Let’s make an egg carton shark in the present day! This enjoyable cardboard shark craft makes the right Shark Week craft, shark lesson exercise or boredom buster thought for teenagers of all ages. Repurpose an outdated egg carton with this jawsome shark craft!
make our egg carton shark craft
We’re going to reduce up an outdated egg carton and make egg carton sharks. It is a enjoyable shark craft to make with the children if you are having fun with Shark Week reveals.
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Making these Shark Week egg carton sharks is a superb undertaking for a father or mother or older child to make with youthful children.
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Provides wanted to make and egg carton shark
*We included a black marker within the picture above, however after utilizing it to make the eyes, I made a decision so as to add googly eyes on high.
**We additionally discovered that the glue stick didn’t work fairly as nicely, nevertheless, children can use faculty glue as an alternative. If making the undertaking with an grownup, use hot glue which is able to dry immediately.
Directions for making an egg carton shark
Step 1
Minimize out two cups from the egg carton, after which reduce out a shark fin with a small tab on the backside. You possibly can sketch the form onto the lid of the egg carton first after which have the children reduce it out.
Step 2
Use glue to connect the egg cups collectively. Minimize a small slit into the highest of egg carton and insert the fin, ensuring so as to add slightly glue in order that it doesn’t transfer or come out.
Egg carton shark craft tip: I extremely advocate attaching the shark enamel (in step 4 under) to the egg cups earlier than you glue the cups collectively. We didn’t do that step first, however for little fingers, it will make the craft a lot simpler to make.
Step 3
As soon as the glue is dry in your egg carton shark it’s time to color it. We painted this one with a mixture of two totally different shades of blue, however if you happen to have a look at the picture on the high of the put up you will note we did one gray and white, and a 3rd blue and white.
Step 4
Minimize out shark enamel from the white card inventory and glue them to the egg cups. Both draw on eyes or glue googly eyes to your shark.
Our completed egg carton shark craft
Prep Time
5 minutes
Lively Time
half-hour
Complete Time
35 minutes
Problem
Medium
Estimated Value
$1
Supplies
- Egg carton
- Blue paint
- Glue
- Black marker or googly eyes
- White card inventory
Directions
- Minimize out two egg cups from the egg carton.
- Sketch a shark fin on the egg carton lid and reduce that out too.
- Draw humorous shark enamel on white card inventory and reduce these out as nicely.
- Glue the enamel to the within of the egg cups, after which glue the egg cups collectively.
- Minimize a slit within the high of the egg cup shark and insert the shark fin. Add glue to maintain it steady.
- Paint your egg carton shark and set it apart to dry.
- Connect googly eyes, or use a marker to attract on eyes in your shark.
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