Shark Party
How to have a fin-tastic shark themed party for kids
Want a party for kids that won't bite? Then plan a comical shark attack party! This is a party idea that
your boy will fall for hook, line and sinker, especially if it's a pool party or a beach party. But a shark
themed party is just as fun at home. There's no "de-bait" as this party idea will be a scream for the
girls, too. I scream, you scream, we'll all scream for a shark theme! So open your jaws for tasty treats
and get ready for a shark birthday party that's a scream.
Start your plan of attack here with our shark party planning ideas:
Shark Themed Gifts for the Birthday kid
If he loves sharks, then you 'll have fun shopping for his birthday.
Shark party decorations
Their jaws will drop and you'll throw a super party with shark decorations when you display a real
shark. Here's how to set the marine scene and party decorations with sharks:
Shark themed party food
Get ready for a shark feeding frenzy with these shark themed food ideas. Here are party food ideas
that will help them open their jaws:
Shark birthday cakes
Shark Cake Ideas: It's "Boy bites shark" when you see the yummy shark birthday cake ideas, shark's
tooth cookies and the super easy chocolate shark teeth recipe.
Shark party invitation wording ideas:
Fishing around for card ideas? Try these wording ideas for your shark party and you'll be a card shark
in no time:
Shark themed favor ideas
There are so many favors and shark birthday party ideas.
Shark party games and activities
A party at the pool, beach, or aquarium is excitement enough (no extra activities needed), as is a party
featuring a Slip N' Slide. But the kids will get along swimmingly if you add these fun ideas:
Shark Party resources
Looking for more shark party ideas? Then you'll get along swimmingly with people who've already
planned their shark parties. See their shark themed ideas for cakes, favors and more:
Real shark birthday parties....
So you think that planning a shark party is "no day at the beach"? Well, here are some of our online
friends who've already had a shark birthday parties and survived:
Share your tips on a shark menu for kids, fun shark decorations, or games and activities to do with
sharks. Go ahead and tell us about your real shark birthday party and share party ideas with us on
Twitter.
How to have a fin-tastic shark themed party for kids
Want a party for kids that won't bite? Then plan a comical shark attack party! This is a party idea that
your boy will fall for hook, line and sinker, especially if it's a pool party or a beach party. But a shark
themed party is just as fun at home. There's no "de-bait" as this party idea will be a scream for the
girls, too. I scream, you scream, we'll all scream for a shark theme! So open your jaws for tasty treats
and get ready for a shark birthday party that's a scream.
Start your plan of attack here with our shark party planning ideas:
- Give the birthday kid a shark! Whether it's a plush, a remote control, or a sea of shark
inflatables, shark bedding, or a shark costume, your child will love your shark themed birthday
present:
- Air swimming shark: Here's something that's been on television that your kid wants: the
remote control shark, above center. This shark is an air swimmer! It requires helium and
stays inflated for up to two weeks. It's huge and will be hugely popular with the kids. - Huge Shark Plush: Your kid will dive to bet with the kid-sized shark by Melissa and Doug,
above right. - Shark costume: Halloween will be the perfect time to show off his love of sharks. Right, the
shark attack costume will make a memorable en trance for the birthday kid and you'll have
your Halloween costume ready to go.
- Play shark alert party starter! Provide a lifeguard whistle to each child at the start of the party
and tell kids to blow it every time someone at the party uses the word "shark." Award a shark
sticker to the first kid to sound off. At the end of the party (or before entering the pool) award a
shark prize to the kid with the most stickers.
- Shark tank game: Fill a small squeaky clean fishbowl with blue raspberry Koolaid or Gatorade
and lots of ice. Gather several thirsty kids and provide each with a straw. Float a vinyl shark
filled with grenadine and have kids sink the shark by drinking simultaneously. Accentuate the
fun by playing JAWs theme music.
- Hammerhead this way! You won't find much shark party supplies in the local stores, but there
are surprisingly enough themed shark party favors and more when you shop online: including
the shark party plates, left. For starters, a shark piñata, shark gummy candies, and the
popular inflatable shark party favors, immediate left.
- More unusual ways to set the mood for an under water adventure:
- Greet guests wearing a scuba mask and flippers, a lifeguard costume, a shark attack
costume, right, or a card shark costume.. - Set a course for adventure with this seaworthy centerpiece: fill a tall cylindrical vase
with a blue water, wrap a scuba mask around the base and float a shark toy atop.
