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Crafts

Crafts

Coloring and activity sheets

We create a variety of coloring and activity sheets for events, local restaurants, and our retail outlets. Available for free while supplies last. The following are available for download in PDF format. Just click, save, print, and have fun!

We also have coloring sheet flyers to help kids prepare for your next event. Ask about them during booking.

All designs © 2012 – 2023 The Chesapeake Mermaid, Inc.

Math Sheet
Tree Ring Count

creative crafts videos

recycle crayons into fish

Teach kids the benefits of recycling with something they enjoy. These colorful fish crayons can be made again and again and are perfect for mermaid parties, nature rubbings, or take-home bags.


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Make a Chesapeake Mermaid Tail for youR Doll

I’ve been asked about mermaid dolls because we have a small one at our shows as a prop. We put together this video to help you make one of your own. Download the step-by-step instructions with templates for FREE and get started making your own Chesapeake Mermaid doll to go with your storybook.

*Note: Since making this video, we’ve decided it wasn’t the best idea. Glitter is a problem for our environment. We used chunky glitter because it’s easier to keep contained. Please keep your glitter tidy and think twice about glitter crafts in the future. Thank you.”


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Make an Effie Lee Prop Pack

The tale of Effie Lee Wilson, who lived and died on Holland Island, makes a great spooky story for campfires. Holland island now resides beneath the waves of the Chesapeake Bay allowing us to discuss erosion and sea level rise and what can and can’t be done to change things. You can create a bit of Effie Lee’s world with our FREE prop pack. Included are templates and instructions for your own spooky campfire.


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Chesapeake Carvings

We have FREE pumpkin carving templates here at ChesapeakeMermaid.com. Choose from a sea turtle, a blue crab, or an oyster. Give your Halloween some local flair. Share with a friend who wants to carve with you!


DOWNLOAD BLUE CRAB | DOWNLOAD OYSTER | DOWNLOAD SEA TURTLE

recycled crafts

ROSE COLORED GLASSES

The world currently has a shortage of rose colored glasses! You can help by making some at home our of toilet paper rolls, take-out container plastic, and a few things you may have around the house.

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Rose Colored Glasses

dolphin sun catcher

We made this dolphin sun catcher from a #5 plastic take out container. You can make your own design or download ours here.

DOWNLOAD DOLPHIN SUN CATCHER

jeweled sea turtle

Remember shrinky dinks? Well you can make some at home using #6 plastic. We made this jeweled loggerhead turtle and you can too! You don’t have the follow the pattern. You can make your own designs too.

DOWNLOAD JEWELED SEA TURTLE 

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