How to Make an Ocean Diorama
You can make this attractive and unique Ocean Diorama. It is creative and a little bit out of the ordinary! It is a porthole and I call it "Discovering Atlantis" You imagine yourself inside a submarine looking through a porthole and seeing the lost city of Atlantis in the distance. Of course it has all the other things that an ocean diorama should have like a coral reef, lots of fish and other things. I made a drawing of a lot of different under water things so you can print it up, color it in, cut it out and use it in your diorama.
What is this Ocean diorama made out of? A simple cookie tin! And I have all the step by step instructions with pictures right here for you to follow along. It is not your usual ocean diaorama. It is unique!
Here is the cookie tin I used to make this ocean diorama with. I did the project totally out of scratch and it took me three hours. That includes the artwork and experimenting. I think you should be able to do this project in less than two hours. I have included a page full of artwork to make it easier for you. It has various fish, a coral reef, dolphin, crab, scuba diver, shark, a school of small fish and some other stuff that you can cut out and put right into your ocean diorama.
Here is a look at the completed diorama. I show you how to make a stand for it. It really has a unique look!
It makes good use of the space inside the cookie tin by being three dimensional - which is what we want with a diorama and in particular an ocean diorama. The algae hanging from the top is done in two different layers to give depth to it. And I folded and curled the algae fronds to make them fuller and more realistic. There are some other tricks that I used and I will show you them as we go! So if you think you want to make this diorama let's dig in and have some fun!
Let's begin making this diorama
- Index
- What is a diorama?
- A short history of Dioramas
- Diorama Books
- Painting Miniatures
- Diorama Ideas
- Diorama Examples
- Diorama Making for the artist
- Diorama Making supplies & Tools
- Dioramas by Web Visitors
- Printable diorama box
Types of Dioramas to Make
- How to make a Paper Mache Diorama
- Diorama inside a lightbulb
- Insect Maker Diorama
- Mississippi River with Indians
- Really creative shoebox diorama
- Dinosaur Diorama
- Make a secret diorama
- Wildlife Diorama (African Oasis)
- Firefly Diorama with real blinking lights
- Rainforest Diorama
- Ocean Diorama
- Shadowbox diorama
- Make a shoebox diorama
- Massive Castle Diorama
- Diorama Examples
- Polymer Clay
- The Battle of Thermopylae Spartan Warrior Diorama - A tutorial
- HALO Diorama
- Wizards Tower Foam Diorama
- Cemetary Diorama
- Trench Warfare
- Simple Nature Diorama
- Water Woman Diorama
- WW1 Diorama submitted by a web visitor
- Christmas Holy Land Diorama submitted by a web visitor
- New Section: Making WW2 Dioramas and Miniatures
- Castle Siege Diorama project
STORES
- Diorama Making Books
- Diorama Kits
- Sideshow Collectible Lord of the Rings Dioramas
- Plastic Scale Dinosaur Diorama Kits
- Harry Potter Dioramas
- Diorama Foam
- Conflix Medieval Buildings for Dioramas and wargaming
- Tatebanko Paper Dioramas
Plastic Models
- Tiger Tank 1/72 Scale
- Sherman Tank 1/72 Scale
- How to make plastic models: Tips, Tricks and techniques
- Painting Miniature German Soldiers (1/72 Scale)
- Painting Miniature American Soldiers (1/72 Scale)
Check out the Diorama and Miniature store
*Short Diorama Tutorials*
- How to make snow for your diorama
- How to Make realistic tufts of grass
- How to make trenches
- Creative terrain shell making
- How to make Miniature Trees
- How to Make rubber rock and wall molds
- Motorize a drawbridge on your diorama
- Using foam to make a diorama
- How to make good looking rubble using cork
- Creative Shoebox Diorama Ideas for School
- A foam based diorama with water from start to finish
- Some great WW2 diorama trench making tips with video
- How to make plastic models- Tips tricks and techniques
OTHER PROJECTS
Make a cardboard Samurai Sword
Make a Cardboard Medieval Shield
How to make a fantasy shadowbox
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