Paper Plate Shark Craft

If your kids love shark week then you definitely have to try this shark paper plate craft project.

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We all know sharks are dangerous, right? They have sharp teeth when they open their jaws, right? But this guy doesn’t, right? Just look at his happy smile.

We love making shark crafts at Easy Peasy and Fun (just check out our shark drawing tutorial or these cute shark paper puppets) and we’re excited to have this lucky shark join the ranks. There’s nothing better than a friendly shark.

Paper Plate Shark Craft

What you need:

• two paper plates
• two bulging eyes
• blue acrylic paint
• a pink acrylic paint
• a blue glitter self adhesive foam sheet
• a white glitter self adhesive foam sheet
• glue
• drag
• pencil
• circular ruler

Step by step instructions

Paint a paper plate with some blue acrylic paint (both sides).

Let dry.

Color the remaining paper plate with blue acrylic paint on the back and pink acrylic paint on the front.

Let dry.

Mouth

Fold the second paper plate in half (the pink side should be on the inside because that is the shark’s mouth).

Tooth

Use a pencil to draw two rows of triangular teeth on the back of the white self-adhesive foam sheet, then cut them out.

Apply a little glue on the rows of teeth…

…and paste one row on the upper jaw and the other row on the lower jaw as shown in the picture.

Eye

On the back of the blue self-adhesive foam, use a pencil to draw two eye shapes and cut them out.

Apply a little glue to the back of the fake eyes and place them on the blue foam board.

This is the eye of a shark.

Apply a little glue to the bottom of the eyes and stick them on top of the head.

Head attachment

Apply a little glue to the remaining half of the paper plate and glue the shark’s head to it. Let dry.

Tail

Draw a tail on the back of the blue foam and cut it out.

Fin

Draw a shark fin shaped like a rose thorn, cut it out, then trace it on the back of the blue foam board, so you have two equal pieces to glue together.

Apply a little glue to the bottom of the shark fin and place it in the middle, above the shark body…

…then put some glue on the shark’s tail and stick it to the end of the shark’s body, on the back of the paper plate.

Draw some small circles (using a circular ruler) on the back of the white foam board.

Cut them out and place them on the shark’s body.

Finished!

Now go around the house and show everyone your paper plate friend!

Happy crafting!

Project contributed by Ema P.

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