These adorable Ocean Bookmarks are great summer activities that also encourages them to read more books over the summer break! Little ones can color them in and turn them into fun DIY summer party gifts or party favors.
Looking for a creative ocean themed activity for your preschoolers? These free printable ocean bookmarks will keep your active little ones occupied and having fun!
Preschoolers will delight in the adorable designs while they color them in. Once they have finished coloring in, these ocean bookmarks are great to use for their favorite books. These color your own Ocean Bookmarks are also great DIY gifts for the holiday season, slumber parties and even birthday parties.
Why You Will Love These Ocean Bookmarks
Making these DIY Ocean Bookmarks is not only fun, it’s also pretty straightforward. After coloring in the bookmark design of their choice, you can also involve your little ones in making the bookmarks. They can do little things such as adding glue to the printable, or helping to tie the ribbon.
These color your own ocean bookmarks are not just great for fostering creativity, it’s a 2-in-1 activity that will also develop these skills:
- Fine motor skills
- Hand eye coordination
- Hand strength
- Color awareness
- Focus and concentration
- Patience
- Spatial awareness
For little preschoolers, coloring in these bookmark designs and making the bookmarks itself gives them plenty of benefits and helps them develop various skills. If you’re homeschooling them, doing this activity together with them also fosters confidence and helps to improve bonding.
DIY Ocean Bookmarks Supplies
To make these Ocean Bookmarks, you’ll need some basic supplies. You probably already have these at home, so it’s a great activity to do without spending lots of money!
Before you dive right in this Ocean Coloring In activity, you can also pick up some books related to the ocean to extend it into a science activity.
Supplies:
- Card paper
- Ribbon
- Hole Punch
- Glue
- Color pencils or color pens for coloring
Ocean Bookmarks Instructions:
- Download your free printable Ocean Bookmarks.
- Print the Ocean Bookmarks on a blank piece of US Letter/A4 sized paper.
- Color in the bookmark designs.
- Cut out the bookmarks by following the borders provided.
- Cut a slightly larger piece of card paper of your choice.
- Paste the printable bookmark design on the card paper with glue.
- Punch a hole on the card paper and add a ribbon. Your Ocean Bookmark is completed!
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How To Use The Color Your Own Ocean Bookmarks
Here are a few ways you can use these Color Your Own Ocean Bookmarks printable. You can start by reading them a few books about the ocean, or choose to focus on a sea animal such as dolphin.
After reading the book, you can then reward them with this coloring activity. They can then have a great time coloring the adorable designs and turning them into bookmarks they can use for their favorite books!
Alternatively, you can also block out an hour to do this activity solely as an art activity. Lay out color pencils and the bookmark supplies on a table, and your little ones will be squealing in delight.
The best part is, you can print these free printable Ocean Bookmarks as many times as you want. You can give your child one ocean bookmark at a time, and do this activity 5 times to complete the set.
Whatever you choose to do, your preschooler or kindergartener will definitely enjoy doing it multilple times! They can even color in multiple copies of the same Ocean Bookmark and turn them into little gifts for their friends or neighbors.
5 Free Printable Ocean Bookmarks
You’ll get 5 free printable Ocean Bookmarks with gorgeous ocean animal designs, including starfish, dolphins, jellyfish, turtle, seal and octopus.
The cute quotes on these Ocean Bookmarks include You’re A Starfish Reader, Reading is Whale-y Fun, Reading is Fintastic and Splash or Dive into a Good Book. You can also color in these bookmarks yourself as a relaxing, stress-relief activity and use them for your own books!
Download The Free Printable Ocean Bookmarks Here
Ready to get started? Grab your free printable Ocean Coloring Bookmarks here!
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