Art & Craft
Creative activities that allow children to represent beach safety symbols and beach hazards to reinforce visual recognition of safe zones.
1. Beach Safety Scene in a Paper Plate
A hands-on craft where children make a beach scene showing the message: Always swim between the red and yellow flags.
2. Sandcastle Beach Scene with Bluebottle Jellyfish Sign
A creative way to introduce what bluebottle jellyfish look like and why we avoid touching them.
3. Surf Lifesaver Craft (With Red & Yellow Patrol Uniform)
Helps children recognise lifesavers as trusted helpers.
1. Beach Safety Scene in a Paper Plate (Preschool Friendly)
Learning Message
- Safe swimming happens between the red and yellow flags.
- Lifesavers watch this area closely.
Materials (mostly recycled)
- Used paper plate
- Sand (real or crushed cereal)
- Glue stick, scissors
- Used popsicle sticks
- Corrugated cardboard scraps
- Scraps of coloured paper or magazine pages (blue/yellow/red)
- Small cardboard scraps (for surfboard, towel etc.)
Steps
- Sand area – Spread glue on half the plate and sprinkle sand.
- Ocean – Cut wavy blue strips and glue to the other half.
- Flags – Make red/yellow rectangles and glue to popsicle sticks. Press into sand.
- Swimmer – Simple paper person with drawn face.
- Extras – Add mini surfboard, towel, boat, etc.
- Assemble the whole scene.
2. Sandcastle Beach Scene with Bluebottle Jellyfish Sign
Learning Message
- Bluebottles can sting—don’t touch them, even if washed up.
- Lifesavers may put out warning signs when bluebottles are present.
- Tell a grown-up or lifesaver.
Materials (mostly recycled)
- Egg carton
- Yellow scrap paper
- Cereal box cardboard
- Blue paper scraps
- Popsicle stick
- Glue, scissors
- Used ribbons/yarn/packaging strips (for tentacles)
- Optional: crushed cereal or sand
Steps
- Sandcastles – Turn egg carton upside down and sprinkle “sand.”
- Bluebottles – Cut blue half circles; add ribbon/yarn tentacles.
- Attach around sandcastles sparingly.
- Warning sign – Draw a jellyfish on yellow recycled paper, glue to stick, stand in carton.
3. Surf Lifesaver Craft (With Red & Yellow Patrol Uniform)
Learning Message
- Lifesavers wear red and yellow uniforms.
- We listen to them and can ask for help.
Materials (mostly recycled)
- Toilet paper roll
- Red and yellow paper scraps
- Cardboard scrap (surfboard)
- Popsicle sticks + small red/yellow paper
- Paper plate or cereal box circle
- Glue, scissors, markers
- Sand (real or crushed cereal)
Steps
- Base – Glue sand onto a plate or cardboard circle.
- Uniform – Wrap toilet roll in red/yellow strips.
- Face – Draw eyes and smile; add a small red cap.
- Surfboard – Cut from cardboard and label “SURF RESCUE".
- Patrol flags – Red/yellow scraps on popsicle sticks.
- Assemble into patrol scene.