprint Crab Craft
Make a child’s handprint into a cute little crab buddy. The fingers turn into eyestalks, and the bendy legs make these crabs too much fun.
Beach Ball and Summer Dinnerware Crafts
This beach-themed craft is absolutely adorable! Kids can create an entire beach set using dinnerware items, with each piece involving quick and easy projects.
Printable 3D Turtle Paper Craft
Many people are unaware of just how much harm can be done to sea turtles on the beach. Use this printable turtle craft as a chance to teach kids how to be good beach stewards and how to keep turtles safe.
Crab Hat Craft
These silly, adorable crab headbands are guaranteed to be a hit with kids. The printable template makes them super easy to do, and kids will be giggling at the goofy crustaceans in no time.
Paper Plate Beach Craft
This wild, wavy beach scene is simple to make and gives kids lots of cutting practice. It’s made from a paper plate, corrugated paper, and construction paper, so it’s easy to find the materials.
by Little Ladoo
Summer Spinner Craft
Here’s a fun little printable craft for kids to color and assemble. The summer spinner features a beach scene, and the wheel has multiple summer images that are revealed by spinning it.
Sand Paper Sand Castle Craft
Make a sandcastle at home using actual sandpaper. This unique material adds a sensory dimension to this crafting project.
Seashell Watercolor Painting
Seashells are always so pretty and sparkly when they are freshly washed, but as they dry out, they tend to get a bit dull. Decorate them up with watercolor paints, and let kids go wild with the colors and patterns.
Beach-Inspired Lacing Cards
Lacing cards are a fantastic way to promote fine motor skills, and these printables are no exception. They each feature a fun beach-themed picture for kids to thread with yarn.
DIY Flip Flop Beach Bag
Every beachgoer knows the woes of walking out on the beach with flip flops on. Make this cute bag with the kids to give them a receptacle for their flip flops, so nobody has to fight through the sand wearing impractical footwear.
Driftwood Sail Boats
Driftwood sailboats are a fun project that really integrates the beach. Kids can collect driftwood, and then turn it into actual sailing craft.
by Red Ted Art
Printable Jellyfish Puppets
Jellyfish are truly amazing creatures, which might be why kids are so entranced by them. These printable jellyfish puppets are easy to make, so kids can have loads of “underwater” adventures with their wavy little friends.
Related: 25 Fun Paper Bag Puppets for Playtime
by Picklebums
Paper-Weaving Sea Turtle Kids Craft
Paper weaving is a great craft for helping kids develop fine motor skills. This cute turtle craft is a perfect way to make a woven craft.
Beach Themed Paper Plate Wreath
This beach-themed paper plate wreath is a great craft even for little kids, because it’s simple to make. All you need is a paper plate and some watercolors for this very pretty wreath.
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- 23 Paper Plate Animal Crafts for Kids
- 29 Cute Farm Animal Crafts for Preschoolers
- 21 Popsicle Stick Animal Crafts for Kids
- 23 Super Fun Summer Crafts for Kids
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