Materials: paper, crayons, watercolors (or food coloring and water), paintbrush

Create a beautiful ocean scene with crayons and watercolors!

• Have your child use crayons to draw any ocean animal on a sheet of thick paper. (You can also draw outlines of animals for your child to color in.)

• Have your child press hard with the crayons so there is a thick layer of wax.

• Then get out your watercolors. (You can also make your own with a couple of drops of food coloring in a cup of water.)

• Your child can paint over the whole paper with blues and greens. You can still see the animal through the “ocean” because the waxy crayon repels water!