Spring Break is looming just around the corner for the kiddies and while I know that some of you might be planning a mini-break in order to keep those rug rats entertained, those of you who are broke and have to spend quality-time with your offspring at home might be interested in partaking in some worthwhile crafts that don't involve a whole lot of brain cells.
And making the mouth of Bruce the Shark (Jaws) out of cheap paper plates and then having the kids spend the remaining hours of the day re-enacting the death scenes from the movie might be a good way to kill one day out of the five that those bastards have off.
After the break are the step-by-step instructions from Jeanette Strole Parks (via Dollar Store Crafts).
This is gonna be fun.
PAPER PLATE SHARK JAWS
Project Materials:
Paper plates, $1
Scissors, on hand
Pencil and eraser if needed for extra confidence, on hand
Total: $1
A note about supplies: A "deep dish" non-crimped/non-fluted Chinet style plate worked well for me, because it is smooth and sturdy.
To Make:
1. Fold your paper plate in half "backwards" (with the bottom of the plate facing you, and the folded edges coming toward you).
2. Using small scissors trim away the outer edges of the plate in a sweeping arched "M" design on the top half and bottom half, which should leave it looking like the hinges on the jaw, and the "m" shaped bottom & top of the mouth. Look at pictures on Google of real shark jaws to get inspiration, if the craft-samples in the photos don't help you visualize the outline.
3. Cut out a large oval from the middle, and then work from that center to cut out free-form teeth that follow the inside arc of the paper plate on the top and bottom. I just snipped away happily. Shark teeth are often quite irregular and jagged and not always parallel.
Source: Boing Boing
