Design Your Own Submarine Art Project | Ocean STEM Drawing Activity & Crew Design
 
Dive into creativity with this engaging submarine-themed art project! Students will design the inside of their own submarine, create a crew, imagine underwater discoveries, and bring their ideas to life through drawing and coloring. This open-ended activity combines art, storytelling, design thinking, and ocean exploration while encouraging creativity and student choice.
 
What's Included:
• Design Your Own Submarine worksheet featuring a large cutaway submarine with empty compartments for students to customize and illustrate
• Design Your Crew & What Will Your Submarine See? activity page with drawing spaces for crew members, ocean discoveries
• Crew and Ocean Exploration Idea Bank filled with simple visual prompts to inspire student drawings and spark creativity
• Large blank submarine template for additional design work, classroom displays, early finisher activities, or extension projects
• Ocean floor background coloring page featuring coral, rocks, sea plants, shells, and underwater scenery that students can combine with their submarine designs
 
Why You'll Love It:
• Encourages creativity, imagination, and original thinking
• Develops drawing, design, and visual storytelling skills
• Supports problem-solving as students plan rooms, crew roles, and submarine features
• Integrates art with STEM, engineering, and ocean exploration themes
• Works well for art lessons, ocean units, STEM enrichment, sub plans, centers, and early finishers
• Appeals to a wide range of abilities with open-ended drawing prompts and optional visual supports