Isn’t this the cutest octopus? I wish I could claim this cool design as my own, but I’m not that creative! I found this craft kit at Joann’s Fabric.
When you first open the kit you’ll find all of these objects. What I like is that the majority of the pieces already have adhesive on them. You will need some glue or glue dots for a couple of the pieces though.
Sort the pieces into 4 piles, large circles, medium circles, small circles, and purple arms.
Add the circles down one side of the arm. I used the tip of a pencil to push out the center of each circle.
Next add the purple band (it has adhesive on it already). Then add some glue in each slit. If I were to do this again, I would smoosh a glue dot in there, place the purple arm and then add some glue.
I added the inside purple piece that I had to punch out back on top of the arm for additional strength. Adding the arms is not going to be easy for young children. An adult will have to do it.
While I was fiddling with the octopus arms, my preschooler worked on a starfish. The body is cut out of craft foam. Pom poms are glued on for texture. It made a nice counting activity too.
After all the arms are on, add the eyes and the mouth. You end up with a cute treasure tin.
It is perfect for adding little things like letter o objects to be sorted, pom poms for patterning, sea shells, and other little things. I made a set of color matching cards for my toddler. I think it would make a cute center or workbox activity.
Aren’t They Cute?
(You might check out the sea horse craft for another ocean craft idea.) Feel free to download your own octopus color cards:
Oh my…that is a cute octopus. I would put your equally adorable octopus matching cards inside, but I'm fairly certain my son would hijack it to store his stones and shells and other found lake treasures.
goldfuss1 [at] frontier [dot] com
adorable! I would put those cute little octopi in their, of course! Thanks for the contest!
Jen
loveforlit@comcast.net
Very cute! My little ones would love this. katiecrews111 @ gmail . com
OH I LOVE IT!!! I THINK I WOULD FIND SOME LITTLE O OBJECTS TO COUNT…rluken05@yahoo.ocm
Knowing my boys, fruit loops would end up in the octopus tin, although I'd rather it be used for keeping things like pompoms or counting chips or something similar in size in. usioma@gmail.com
I think we would put my daughter's small rock collection in the tin or perhaps some stickers.
I LOVE it!! uwilbraham@iafrica.com
My daughter says she would put pennies in the octopus.
ape2016(at)aol(dot)com
Ohh how cute!! i think my daughter would place her shinny rocks from our rock study inside or her eraser collection lol… kevinkaylaarrowood123 at yahoo dot com
We would put treasures in ours.
cherisek23@gmail.com
We would put foreign coins in ours!
Very cute craft! I would love to use the tin to store the octopus cards you have on your site, although I'm sure my 2 year old would find all kinds of fun things to put in it (rocks, cars, etc.) as he loves to hide items.
tamihuberty (at) gmail (dot) com
Wonderful craft! We'd store little "treasures" from our walks in there… efrausto@gmail.com
I would put a sorting activity in there… or some stickers for a writing activity. So fun!
valblaisdell at yahoo dot com
We would could use it for a fun memory game, or for shells from our next trip to the beach!
Woot Looks like fun!
harmonystar@juno.com
What a cute craft knowing my A's it would be all those long lost treasure's they pick up everywhere we go!!!! They especially have a love of rocks!
This would be perfect for storing small sea animal toys. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Cute! I would love it!
So cute! We'd probably put in seashells for counting or sorting
I would actually download the colored octopus cards then make cards that have the color spelled out and have my daughter match them.
dropcqueen at yahoo dot com
Super cute! I would put small things that start with the letter Oo in the octopus tin! I just put together a Letter Oo unit for my preschooler and the color octopuses at the end of this post will go along with it perfectly! Thanks for sharing!!
emilysandall@gmail.com
I LOVE that octopus and so would my students!!! I would use your colored octopuses for a memory game, sorting, or patterning. Another idea I had would be to put cheerios in it to make necklaces. Thanks!!!
