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Tabletop Manatee Craft Project
Dive into a world of creativity with our tabletop manatee craft project! These gentle giants of the sea will come to life in front of you as you transform simple materials into an underwater masterpiece. Whether you’re a craft enthusiast or a beginner, this project is designed to bring a splash of fun and inspiration to your day.
Materials Needed:
- Manatee Template, or a pencil and paper to draw your own manatees
- Gray construction paper, or any thick gray or white paper or cardboard
- Any blue paper or construction paper. Green paper will work as a substitute.
- Eraser
- Scissors
- (optional) Coloring and crafting supplies to make your project uniquely yours!
Instructions
- Click the link above to download the manatee template. Save the template to your computer, then open the file and print it on gray or other colored construction paper. You can also print it on regular 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper or trace the designs onto cardboard.
- Color or decorate the manatees. Be creative!
- Cut the manatees out.
- Fold on the dotted lines.
- Arrange the manatees on top of blue paper to simulate water.
- Get creative and add seagrass, vegetation, fish, or anything else that you might find in manatee habitat!
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What a day. Being a holiday, the park was overwhelmed. The line to get in at 8 a.m. was so long the park opened early, and I got caught having to wait in line for twenty minutes to get in. I found Cora waiting for a media interview at 9:00 a.m. We went out for forty minutes, and then Cora was interviewed again at 10:00 a.m. After that we finished the roll call. The USGS river temperature gauge is malfunctioning, as is Cora’s. Mine seems all right, so I will bring it in tomorrow. The river temp appeared to be around 60 °F or just below 16 °C at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. It must have been colder today.
The wind was terrible, and the manatees were stirring up the silty bottom. The visibility from the canoe was awful. With wild estimations, our count was 618 manatees. The park counted 825 from the boardwalk where the visibility was much better due to the height. I am sure the park count was much closer to reality than ours.
The Save the Manatee Club adoptees seen were Phyllis, Lily, Moo Shoo, Gator, Brutus, Margarito, Ester, and Deep Dent.
