A friendly shark with a big back fin, a tail fin and a smile in 5 easy steps. In each step the black lines are new and the gray lines are what you have already drawn. Every shark here comes with four free printables: the steps on one page, a shark to trace, a coloring page and a draw and write sheet.
Ages 4 to 8. A smiling shark swimming sideways. The black lines are new in each step; the gray lines are already drawn.
Step 1Draw the head: a long curve for the top and another for the belly, meeting at a rounded nose.
Step 2Draw the back and the tail fin, which looks like a big letter C on its side.
Step 3Add the big fin on the shark’s back.
Step 4Draw the side fin under the body.
Step 5Draw the eye, a smile and three curved gill lines.Done!Color it in. Ours is blue-gray with a white belly, but yours can be any color.
StepsAll 5 steps on one page, with a big box to draw your shark in.
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TraceTrace the gray shark first, then draw one on your own underneath.
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ColoringThe finished shark, big and in black and white, ready to color.
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Draw and writeDraw a shark in the box, then write about it on the lines.
Download PDFA shark is one long curved body that ends in a tail fin. The big fin on its back is what makes it look like a shark and not a fish, so make it tall and pointed. This one is friendly, with a smile instead of teeth.
For another sea animal, try how to draw a fish or how to draw a turtle.
Draw a long curved body with a rounded nose, add a tail fin like a C on its side, a tall pointed fin on the back and a fin underneath. Finish with an eye, a smile and gill lines.
Most sharks have five gill slits on each side; some have six or seven. Three lines are enough to show them in a drawing.
Ages 4 to 8.
Each card downloads a PDF. Print it on US Letter paper at 100 percent (actual size). The sheets are black and white, so they print well on any printer.
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