Melissa
lissa0323@aol.com
So adorable! I would tell you what I want to put in there but my 3-year old will have a very different idea about it. Though,no matter what will be inside it will be a total hit!
Thank you!
What a cute little octopus. I know what y daughter would put in it – all those little tiny pearly shells she collects at the beach each year and then comes home and makes into necklaces and bracelets. Thanks for the chance to win!
That is so cute! river26[at]gmail[dot]com
I think we would put stickers in the octopus tin.
We might put crayons in it or my preschooler would come up with something better.:)
clclemons at hotmail dot com
Very cute! My girls would probably use it to store their small beach treasures.
Those are super cute! I'd probably print those color cards and make them into a math game (since we know our colors). 🙂 We will be dong an ocean theme, so they will go along perfect! 🙂
Brillant! nice purple octopus, my son love purple colours and he will sure keep his painted see shell we had collected a month ago, thanks for this chance to win!cheers 😉
stansyg@yahoo.com
Hah! Love the mismatched eyeballs!
While I would love to extend the related learning with your adorable octopi color matching cards, I am sure it would only be a matter of time before my son used the tin for either tools or "rescue equipment," in true almost-4 yr old boy fashion. 🙂
ganderson77 at gmail dot com
I think it would end up being storage for little craft doo dads 🙂
judywhatilivefor at gmail dot com
I'm sure my daughters would use this to collect shells from our beach and their 'magic' rocks too.
cleaningrhouse at yahoo dot com
We would put in anything sea related in it 🙂
Funwithmama@gmail.com
I would use the octopus tin to put cute buttons for sorting for my preschooler!! johnson.dony@gmail.com
We'd download a few pages of those octopus cards, color them (2 of each color) and cut them out. We'd have an octopus memory game and a really cool octopus tin to put it in!
Thanks for the giveaway!
ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com ☮
We would put mini octopus activities in it along with your color cards.
I know my Nephew would probably put some of his favorite marbles inside!
geauxtami@yahoo.com
This looks like fun! Thanks for the chance.
I'm guessing my little one would store all sorts of found treasures (rocks, leaves, etc.) inside.
lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (cot) com
I would put my ever expanding bead collection in the octopus tin. That is, if my daughter doesn't steal it away first.
My daughter would love to put her hair clips in it 😉
I would give it to my daughter to put her seashells in. (mavans@gmail.com
I would give it to my niece to put all kinds of 6 year old treasures into.
jenlcrum@gmail.com
How cute!
I'd probably put shells for a sorting activity in it.
jberrec at gmail dot com
coreybrennan26@hotmail.com
I think we'd keep our Wii fund in there – we all chip in a little in hopes of agreeing on the next WII game to enter.
My 4 year old loves to collect buttons- they'd be a perfect fit! Thanks,Jess
jdjmcc@aol.com
OH the cuteness!
I would put paperclips in there. 🙂 But I'm pretty sure Kid #1 would put stray Lego pieces in there. Can't you just see it full of Lego heads? Ha.
jessicanunemaker at littleindiana dot com
What a cute craft! Off the top of my head, I have no idea what we'd store in there, but I'm sure we could come up with something nifty!
seashells! Id put seashells in them!
my email address is nabihawangde@gmail.com…forgot to mention that!
Adorable!! I'd put fun school reward "coupons" in the tin, for my kids to draw out every once in a while for a surprise treat! 🙂 creedamy [at] yahoo[dot]com
My 7 y/o daughter said to tell you that she'd put her Pet Shops in it and my 6 y/o son said his legos…heavensent1@yahoo dotcom
How cute this Octopus Craft is! My 5 yr. old granddaughter can put the octopus color cards and her Gomu sea collection collectible erasers in the purple (her favorite color) tin. Thank you! 🙂
my daughter says she would put her hair bows in it!
laurie1993@verizon.net
I think I would hide some of my daughters small hair pretties or her little rings. She would love ot make it then hide stuff from her brother
shannonsweep at gmail dot com