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Super easy, super fast, super predator

Ah, the dreaded Cardboard Tube Snapping Shark. Native to living rooms across North America, the Cardboard Tube Snapping Shark preys on fingers and toes of parents and siblings. We found the instructions to make our very own snapping shark on HighlightsKids.com. Classic Highlights, right?

You’ll need:

• A small cardboard tube
• marker/paint
• glue
• scissors
• We covered our shark in glitter glue, but just because we had it on hand and we love glitter.

The Highlights instructions called for regular white craft glue and paperclips, but we used a glue gun since it was the first glue we located in the craft room. White glue and paperclips to hold the shark while it dries is a better option for smaller people making this craft.

1. Flatten the tube and cut out your shark’s mouth  Read more...

Shoes with bite

How about some shark-inspired shoes for the selachimorpha fan in your house?

This super easy craft requires:

• Solid-coloured slip-on shoes. (In a sharky colour like blue, grey, brown, black or green) Make sure the visible part of the sole is plain white.
• Permanent black marker
• 4 black buttons (optional)
• 4 felt triangles in the same colour as the shoes (optional)
• Glue gun or needle and thread (if going for the button and/or felt option)

Steps:

1. Draw a jagged row of shark teeth across the front top of the sole. (Go about as far as where the ball of your foot would go)

2. Fill in any space along the sole that isn’t teeth with the black marker.

3. Draw or sew/glue on eyes on the top of each shoe  Read more...

Live every week like it’s shark cupcake week

It’s that time of year again when Discovery Channel devotes a week of programming* to help us learn all about the men in grey suits.

Is watching shark-themed programming together a tradition in your family? Or perhaps you have a kid or two obsessed with predators and sea animals? There’s something about a great nature show that just captivates the whole family.

To really get into the spirit of Shark Week, we recommend shark-themed treats, like say cupcakes. It’s really only the decorations that make these cupcakes sharky, so feel free to use your favourite cupcake recipe. You could, however, use a red velvet cupcake recipe as the bright red colouring might give the impression that you’re biting into a living thing, like a shark does. Or, if you’re raising your kids with an appreciation for dark humour, you could do strawberry jam or cherry-filled cupcakes.  Read more...