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    Uniquely Californian Sea Lion Craft

    Published: Apr 20, 2015 · Modified: Jun 3, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    We love getting outdoors in the California sunshine and one of my favorite places to take the kids is San Francisco. We are lucky enough to live within an hour of San Francisco. The city offers a variety of cultural, entertainment and culinary experiences. It also has so many fun things for families to do. One of our favorites things to do in San Francisco is head over to Pier 39 and visit the sea lions.

    Sea Lion Craft - Make a California Sea Lion craft inspired by the ones found at San Franciso's Pier 39. Learn more about what makes California such a great place to live.
    sea lions at pier 39

    The sea lions arrived at Pier 39 shortly after the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. They have made a home there and are great fun to watch and listen to. My kids can spend hours here watching the sea lions play, interact and rest.

    sea lions

    Inspired by the Pier 39 sea lions, we decided to make our own sea lion craft. It is so easy that you will want to make one and enjoy a little bit of California wherever you live.

    sea lion craft

    To make our sea lion craft you will need:

    • 3 paper plates
    • Brown paint
    • Paintbrush
    • Glue
    • Scissors
    • Googly eyes
    • Black construction paper
    • White paper
    supplies for sea lion craft

    Paint the bottom of one paper plate brown. Cut the center out of another paper plate and paint it brown as well.

    paper plate craft

    Cut the third paper plate in half and cut out the middle parts that don't have ridges. Paint them brown as well. These will be your sea lion flippers.

    cut up paper plate

    These will be the basic pieces of the sea lion.

    paper plate sea lion

    The small circle will be the sea lion head. Glue on some googly eyes and cut out a nose and mouth from black construction paper. We were having such great California weather that we decided to head outside to work on our sea lion craft.

    child doing craft

    Cut some thin whiskers from white paper and glue them to the sea lion's face.

    child using glue

    Glue all the body parts together and wait to dry, and you will have yourself a San Francisco sea lion!

    child making sea lion
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    1. Deedra Martinez

      May 03, 2015 at 12:10 am

      I have not been to pier 39 in years. I always thought it was cool. Thank you for the reminder of the memory. My daughters Girl Scout troop is going to love this idea. I will pass it on.

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    • Valentine's Chocolate Covered Pretzels
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    • Winter Shaving Cream Paint
    • Pinecone Snowman Craft
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