This is a wonderful painting and cutting activity for your children, to enhance their imagination, fine motor skills and knowledge and understanding of the world! The ocean! Sharks! Fish!
Together you can find out facts about them!
Did you know that?
There are over 400 types of sharks.
Sharks may have up to 3,000 teeth at one time.
Sharks can be found in all seas.
Sharks have ears.
Happy paper plate shark
Ingredients
- Paper plate
- Grey paint
- Paint brush
- Double sided tape
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Big googly eye
Instructions
Paint the paper plate with the grey paint and set aside to dry.
Cut the paper plate in half and set one half aside for the fins and tail.
On the side of the plate cut triangle shape wedge for the mouth.
Stick the double-sided tape around the edge of the mouth, and then peal the tape off.
Stick the paper triangles onto the tape, for sparkly white teeth.
Now take the spare half, and cut out two triangles and a tail (I found it helpful to draw a template of the tail before I cut it out).
Staple the fins and tail onto the shark.
Peel of the tape from the back of the eye, and stick on the shark (if your eye is not stick on but a dot of glue on the back before you stick it on the shark). Your happy shark is finished!
Notes
Older kids will find able to help with every step above, but you will need to help the little ones. It is important to keep the scissors and stapler away from them!
You can try this caterpillar paper plate activity next!
