My kids love Shark Week, and this easy shark craft was a big hit. It’s a construction paper shark swimming over a sandy sea floor of real shells and rocks.
It’s a product craft, but there’s still lots of learning: mixed media, found objects, following directions and building shapes.
How to Make an Easy Shark Craft
Shark Animal Study
Get the printableDark gray, light gray, red, white, black, yellow and green cardstock
Scrapbook paper for the background
Small seashells and rocks
Scissors and glue
Black marker
Cut the shark
Draw a shark on dark gray paper and cut it out.
Add the belly
Cut a light gray belly and glue it on.
Add the mouth
Cut a red mouth and white teeth, glue them together and glue them on.
Add the eye and gills
Glue a white circle with a black pupil for the eye and draw gills with marker.
Make the sea
Glue the shark onto scrapbook paper and add a strip of yellow paper sand.
Decorate the sea floor
Glue shells and rocks on the sand and add paper seaweed.
Shark Craft Tips
- Not confident drawing? Build the shark from simple shapes like a puzzle.
- Talk about found objects as you add shells and rocks.
- Share shark facts while you work.
- Use strong glue for heavier shells.
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Build sharks and sea life with our ocean snap cube task box.
The shark study includes
- Shark facts and activities
- Instant PDF download, nothing is shipped
Perfect for
- Shark Week and ocean units
- Preschool through 2nd grade
- Science centers
Shark Craft FAQ
Cut a shark from gray paper, add a belly, mouth, eye and gills, then glue it on a paper sea with shells and rocks.
About 3 to 7.
Art made with more than one kind of material, like paper, shells and rocks.
About 30 minutes.
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