Make Your Own Seahorses

2 min read September 13, 2026 Haeley Giambalvo
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How cute are these little seahorses? This craft project for Under the Sea week of Camp Fun came together easily thanks to this simple craft kit. Kids will love adding adhesive jewels to their seahorses and then finger stamp paper and accordion fold it to create fins. Not only are these seahorses cute on their own, they would be so fun strung together as a garland!

Project Time
30 to 40 min
Difficulty
Beginner
Step
1

Peel off the backing from the jewels and add them to both sides of the seahorse.

Make Your Own Seahorses step 1
Step
2

Add eyes to each side of the seahorse by first removing the adhesive backing and then sticking on a pom-pom and googly eye.

Make Your Own Seahorses step 2
Step
3

To create fins, use the ink pad to create dots on the piece of paper.

Make Your Own Seahorses step 3
Step
4

Once the paper is decorated, accordion fold it and slide it through the hole on the side of the seahorse’s body.

Make Your Own Seahorses step 4 part 1
Make Your Own Seahorses step 4 part 2
Make Your Own Seahorses step 4 part 3
Step
5

Be sure to check out all of our summer camp craft ideas and activities for the Under the Sea Week of Camp Fun. Be sure to also check out the Glittered Sea Shell Picture Frames for this week of Camp Fun. Follow along with our Summer Camp Fun Series! Be sure to share your projects with us on Instagram by using the hashtag #OTCampFun.

Make Your Own Seahorses step 5

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