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How to Make Sharks for Preschool

Sharks are one of the many wonders of the ocean and perhaps the most feared. If you work with preschool students and you're working on an ocean theme, use craft activities to help ease any fears toward sharks and teach children about these vital animals. With a few basic craft supplies, you can help your preschoolers create shark crafts. While constructing these crafts, talk to children about the features of sharks and discuss the important role they play in the ecosystem of the ocean.

Things You'll Need

  • Empty toilet paper roll
  • Marker
  • Scissors
  • White construction paper
  • Glue
  • Blue or black paint
  • Paintbrush
  • 2 googly eyes
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Instructions

    • 1

      Lay an empty toilet paper roll on a flat surface. Press on the toilet paper roll to flatten it.

    • 2

      Draw a triangle at the top of the toilet paper roll using a marker; the point of the triangle should end about 3/4 down the roll. Draw two triangle shapes on either side of the back of the roll opposite one another; the points of these triangles should almost meet.

    • 3

      Cut the triangles that you have drawn out of the toilet paper roll. The triangle at the front of the tube will serve as the shark's mouth and the two other triangles create the back and tail of the shark. Set the piece of the roll removed from the shark's mouth aside.

    • 4

      Glue the piece of tube removed from the shark's mouth to the top center of the tube, creating the shark's dorsal fin.

    • 5

      Draw 12 small triangles on white construction paper with a marker. Cut out the triangles. Glue three triangles to the top and bottom of one side of the shark's mouth, and glue three triangles to the top and bottom of the other side of the shark's mouth -- these will serve as the shark's teeth.

    • 6

      Paint the shark with blue or gray paint. Use black paint to add gills. Glue a googly eye to either side of the shark, just above the tip of the triangle that forms the shark's mouth.

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