Make your own hammerhead shark magnet craft! We have a shark craft today that is fun and functional and perfect for kids of all ages especially older kids. Make a hammerhead shark magnet with our free printable hammerhead shark template. This shark craft is great for Shark Week, ocean units both at home or in the classroom.

Hammerhead Shark Magnet Craft

Your finished Hammerhead shark craft appears 3D when you are done because it is based on a clothespin making it perfect for a locker magnet or on the front of the fridge. Grab your hammerhead shark magnet template here:

Related: More Shark Week ideas for kids including shark crafts

We have included a printable hammerhead shark template so it will be easy to follow the step by step instructions to have your hammerhead shark craft look just like ours (if that is what you want!).

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Related: You can make even more magnetic clips!

Supplies Needed to Make a Shark Magnet Craft

Blue Foam Paper
Small Googly Eyes
Clothespin
Blue Acrylic Paint
Hot Glue
Scissors
Pencil
Small Magnet
Hammerhead Shark Printable – download below

Hammerhead shark magnet craft pdf file template black and white on white decorated background with colored pencils, crayons, pencil- kids activities blog — You can use our hammerhead shark template or try drawing your own hammerhead shark.

Directions for Hammerhead Shark Magnet Craft

Step 1

Start by downloading and printing our Hammerhead Shark printable that we will be using later.

Printable hammerhead shark craft template pdf file shown on white background — This is the printable hammerhead shark template you can cut out and use for this craft.

You can choose to cut out the pieces on the template or place the template on top of the foam craft sheets and cut together.

Step 2

Now paint your clothespin blue.
You may need to apply a few coats of blue paint until it looks correct.
Let dry and set aside.

Tip: Don’t worry so much about one of the sides cause this will be the bottom and will be covered by foam paper anyway. Try to get inside parts painted the best you can.

Step 2- Hammerhead Shark Magnet Craft- now paint your clothespin blue- kids activities blog — Paint your Hammerhead shark blue or any color you want!

Step 3

Grab your printed shark template. After cutting the printable into pieces, use a pencil to trace the shark body shapes onto the blue foam paper.

Before you start be sure to keep them to scale when compared to the clothespin, which will be the mouth and the front part of the body.
The first piece will be a shape that will be the body and tail including the front fins, the back fins, and tail fin.
The second piece will be an oval that will be the front part of the head and body but on one end of an oval draw the hammer shape for the head.
The final piece will be the dorsal fin.
Now, cut out all pieces.

Step 3- Hammerhead Shark Magnet Craft- Grab your printed shark template. After cutting the printable into pieces, use a pencil to trace the shark body shapes onto the blue foam paper- kids activities blog — Now use your template to start creating the body of your Hammerhead shark.

Step 4

Once the paint is dry on the clothes pin, hot glue it on top of the first body parts – shark body with tail and fins.

Step 5

Now flip it over and glue a magnet to the bottom of the clothes pin and foam paper.

Step 6

Flip back over. Now glue two small googly eyes on the ends of the hammer head foam paper piece as well as the dorsal fin towards the other end of the oval shape.

Step 7

Next, we’ll glue this entire piece onto the top of the clothes pin.

Finished Hammerhead Shark Craft

Now you have a hammerhead shark magnet clip to hang on the fridge and chomp down on important papers or kids artwork!

Download & Print Hammerhead Shark Template PDF File

Our Experience Making this Hammerhead Shark Craft

Our boys loved making their own shark magnets and I am confident your kids will too. Once done, use them to chomp down and display important notes, shark drawings and all sorts of fun anywhere you can use a magnet!

Related: Did you use the printable shark craft template (grab our pinwheel template here)?

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Hammerhead Shark Magnet Craft

This super cute hammerhead shark magnet craft is easy to create with our printable shark template for the craft. Use a clothespin as the foundation with a magnet so you can have a functional magnet clip for use around the house or at school. Kids will love this shark craft for shark week or anytime for a shark fan!

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Difficulty Medium

Estimated Cost $5