Chompin’ Foam Shark Puppet – Shark Week 2019 Kids Craft
Get ready for Shark Week 2019 with this fun foam Chompin’ Shark Puppet!
Chompin’ Foam Shark Puppet for Shark Week 2019
This super easy kids craft lets kids gobble up imaginary fish along with the sharks on the big screen. (And if they decide to nibble their siblings or you, this puppet is made out of foam so it’s completely harmless!)
What is Shark Week?
Shark Week is a week of shark-themed programming on the Discovery Channel. The first Shark Week took place in July 1988 with the goal of changing misconceptions about sharks as well as promoting conservation efforts.
Over time, Shark Week has turned into a worldwide phenomenon! Fans mark their calendars weeks and even months in advance and celebrate with shark-themed recipes (like these Baby Shark Oreos and Shark Lollipops) and crafts, like our Shark Puppets!
When is Shark Week?
Shark Week usually takes place in July. Shark Week 2019 starts on July 29, 2019. Are you ready??
Let’s get crafting!
Shark Puppet Supplies
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- 2 jumbo wooden craft sticks
- 2 thick rubber bands
- free printable shark puppet pattern (see below)
- blue craft foam sheet
- white craft foam sheet
- hot glue gun
- scissors
- pencil
- black marker
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TIP: You can also use card stock or thick paper in place of foam sheets if that’s what you have on hand.
How to Make a Chompin’ Shark Puppet
First, watch our easy video tutorial to see how we made this foam shark puppet. Then keep reading for photo step by-step directions and printable instructions.
Click video to play:
Using strong rubber bands, secure the jumbo wooden craft sticks into an “X” shape.
Print the free shark puppet pattern and cut out the two pieces. Trace pattern onto a sheet of blue craft foam and cut out the foam shark pieces.
Cut a circle out of white craft foam (about the size of a quarter). This will be your shark’s eyeball.
Use a hot glue gun to secure the foam pieces to craft sticks — one foam piece attached to each stick — so that the pointy “teeth” are facing each other. Attach the white foam eye and use a black marker to draw a pupil in the middle.
Allow glue to dry completely, then get chomping!
NOTE: You can use other types of glue, though we used a hot glue gun because it will hold well. Always supervise children with a hot glue gun or do this step yourself, depending on their age and capability.
Printable Copy of Shark Puppet Instructions
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Chompin' Foam Shark Puppet - Shark Week 2019 Kids Craft
Ingredients
- 2 jumbo wooden craft sticks
- 2 thick rubber bands
- free printable shark puppet pattern
- blue craft foam sheet
- white craft foam sheet
- hot glue gun
- scissors
- pencil
- black marker
Instructions
- Using strong rubber bands, secure 2 jumbo wooden craft sticks into an "X" shape.
- Print and cut out shark pattern. Trace pattern onto a sheet of blue craft foam and cut out the foam shark pieces.
- Cut a circle out of white craft foam (about the size of a quarter) for the eyeball.
- Use a hot glue gun to secure the foam pieces to craft sticks — one foam piece attached to each stick — so that the pointy "teeth" are facing each other.
- Attach the white foam eye and use a black marker to draw a pupil in the middle.
- Allow glue to dry completely, then get chomping!
Video
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Where is the link for the printable pattern? Thanks!
Did you add your email to the box below the supply list? This will send you the PW to access my resource library with all of my free craft printables.
Hi! I signed up via email but just got sent a link back to this page, no password to go to the library and download the template…. Please help!
Hi Gabrielle – if you can email me at: staceygarska @ gmail .com (put it all together, I just have to type it out separately here in case of bots). I can get the pattern to you.
I did not receive the pattern.
Hi Joanna – if you still don’t see it, you can email me at: staceygarska @ gmail . com (put it all together when you type it…I have to separate here in case of bots). If you email I can send you the template directly.