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Articulated Cardboard Sharks Craft

There’s no need to keep these Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks to just Shark Week. They’re such a great craft all summer long. And while I notice many are already in back to school mode, which admittedly is coming soon, there’s still a lot of summer left!

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Our Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks craft has all the makings of a great shark. Pointy dorsal fin, beady black googly eyes, sharp jagged teeth, and a large mouth to chomp whatever gets in its way. Which is really what makes this shark craft so much fun! Move the shark’s mouth and chomp, chomp, chomp a la Jaws.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

For our Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks craft you will need sheets of cardboard. We simply used the flaps from a diaper box. You’ll also need large googly eyes, brass fasteners, a single hole punch, scissors, glue, white cardstock, and a black sharpie. Then, to wrap the sharks up, you’ll need some fun yarn in varying shades of blue or go crazy with purples and pinks. We used a skein of multicolor yarn for the main body of the shark and a lighter blue for the mouth area.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Supplies needed:

  • Cardboard
  • Yarn – multicolor and lighter blue
  • Large googly eyes
  • Brass fastener
  • Single hole punch
  • Black sharpie
  • White cardstock
  • Scissors
  • Glue

Begin by cutting a shark shape out of a piece of cardboard.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

This doesn’t need to be exact. Simply cut an oval shape with a tail fin.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Cut across the shark piece directly under the tail fin for the mouth.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Line the bottom mouth piece with the top of the shark and make hole punches where you want the mouth to meet. Then, cut a triangle for the dorsal fin from an extra piece of the cardboard. Glue to the top of the back of the cardboard. Also adhere a large googly eye.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

With the black sharpie, draw 4 triangles for jagged teeth on a scrap piece of white cardboard. Do for both top and bottom. Cut out.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Glue in the mouth.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Now begin wrapping the pieces with yarn. Tape or tie the ends in place. We used a multicolor blue/green/purple yarn for the main body.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

With a light blue yarn for the underneath and mouth area. We found that a lighter wrap works best for the mouth movement and we preferred the way it looked, too. Then we did just a few wraps of the light blue around the fins for detail.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Insert a brass fastener into the hole punches to attach.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

And chomp.

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

Now that is a fun shark craft, I have to say! What will your shark chomp today? Be sure to find many more fun shark crafts as well as more summer craft ideas at Our Kid Things!

Yarn-Wrapped Articulated Cardboard Sharks

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