25+ Beach & Ocean Activities: Kid's Co-op

Nothing says summer like a trip to the beach, or if you're really lucky the ocean. Who doesn't remember building sandcastles as a kid? Whether you're looking forward to a beach vacation or recreating an ocean experience at home, the Kid's Co-op has been full of great ideas for ocean and beach activities:

Find beach and ocean activity ideas for sensory play, crafts, literacy, learning activities, and printables. If you're actually headed to the beach be sure to check out a fun way to countdown to your vacation and the ideas for playtime when you're actually there.

Sensory Play

Beach sensory play and small world from Fantastic Fun & Learning

Beach in a bottle from House of Burke

Jell-o ocean sensory play from House of Burke

Magic sand dough from Sugarbee Learning

Colored sand from Happy Little Munchkins

Ocean theme sensory box from Simply Mommie 

Whales and water ocean theme from Little Bins for Little Hands

Salt tray imaginative play from Picklebums

Beach play mat from Crafty Moms Share

Crafts

Toilet roll fish from The Craft Train

Sandpaper castles from Art Mama Says

Sand paint seahorse and starfish from House of Burke

Ocean themed modelling clay from My Nearest and Dearest 

Literacy

Seashell Letter Match from And Next Comes L

Beach style letter learning from B-Inspired Mama and Twodaloo

10 great books about the beach from KC Edventures

Ocean board books for babies and toddlers from House of Burke

10 best summer beach books for preschoolers from The Kennedy Adventures

 Learning Activities & Printables

Salt water experiment from Alex Nguyen Portraits

Beach theme printables from B-Inspired Mama

Beach week from 3 Dinosaurs

By the seashore for preschoolers from Sorting Sprinkles

If you're actually going to the beach, check these out:

Countdown to a beach vacation from Like Mama Like Daughter

Shell activities from What Do We Do All Day?

Train activities at the beach from Play Trains
Beach combing treasure tile from The Boy and Me

Need more ocean activities?

Ocean Activities from Fantastic Fun & Learning

Celebrating World Oceans Day from Inspiration Laboratories

Got any beach trips planned?

Thanks so much to everybody who linked up great ideas for kids last week.  Can't wait to see what you've got this week!

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