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Mischief Mouse's collection of craft activities for preschool and early years.
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  Themed preschool activities
Dabbing mermaid tails!



Have fun painting patterns on the tails of merfolk, mermaids and mermen and explore the diversity of skin colours.  Role play with the finished products or display in a watery world gallery.

Mer tail dabbing paint activity
 
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Outline printables:

  
 larger merperson outline template

 smaller child merfolk outline templates

Decorating:

 Paint dabbers on amazon.co.uk
 
 Glitter glue sticks 

 Skin tone paint - sponge dabbers and a paint tray


single mermaid merman adult merperson outline template
 

 
Merfolk outline templates



More mermaid and mermen themed activities

 
Mer island on www.playdough-activities.com
 
 Singing swimming merfolk - an interactive musical & name rhyme






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