If you've never heard of "sea monkeys" get ready to learn all about this famous retro pet while making an out-of-this-world aquarium for them to live and grow. Jamie Hudson is a PhD scientist who started a craft company and loves combining art with science. Follow the instructions on your sea monkey kit to bring them to life, then craft them a new home with the Cricut that will send them to outer space. Fun fact: sea monkeys have been to space several times. And if sea monkeys aren't your thing, you can still use the techniques and materials from this class to decorate a small fish tank or terrarium.

Learn how to recreate natural bioluminescence from the depths of the ocean with an LED light and make a fun anglerfish at the same time. Jamie Hudson, a PhD scientist and crafter, gives an introduction to electronics and semiconductors while lighting up the lure on an anglerfish that you'll cut out of basswood on the Cricut Maker. Make a bunch, paint them different colors, and have a disco anglerfish party, finding out about bioluminescence and symbiosis while you're at it.

Turn a regular clothespin into an amazing chomping shark with scientist and crafter Jamie Hudson. This is a fun project for the whole family to construct using the Cricut Maker to cut out your shark shapes. Then, assemble and paint your shark in your favorite colors. With this quick craft, you'll not only have a new googley-eyed friend to chomp on your finger or hang your laundry, but you'll also learn some scientific principles - like bite force - in a creative and engaging way.

Crochet yourself a cuddly squid pal, perfect for dry land or ocean adventures (the bathtub works, too). Cute critter designer, Megan Kreiner, walks you through every step of the crochet process, from tentacle to eyeball. This class is perfect for intermediate stitchers or beginners who would like to up their crochet game. For best results, watch the video instructions alongside the downloadable PDF.

Part diorama, part pop-up card, the tunnel book is a structure that gives depth and dimension to your paper crafts. Artist and crafter extarordinairre Courtney Cerruti demonstrate two versions of the tunnel book, one based in space and the one set under the sea. The Cricut makes challenging cuts simple and assembly is as simple as using a glue stick to attach your panel to accordion-folded edges. Learn techniques for customizing decorative papers to make these books your very own.

Learn how to make a quiet adventure book with Sanae Ishida, author, illustrator, and maker of many things. The book cover, interior pages, and the characters that inhabit the book are all made of fabric and felt. Sanae loves to encourage quiet, thoughtful play time, and the soft, colorful, movable shapes provide endless hours of creativity and story making for little ones. This is a wonderful project for practicing basic sewing machine skills as well as hand embroidery. You can choose an elastic or button closure for the book, and there is also a hidden pocket to store all the felt shapes. Sanae provides templates for storybook animals, trees, and flowers, but you can also create any characters you dream up. 

San Francisco based, multi-media artist extraordinaire Risa Iwasaki Culbertson is here to undo all your fears about taking your art digital. This class introduces digital-curious artists to Procreate by building skills with individual images and then bringing them together to create a full scene. Utilizing an underwater theme full of sea creatures to get you more comfortable with the program, you will explore useful tools as the lessons build on each other, resulting in familiarity with layers, masks, brushes, blurs, blooms, and so much more. Risa then shows you the way to bring your digital work to life, both in Procreate and in the real world.

Paint your own fabric and then turn that fabric into fish for this clever game – so you can fish anywhere (no water required!). The fish are magnetized, and the process of creating the fabric and sewing the fish can be applied to making any other shape or size stuffed animal that you can dream up.

Bright crocheted fish are suspended in mid-swim from this mobile. Perfect for a baby or child’s room, you can recreate this plush mobile in any color palette, adding as many or as few fish as you desire. Jenny will teach you how to create two identical fish shapes and crochet them together make each finished fish. Then hang them from an embroidery hoop to create this colorful and charming mobile.

Courtney and Faith use paint and kozo paper to practice gyotaku or "fish rubbing", a traditional Japanese art form of printing fish. This is a recording of a Facebook Live event held on September 21, 2017.

Learn how to make a charming, needle felted aquarium with goldfish that never need feeding. This is a terrific workshop for anyone learning how to needle felt, and once Megan shows you how to get the hang of it, you might find yourself creating an entire school of these sweet little creature. Recommended for ages 9+.

Suminagashi, or “floating ink,” is an ancient paper marbling technique that involves alternating ink and a resist to create a beautiful sequence of rings. The effect can be subtle or more pronounced, and the resulting prints can be used for book and art projects. One lovely aspect of this process is how unpredictable it is, with the water determining the pattern so you will be surprised every time.

Recreate the dimensional beauty of a geode using an unconventional art material - rock salt. Kyra Balentine, Plaid Craft's Content Studio Manager, demonstrates how to take your paint pouring to a new level with this intriguing technique. The rock salt adds texture and depth to your painting while glitter brings bling to your home decor.  Mod Podge - the real workhorse here - holds it all together securely.

Join Courtney in making these charming historic artifacts for Valentine's day or anytime you want to share a special memento. This video originally appeared live on February 8, 2018.