April 2 - 27, 2025

Suggested Materials: Paper bags, markers, crayons, glue, googly eyes, yarn (for hair), fabric scraps (for clothing), recycled materials (i.e. cardboard, bubble wrap).

In the show, we saw lots of puppets like Big Fish, Little Fish, Jellyfish, Shark, and Turtle. Now it’s your turn to make your own puppet using the colorful paper bag that your items came in! You can turn your bag into an underwater sea creature, an animal, a person, or even a totally made-up monster. Use whatever supplies you have to decorate your puppet.

Once your puppet is ready, you can put on your very own show. Make your puppet talk, move, and even sing! You can create a story and bring your puppet to life just like the actors do in the show.

Time to shake and dance to your favorite music! Start by playing your favorite song, and shake your egg shaker along with the music! Try shaking it slowly to a slow song, and then speed it up when the song gets faster. You can shake your egg shaker up high, down low, and even in a circle!

Here’s a fun challenge: Turn on the Shark Shake song from the show! This song is both fast and slow. Can you use your egg shaker to follow along as it changes?

Let’s pretend to be jellyfish swimming in the ocean! Grab your jellyfish ribbon ring and get ready to dance! Twirl the ribbons around as you imagine you’re a jellyfish floating through the ocean. You can make your ribbons move in all kinds of ways, just like jellyfish float and swim.

Let’s play a game: Imagine you’re swimming from your home at the top of the ocean down to the sea floor. What would swimming up look like? What about swimming down? Now, use your whole body to move with your ribbons—twist, sway, and twirl like you’re floating in the ocean!

Can you follow the follow-along song while dancing with the ribbons? Let’s see you jump, shake, and groove!

Paint or color the sea shells!

Time to make your sea shells colorful! Take your beautiful sea shells and get ready to paint or color them with markers! You can use bright colors, glitter, and designs to make your shells look extra special. Once you’re done, you can even use your painted shells in your puppet show or use them for your own ocean adventure.

Use your paper bag puppet, seashell, ribbon ring, egg shaker and whatever other objects or toys you have at home: make your very own underwater play.  Here’s how:

1. STORY: Start with a story! What happens in your ocean world? Maybe the jellyfish go on an adventure to find a hidden treasure, or the sea creatures work together to solve a mystery.
2. CHARACTERS: Choose your characters! Pick what characters are part of your story and what part they play in your underwater play.
3. MUSIC: Add music! Pick what kind of music to have in your play. You can play your favorite songs or use your egg shaker to make your own.  You can also use the following link to use two songs from the show: Shark Shake and Follow-Along Song.

Lights, camera, action—it’s time to perform your show for your family or friends, or even an audience of stuffed animals! Don’t forget to use all your amazing creations to bring the play to life!