Shark Fin Wreath Craft for Shark Week

Shark crafts are super fun for shark week. This simple shark fin wreath craft is great for kids who love sharks.

It is super simple to make with very few steps for kids to do.

This shark wreath is fun to make and looks like the sharks are swimming around the wreath. Plus this would be a blast during shark week.

Shark Fin Wreath Craft for Shark Week - that kids can make with a shark cookie cutter and a paper plate. A super easy wreath for all ages.- 3Dinosaurs.com

The Shark Wreath Craft is a great addition to the shark crafts and wreath crafts on the site.

What is a Wreath Craft

A wreath is a collection of items around a circle. It can be used as a seasonal decoration around a house.

Shark Wreath Craft

A Shark Wreath Craft With shark fins is a great shark theme for kids. You can have fun painting shark fins and putting them around the wreath.

This is a fun twist on the shark fin painting that we did a few years ago. But to make a wreath instead of a picture.

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Shark Books to Read with the Shark Wreath

The Ultimate Book of Sharks is a great book by National Geographic Kids. It has loads of information about shark that kids can read about. Plus facts for different types of sharks.

You can find more shark books here.

What we used to make the Shark Wreath Craft

How we made the Shark Fine Wreath

You can see the steps below we used to make the shark fin wreath craft for kids.

Tracing the Shark Fin Cookie Cutter

You want to start off by getting the shark fins cut out. We traced the shark fin on cardstock. You can see how it looks below.

If you have older kids they can trace their own shark fins.

Cut out the Shark Fins

Then you cut ou tthe shark fins. To make this easier for group activities you can trace and cut out four pages at a time. This gives you several shark fins for the wreath.

You can get 5 to 6 fins on a sheet of paper. I used a binder clip to keep all the pages together while cutting.

You could also leave the shark fins on the pages and follow the directions below and cut them out after you are done painting them.

Dot Marker the Paper Plate

We start by using dot markers to paint the plate. It gives a fun color to the plate to mix some of the different colors. We used a blue and a teal and an aqua from a glitter set.

The dot marker on the paper plate also dries really fast. We put the paper plate aside to dry while we start the next part of the craft.

Watercolor Paint the Shark Fins

You then watercolor painting the shark fins. We used a paper under the fins to keep from painting on the table, but you can use a pay tray for this as well.

We used a gray in the watercolor pallet we had but you can also use gray paint for this as well. It will just take longer to dry.

Dot Marker the Bottom of the Shark Fin

After we did the watercolor painting of the shark fin we then used the dot marker on the bottom of the fin to add a ripple of water.

Adding the dot marker makes the shark fin look like it is moving through the water.

Glue the Shark Fins on the Wreath

Finally you are going to glue your shark fins on the wreath. You can see how we arrange 5 of the shark fins on the wreath to glue them.

This is a fun way to see the how the shark fins will look on the wreath.

Final look at our Shark Fine Wreath Craft

More Shark Craft and Activities

Shark Fin Painting with Cookie Cutters for Kids is a simple painting activity with shark fins. This is a great mix of watercolor and paints for kids to do.

Shark Cookie Cutter Painting with Q-tip & Watercolors is a super fun shark painting activity that turns out amazing! This is another mix shark painting activity for kids.

Shark Cookie Cutter Painting is a simple shark cookie cutter painting that works great for tot and preschool age kids. But can be a fun shark week painting for kids of all ages as well.

Shark Water Bead Sensory Bin is great to learn the match different sharks and then learn where the sharks are in the ocean.

Shark Weekly Packs has five days of printables with 4 pages for each day. You have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. The Summer No-Prep packs are great for summer review or fun shark week printables.

Check out all the fun Shark Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.