Whale Shark Craft
Create a colorful underwater scene featuring a smiling whale shark and ocean decorations.
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Crayola Bold & Bright markers
- Whale Shark Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the belly piece onto the bottom portion of the shark body.
- Look for the eyes and glue one onto each curved side of the belly.
- Color in the mouth and glue it in between the eyes, on the belly piece.
- Attach the front fin to back and top of the whale shark's body, just in front of the tail fin.
- Use a blue or white Crayola Bold & Bright marker to draw small dashed lines across the shark's body and fins.
- Glue the sand piece along the bottom of the background paper.
- Draw small dots of sand across the sand piece.
- Color in the seaweed, coral, and shell pieces and glue them onto the sand.
- Glue the completed whale shark above the sand on the background.
- Finally, draw blue wave lines around the whale shark to complete the ocean scene.