Kids Page

Welcome to the Kids Page of the Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area!  That’s a bit of a mouthful, but basically we want to tell people all about what amazing animals and plants live in and around this special place so that we can all help to look after it.

Making pictures at the beachcombing art event.

Marine quiz

How much do you know about the marine life that lives in the Helford River?  Have a go at our Marine Quiz to test your knowledge. 

Word search

Test your knowledge of the seas and shores. Can you work out what the clues are?  Then see if you can find them in the wordsearch.

Arty Activities

Is it a rainy day?  Are you feeling a bit bored?  Or feeling creative? Then why not download these 2 arty activities and try Making a paper plate Skate or Making a Basking Shark Puppet. (You may need to ask an adult to help with these). 

Download our pdf file (492kb)
and make your own Skate

Download our pdf file (641kb)
and make your own Basking Shark puppet

Seashore code

We must all make sure we play safely and don’t disturb or hurt the marine life that lives on the seashore when we visit so why not download our colour-in Seashore Code so that you (and the sea life you meet) live to tell the tale!

Download our pdf file (810kb)
and colour-in your own Seashore Code

Help marine life

What about trying to do your bit to help protect our marine life? 
See if you and your family can do the 10 things to help marine life and don’t forget to let us know if you manage to do them all!

Please write to us with any exciting finds or poems you have written, we’d love to hear from you.