Gardening with Children

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Have fun on the beach

Date Posted: 01 August 2015


We all love going to the seaside it is a real treat and definitely a must during the Summer holidays, there is so much you can do: play ball games, fly kites, paddle/swim in the sea, go beach combing, look for shells, go rock pooling, make sandcastles, bury dad(!) or simply relax and read a book.

If you want to do something different why not get creative and make your own beach art?

Grab your buckets, have a walk along the beach and see what 'treasure' you can find, a good place to look is along the tide line, this is where the last tide has washed up and deposited materials such as seaweed, driftwood, shells, egg cases and sadly lots and lots of litter.

There can are often plenty of interesting rocks and pebbles on the beach in different sizes, shapes and colours, these are very useful for creating sculptures.

Here are some ideas that you make/do with your beach treasure.

Write your name in the sand or make patterns

Create a pebble man or animal

Build a stone sculpture


If you have collected lots of shells, dried seaweed and driftwood why not make a Sea Creature, you could do this whilst you are on the beach or when you have got home.

Make a Sea Creature

What you need to do


This is your Sea Creature be creative you can make it how you want, it can have 2, 4 or 6 legs, 2 or 3 heads or tails, you can give it wings or claws and as many eyes as you want, this is how me and Thomas made our Sea Creature:

What we did


Don’t forget to take some photographs of your beach art before the tide comes in and the waves wash it all away.

If you are going to the beach it is a good idea to buy a guide to the seashore so that you can identify and learn all about what you find on your day out.


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