Shark Coloring Pages
Shark coloring pages with a grinning shark swimming left, its tall fin, crescent tail and four teeth. Free shark coloring sheets in easy and finer lines.
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One friendly shark fills both shark coloring pages. It swims to the left with a big toothy grin. The body is long and rounded, with a tall triangle fin on top, a crescent tail, a side fin, a smaller belly fin and a pale stripe along the underside. One round eye has a dark pupil. The curved mouth holds four pointed teeth, and three gill lines sit behind it.
Only the outlines change
Eight main areas make up the drawing on either sheet. On the easy sheet, thick black lines are hard to color past, which helps ages 3 to 5. The standard sheet thins the lines for ages 6 to 8, leaving more white space inside the fins and the mouth for careful work with pencils.
Ideas for home and school
At home, the shark makes a calm activity after a trip to an aquarium or a beach. In class it fits an ocean topic, a lesson on the body parts of fish or a quick early-finisher task, and children can add water, seaweed and a few fish afterwards. The long body and the crescent tail keep their margins when the A4 or US Letter PDF prints at 100 percent, not fit to page.
What to color
- A long rounded body swimming to the left
- One tall triangle fin on the back and a big crescent tail
- A side fin and a smaller fin under the belly
- A wide grin with a row of four pointed teeth
- One round eye with a dark pupil and three curved gill lines
- A pale stripe running along the underside from the chin to the tail
Tips
- Pick a gray or blue for the back and keep the belly stripe a lighter shade.
- Color the inside of the mouth pink or red and leave the teeth white.
- Fill the fins one shade darker than the body so they stand out.
- Draw a few bubbles near the snout and a wavy seabed before you start.
- Give the bold easy sheet to younger children with chunky crayons.
Shark fun facts
- A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, the same bendy material found in human ears and noses, not bone.
- Sharks lose and replace teeth all their lives, so one shark can go through thousands of teeth.
- The whale shark is the largest fish in the world and feeds mostly on tiny plankton.
Classroom ideas
- Preschool (ages 3 to 5): color the bold shark and count its fins together, then count the teeth.
- Kindergarten: use the standard sheet to label fin, tail, eye, mouth and gills with word cards.
- Grades 1 and 2: color the shark for an ocean wall display and add a fact about sharks underneath.
- Year 2 (UK): pair the shark with a fish and a whale page to sort sea animals into fish and mammals.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is there room for careful pencil work on the shark?
Inside the fins and the mouth, once the lines thin out on the standard page for ages 6 to 8. The easy page, for ages 3 to 5, is drawn in thick bold outlines. Both show the same swimming shark with eight main areas to fill.
How many teeth and fins can children count?
The grin has four pointed teeth. For the fins, look for the tall triangle on the back, a side fin and a smaller fin under the belly, plus the big crescent tail.
Should the teeth be colored?
Leave the four pointed teeth white and color the inside of the mouth pink or red so they stand out. A gray or blue back with a lighter belly stripe works well for the body.
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