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Shark Week Crafts and Activities for Kids

Do you love Shark Week? We do! My husband says that the newer Shark Weeks aren’t as good as the older ones, but my kids still enjoy it. And like most things, I try to do an all-around, multi-sensory activities for an event. In other words, when it’s Shark Week, we don’t just watch TV.

We read shark books, do shark crafts, do shark lesson plans to go with skills we are reinforcing at home, have shark snacks and my boys love it. Here are the best Shark Themed Crafts and Activities I could find on Pinterest.

When is Shark Week?

At the time this is being published, Shark Week 2019 was not announced. In past years, it usually starts the 3rd Sunday or July. Or somewhere around there. Here is the official kids Shark Week page on Discovery website.

If I didn’t link to instructions for a project, it’s because I couldn’t find them. Only the picture was available. I figured some of you crafty types could either figure it out or modify it.

Shark-themed Snacks

Gummy Sharks make a great treat as a reward!
Shark Cookies (cute, they added a surfer to them)
Shark Cupcakes
Shark Cake Pops

I wish I knew who originally posted this to Pinterest, it's so cute!

Shark Crafts and Coloring Pages

Coloring pages for shark week
Paper shark with teeth
Felt shark puppets
DIY printable Shark Puppet
Shark made out of glue paint
Paper plate shark craft
A shark made out of paper towel or toilet paper roll
Video tutorial on making a shark craft out of craft sticks (popsicle sticks)

shark and whale craft made from clothespins

Preschool Shark Activities

Activities for preschoolers with a shark theme: counting, sight words, etc.
Paper plate shark craft
Shark craft with printable to cut out (suggested age is kindergarten)
Painted shark with instructions from Crayola (pictured below)
Shark made out of a clothespin-Here is a shark and whale clothespin craft, but I cannot find the original source with the instructions. The picture is pretty self explanatory though. (image above)
Shark made out of either paper cups or clay pots

Shark Songs and Printables