Here's an expedient idea for giving your stage an "undersea" look. Last year we did a children's musical called "Go Fish", which I like to describe as a "musical version of 'Finding Nemo'"...(although this musical came out first). It's basically just 20 cute little second graders dancing around in various fish costumes for 30 minutes. Every school does a show like this.
EXPEDIENT SOLUTION:
Anyway, I went to the local dollar store and bought all the swimming pool "noodles" that they had in stock. Then I concocted some colorful "sea enemones" out of them. Very cheap, very quick, and very effective. (My photos should enlarge if you click on them).
Below is the back side of one of the props. I simply used 3" drywall screws with large washers to screw the noodles onto random bases, such as this paint bucket. Other (blue) noodle scraps were wedged between the rows to splay the arms outward like the real things.
The whole project took less than an hour and the noodles were only a buck a piece. You can't beat that for quick and easy children's theatre with little or no budget!
By the way, they have a brief video clip of this production:
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