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Baby Shark!!! (Traducción al Español al final)

Make the whole Baby Shark family and put on your own puppet theater musical!

Shark Character Puppets

Supplies:

  • color construction paper (if you don’t have color paper you can use white paper and color your characters with markers/crayons/color pencils)
  • glue stick (tape or liquid glue will work)
  • something to make large and small circles (a compass or any cylindrical bottles/cups/jars you find at home can be used to trace circles, you can decide on their sizes, mine are approximately 3″ and 2″ in diameter)
  • scissors
  • pencil or pen
  • optional: Popsicle sticks (unsharpened pencils will work)
  • optional: googly eyes
  • optional: a shoebox to make a diorama
  • optional: white color pencil or crayon to draw teeth
  • optional: markers/crayons/color pencils to add details

shapes needed to make each shark

Instructions for Each Shark:

  • select a color for your shark
  • cut two large circles of the same size, one from white paper and one in your selected color
  • cut two small circles of the same size, one from red paper and one in your selected color
  • cut out a triangle in your chosen color
  • cut the white and red circles in half (you will only need a half circle of each color per shark)
  • layer the white half circle over the large color circle, glue it in place
  • take the small circle, in your selected color, and cut it in half (these will be the arm/pectoral fins) tuck one on each side of your shark head and glue in place
  • take the red half circle, this will be mouth, you can add zig-zag lines to make teeth or color in teeth with a white color pencil or crayon, you can also change the shape of the mouth to make a smile, it’s up to you!
  • once the mouth is in place glue the googly eyes or make some out of white paper by cutting tiny circles with black marker dots in the center
  • now glue the triangle paper to the top of the shark, this will be the to top/dorsal fin

baby shark puppets

Instructions for the Little Fish:

  • cut a small circle
  • cut two triangles of the same size
  • tuck one triangle at the side of the circle to make a tail
  • cut the other triangle in half, tuck one at the top of the circle and one at the bottom to make the fins
  • decorate a face
  • optional, trace the outline of the completed fish to make a second fish cutout, decorate this one with a different facial expression and attached it to the back of the first fish
  • don’t forget to glue the Popsicle stick in between

Instructions for the Ocean Scene:

  • use a sheet of blue construction paper
  • cut out anything you want to see in your ocean scene: seaweed, coral, sand, treasure chests, anchors, mermaids, sea creatures, etc.
  • glue all your pieces onto the blue paper
  • optional, glue the blue paper to the bottom of a shoe box and wrap the edges to make an ocean diorama

 

2 paper sharks

Now it’s time to get musical and put on your own puppet show! Have lots of fun and try singing different variations of Baby Shark!!

 

sharks in shoebox

*if you make a diorama shoebox you can store your sharks and fish inside the box when you’re done playing with them 🙂

 


Tiburón Bebé

¡Haga a toda la familia del Bebé Tiburón y ponga su propio teatro musical de títeres!

 

 

Títeres de personajes tiburones

 

Materiales:

  • Papel de construcción de color (si no tiene papel de color, puede usar papel blanco y colorear sus caracteres con marcadores / crayones / lápices de colores)
  • Pegamento en barra (cinta o pegamento líquido funcionará)
  • Algo para hacer círculos grandes y pequeños (compas o cualquier botella / vaso / frasco cilíndrico que encuentre en su casa puede usarse para trazar círculos, puede decidir su tamaño, el que se ha usado aquí mide aproximadamente 3 “y 2” de diámetro)
  • Tijeras
  • Lápiz o lapicero
  • Opcional: palitos de paleta (los lápices sin punta funcionarán)
  • Opcional: ojos saltones
  • Opcional: una caja de zapatos para hacer un diorama
  • Opcional: lápiz o crayón de color blanco para dibujar dientes
  • Opcional: marcadores / crayones / lápices de colores para hacer detalles

shapes needed to make each shark

Instrucciones para cada tiburón:

  • Selecciona un color para tu tiburón
  • Corte dos círculos grandes del mismo tamaño, uno de papel blanco y otro del color que usted seleccione.
  • Corte dos círculos pequeños del mismo tamaño, uno de papel rojo y otro del color que usted seleccione
  • Recorte un triángulo de su color preferido
  • Corte los círculos blancos y rojos por la mitad (solo necesitarás un medio círculo de cada color por tiburón)
  • Coloque el semicírculo blanco sobre el círculo de color grande, péguelo en su lugar
  • Toma el círculo pequeño, en el color que usted selecciono, y córtelo por la mitad (estos serán las aletas del brazo / pectoral) coloca uno a cada lado de tu cabeza de tiburón y pégalo en su lugar
  • Tome el semicírculo rojo, esto será boca, puede agregar líneas en zigzag para hacer dientes o colorear los dientes con un lápiz o crayón de color blanco, también puede cambiar la forma de la boca para hacer una sonrisa, depende de ¡usted!
  • Una vez que la boca esté en su lugar, pegue los ojos saltones o hágalos de papel blanco cortando pequeños círculos con puntos negros en el centro
  • Ahora pegue el triángulo de papel a la parte superior del tiburón, esta será la aleta superior / aleta dorsal

baby shark puppets

Instrucciones para el pequeño pez:

  • Cortar un pequeño círculo
  • Cortar dos triángulos del mismo tamaño
  • Pegue un triángulo al costado del círculo para hacer una cola
  • Corta el otro triángulo por la mitad, pegue uno en la parte superior del círculo y otro en la parte inferior para hacer las aletas
  • Decorar la cara
  • Opcionalmente, trace el contorno del pez terminado para usarlo de patrón y cortar un segundo pez, decore este con una expresión facial diferente y adhiéralo a la parte posterior del primer pez
  • No olvide pegar el palito de paleta en el medio

Instrucciones para la escena del océano:

  • Use una hoja de papel de construcción azul
  • Recorta todo lo que quieras ver en tu escena oceánica: algas, corales, arena, cofres del tesoro, anclas, sirenas, criaturas marinas, etc.
  • Pegue todas sus piezas en el papel azul
  • Opcional, pegue el papel azul en el fondo de una caja de zapatos y envuelva los bordes para hacer un diorama del océano2 paper sharks

¡Ahora es el momento de ponerse musical y montar su propio espectáculo de títeres! ¡Diviértete y prueba a cantar diferentes variaciones de Bebe Tiburón/Baby Shark!sharks in shoebox

* Si hace una caja de zapatos de diorama, puedes guardar tus tiburones y peces dentro de la caja cuando termines de jugar con ellos


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