This Shark Hat Craft is a really simple hat that packs so much fun. Such a cute summer craft for kids and perfect for an Ocean Craft, or Shark Week Party. Easy to make and so cute!
Shark Hat Craft
This is such a cute craft. My boys loved this hat when they were younger. It made its most recent appearance when my college-age student used it for Under the Sea week at camp.
If you are looking for an Under the Sea, or Ocean-themed idea for your party, you might like my post on making a Shark Attack Drink, or A Fun Summer Shark Drink for kids
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Supplies Needed
- A Visor – Blue
- Stiff-white felt
- Google eyes
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
- Scissors
Instructions
(Find full supplies and instructions in the craft printable, below)
- Going across the long section of the white felt, cut out a 2-inch wide strip of a zig-zag teeth pattern
- Using your blue foam sheet cut-out arched eyebrows, and the shark’s fin
- Cut an arch into the bottom of the fin – so it fits comfortably onto your child’s head
- Cut 2 more strips of blue foam matching the arch of the fin and the length
- Flip the visor over to the bottom, and glue the shark’s teeth with the hot glue across the bottom of the visor
- Cut a little slit into the top/middle of the visor, and slide the shark fin into the slit, secure with glue.
- Add the two arched strips to the bottom of the fin
- Cut a slit into the strips so it fits over the top of the visor
glue to secure
Make a Paper Plate Fish Bowl with under-the-sea and shark stickers to decorate it
Shark Sun Catcher: design a sun catcher that looks like a shark out of gray and blue tissue paper in the shape of a shark, Shark Rock Painting: Find oblong and smooth rocks to paint gray and draw eyes, eyebrows, and sharp teeth, Shark T-shirts: Use fabric markers to create a shark fin and ocean waves on a t-shirt
Shark-Themed Sensory Bottle with fun glitter and shark-shaped glitter confetti, Shark Paper Plate: make a shark paper plate by painting a paper plate gray or blue and decorating it with a fin and teeth
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Shark Hat Craft for Kids
Equipment
- glue Use a low temp glue gun or use fabri-tac glue which is extremely tacky and dries quick and stron
- Scissors
Materials
- 1 blue visor
- 1 piece foam paper blue
- 1 piece white felt
- 1 piece stiff blue felt
- 2 large Google eyes
Instructions
- Going across the long section of the white felt, cut out a 2-inch wide strip with a zig-zag teeth pattern
- Using your blue foam sheet cut-out arched eyebrows, and a shark's fin
- Cut an arch into the bottom of the fin – so it fits comfortably onto your child's head. You may have to adjust it once you set place it on
- Cut 2 more strips of blue foam matching the arch of the fin and the length
- Flip the visor over to the bottom, and glue the shark's teeth with the hot glue across the bottom of the visor so the teeth are pointing outward
- Cut a little slit into the top/middle of the visor, and slide the shark fin into the slit, secure with glue
- .Add the two arched strips to the bottom of the fin. This adds support to the fin so it won't flop over
- Cut a slit into the strips so it fits over the top of the visor and secure them with glue
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.Com –