"Sea" for yourself how cute this can be! - Make the kids jaws drop! Attack them with their own inflatable shark for the pool party.
It's not a flotation device, so provide with caution and have plenty of lifeguards on hand. - Play soothing ocean waves music, left, (download now on your MP3), and intermix the
Jaws theme song.
Shark Themed Gifts for the Birthday kid
If he loves sharks, then you 'll have fun shopping for his birthday.
- Shark Attack Bedding: Hosting a shark theme party may inspire you to create a shark themed
bedroom.Tommy Hilfinger Shark Attack bedding, right, includes a flat sheet, fitted sheet and
one standard-sized pillowcase to get you started. See more shark gifts and ideas for the
bedroom!
Shark party decorations
Their jaws will drop and you'll throw a super party with shark decorations when you display a real
shark. Here's how to set the marine scene and party decorations with sharks:
- Take the plunge in the deep blue sea decorations by diving in to these ideas:
- Make waves instantly with crinkled blue cellophane on the walls.
- Hang blue, white and green paper lanterns to create a bubble like effect.
- Add a bubble machine at the entrance.
- Go on the fringe with a metallic streamer curtain entrance at the door.
- Cluster jars of sea foam green and ocean blue candies.
- Make waves for the table. For sea worthy look, select a sea-foam green table cover and layer it
with ocean blue tulle scrunched up to resemble waves. You may also find some crinkly ocean
blue cellophane that you can work into the display. Sprinkle with vinyl sharks to bait the look.
Then drape a fisherman's net over a portion of the table.
- Show them you're Great Whites! Set up a photo opportunity by a beach sign and a cutout of big
sharks teeth or a bite of a surf board. You can make your own "Beach closed Due to SHARK
sighting" sign or buy the nostalgic sign, left.
- Tarp Diem! Lay out a blue tarp ocean and place inflatable sharks on it. You can also create a
bubble effect by inflating dozens of blue latex balloons and letting them float on the floor. Pick
two similar color tones. Just remember that latex balloons are choking hazards for kids under
three, so choose this decoration idea only for party goers four and up.
Shark themed party food
Get ready for a shark feeding frenzy with these shark themed food ideas. Here are party food ideas
that will help them open their jaws:
- Discover how to make a cucumber shark for the veggie tray.
- Imagine the chilling beverages you can serve with the shark fin ice cube tray, left.
- Say no to Shark Fin soup or anything else that's fishy! Unless your little Great White can't get
enough fish fingers, serve him something with some taste he can appreciate. It's a party after
all. A fin-tastic lunch idea for your shark theme party: serve pizza with shark pizza cutter. Even if
you don't get the cutter, you can be happy that pizza is fin shaped. Or serve quesadillas cut into
triangles, which will resemble shark's teeth.
- Catch of the day! An ordinary tuna sandwich is so cookie cutter. If you want kids to take a bite,
use shark cookie cutters to slice both wheat and white bread, then switch the centers so that a
wheat shark is replaced in the white bread and vice versa.
- Sink your teeth into this idea: you can modify the toothsome treats idea by Family Fun (apple
jaws with almond slivers) to look like shark jaws. Other shark's teeth options to try: candy corn,
pumpkin seeds or white chocolate chips. Now that's a mouthful of fun.
- Give them a chilling concoction! Their eyes will be agape when you serve them a chilling drink
made with the shark fin ice tray, right. Here are some yummy shark-inspired drinks that will
make their tongues turn blue:
- Sharkade: Rim a glass with a wedge of lime and dip it in blue sparkling sugars used
for baking. Fill the glass with a blue beverage, such as Gatorade. Garnish with a big
blue gummy shark by cutting the belly of the shark to rest on the rim of the glass.
- Do whatever floats your boat. Instead of serving a root beer float, try a blue carbonated
beverage, like Jones Bubble Gum Soda. Start with a parfait glass two thirds full of
soda and float a few gummy sharks. Then scoop an ice-cream island to float on top
and garnish with a drink umbrella. - Shark shave ice: Crush ice in a blender and pour in Hawaiian Shaved Ice Blue
Raspberry syrup, left. Pierce a gummy candy shark through a straw. Check out more
blue drink and food ideas.
- Surprise shark attack: Make a game of serving refreshments. Ahead of time, line up
enough paper cups for each child, and place a red drop of food coloring in most of the
cups, but reserve a drop of blue food coloring for at least two of the cups. Now bury the
hidden surprise in ice and quickly pass out the cups as you announce the game. Pour
a lemon lime soda in front of the children and see what happens: drinks will turn either
blue or red. Red is the shark attack! Award stickers to the shark attack victims and a toy
shark to the survivors.
