Marine Animal Party Ideas

• Games & Activities:
  • Colouring in: 0 to 5 have marine animal themed templates for colouring in, see single large fish and two fish with segments. They also have colouring templates of a crab, a dolphin, an octopus, a seahorse, a shell and a whale.
  • Pin the fin on the fish.
  • Adapt traditional party games with a marine theme. Duck, Duck, Goose becomes Fish, Fish, Shark. Slightly older children can play simple card games like Go Fish.
  • If you don't have too many children to look after, or you have help from other parents, take everyone to the local aquarium or zoo to see the real thing.
• Food & Snack Ideas:
  • Edible aquarium: Make blue jelly and put gummi fish in it as it sets. You could make single serves in clear cups so you can see the fish swimming in the 'water'.
  • Eat fish fingers.
  • Make a cake in the shape of the birthday child's favourite animal. Ideas include fish, sharks, starfish and octopus.

Marine Animal Party Goods & Decorations

• Parties Online have Under the Sea Party catering supplies, including plates, table covers, cups and loot bags. They also have Shells & Starfish decorations. Based in Sydney with delivery Australia wide.

Marine Animal Themed Toys and Gifts

• Yogee Toys stock popular brand name and character toys. They are based in NSW and deliver to Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. Search for keywords such as fish, marine and shark or browse the following categories.
  • Playmobil - Marine scenes include a deep sea diver, whales and dolphins.
  • Best Ever - For plush toys, pillows and puppets including dolphins, sharks and dugongs
  
  
• Blue Dog Posters in Sydney is Australia's largest online poster shop. From the latest and greatest to the bizarre and obscure, choose from over 7000 posters and prints. Get your poster laminated or delivered as is. See the range of whales and dolphins posters.
   
• Picture Store - Choose your favourite print from the wide selection and have it laminated, framed, block mounted or transferred to canvas. Based in New South Wales with Australia wide and international delivery. Picture Store have a large selection of dolphin prints and posters. See the prints below or browse Marine Life.
  • Dolphin swimming in whitewash on bow of boat Poster Print by Dennis Jones (from PictureStore)
    Copyright 2007 Lonely Planet Images - for personal use only. Canvas printing available on request. From the exclusive Lonely Planet Images collection. Available either unframed or custom framed via our online framing studio - 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
  • Dolphins with heads out of water. Poster Print by John Banagan (from PictureStore)
    Copyright 2007 Lonely Planet Images - for personal use only. Canvas printing available on request. Available either unframed or custom framed via our online framing studio - 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
  • Dolphin I Poster Print by Les Miles (from PictureStore)
    Published by a leading Australian print & poster publisher. Available either unframed or custom framed via our online framing studio - 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
  • Humpback Whale Poster Print by (from PictureStore)
    Published by a world leading publisher. Available either unframed or custom framed via our online framing studio - 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
  • Intimidation - Sharks Poster Print by (from PictureStore)
    Loyalty is gained through hard work and perseverance, but is gained faster through intimidation. Available either unframed or custom framed via our online framing studio - 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Books & Magazines About Marine Animals & Fish

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• Fishpond - Australian bookstore with one of the most comprehensive catalogues of books, music and movies anywhere in the world. Their products are sourced from America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Free shipping anywhere in Australia on orders over $50. See books about:
  • Fish
  • Oceans & Seas
  • Marine Life
  • Aquariums
  
  
• BCL Books -Australian online bookshop with over 1.5 million titles. Powered by Seekbooks. Most titles are shipped from their Sydney warehouse. Browse the collection of books on dolphins, whales, dugongs, sharks and fish.

Marine Animal Costumes

• Costume Box - Thousands of fancy dress costumes for adults, kids, toddlers and infants for all occasions. Based in Sydney with flat rate delivery Australia wide. See dolphin and shark costumes.

Marine Experiences

• Whale Watching - Whale watching season in Australia varies as the whales migrate north to mate and give birth, and then return south to their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica.
  • Hervey Bay annual whale watching season is from August to November with the Hervey Bay Whale Festival held in August. Hervey Bay is 300km north of Brisbane
  • Gold Coast Whale Watching Tours from early June to late October.
  • Coffs Harbour from June to October
  • Port Stephens from June to mid-November
  • Sydney whale watching tours from late May to early December.
  • Whale Watching WA season in Perth is from early September to mid November.
• Dolphins
  • Swim with the dolphins, sharks, sea lions in Adelaide South Australia
  • Swim with or watch seals and dolphins Melbourne Australia
     

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• see also
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• Farm Animal Party and Gift Ideas
• Jungle and Safari party