- Bathing beach beauties - cookies. Recycle your gingerbread cookie cutters and decorate
some bathing suit babes (decorate bikinis and boxers with candies and piped frosting). Lay
them on a sandy shore made from crushed vanilla wafter cookies, and watch the little
barracudas devour them.
Shark birthday cakes
Shark Cake Ideas: It's "Boy bites shark" when you see the yummy shark birthday cake ideas, shark's
tooth cookies and the super easy chocolate shark teeth recipe.
- Shark it up with scary shark-theme cakes and cupcakes: Have them bite in to something
unexpected in their shark cake with a layer of red icing lurking inside. Or choose red velvet
cake, which is a like a shark attack in every bite! Surf the Internet if you dare for these shark
cake picture ideas.
- Bake a cake as fast as you can. Wilton's shark bite cake, right, is a bright and cheery.
It's created from a football pan. You'll find multiple uses for this cake pan. Here's how
to make a cute as can be shark cake. Even easier, craft Martha Stewart's Shark and
Beach Cupcakes. And be sure to see the shark birthday cake from Parenting.
- Make it really easy on yourself, cupcake. While the comical shark fin cup cake picks,
left, look terrific with blue frosted cupcakes, these food picks look terrific on the
hamburger buns or sandwiches, too. A fun effect is to cut a bite out of your sandwich
corner to make it appear as if a shark has attacked the food.
Shark party invitation wording ideas:
Fishing around for card ideas? Try these wording ideas for your shark party and you'll be a card shark
in no time:
- Dare to swim with the sharks?
- It's Jack's Shark Attack Birthday
- Swim in fun infested waters and join us for a bite of cake
- on Saturday, August 22 at 2:00 -5.00 p.m.
- Bring your swimsuit to shark's cove: 123 main street
- It would be FIN-tastic if you can come
- Please RSVP: Lifeguard Pam at 867-5309
- Thanks for coming to my party, I had a JAW-some time.
- How to make paper waves for your invitations. Make waves from paper with a paper wave
punch, right. Use them for the thank you cards, too.
- See ETSY for handmade shark cards.
Shark themed favor ideas
There are so many favors and shark birthday party ideas.
- Gummy sharks, dummy! The little shark bait will love Betty Crocker Shark bites candies, and
it's a "no brainer" for a shark themed party favor. They're excellent for the pinata favors. Buy
them in bulk at Amazon and use them for the cupcakes, snack mixes, table confetti, and goody
bags. These colorful shark candies look fantastic in short clear cups filled with blue raspberry
gelatin, too. You can also place one into each slot of an ice cube tray for the drinks. Juicy
Oozers Sour Gummy Sharks, right, may not be the biggest fish in the pond, but with their liquid
candy center, they make quite a splash. Swedish fish would another bloody good addition to
the gummy lineup.
- Mini shark tank favor. Find small glass fish bowl containers at the dollar store, fill them with
blue colored candies to create an ocean, and top with a vinyl shark toy. Or stash special shark
toy surprise in blue tissue paper or metallic shreds or krinkles.
- Go rasta, and not the imposta! You'll save money with synthetic shark's teeth necklaces, but if
your budget allows, go for the real thing. Get a dozen rasta real shark's tooth favor necklaces
and you're sure to please kids!
- Go fishing online for more shark favor ideas, such as:
- The Shark toy water gun, left.
- Jawbreakers are super cute if you can wedge them in between the teeth of a plastic
shark toy. Wrap in blue cellophane. - The shark squirters (four-pack), available online below,
- Shark-themed Little Activity booklets from Dover Publications, like the Shark Tattoos,
left. Look also for "Realistic Sharks Stickers," "Shark Stickers," "Learning About
Sharks," and "Fun with Sharks Stencils, "which are all around $1.50. And for coloring
try "Sharks of the World Coloring Book." - Shark tank bubble favors from Oriental Trading includes a wand that's shaped like a
shark. - Make your own shark suckers using the shark lollipop molds, below.
Shark party games and activities
A party at the pool, beach, or aquarium is excitement enough (no extra activities needed), as is a party
featuring a Slip N' Slide. But the kids will get along swimmingly if you add these fun ideas:
- A great "Great White" game. A classic party game for kids is "guess how many." Count and
place gummy sharks into a jar (or jelly beans with a few gummy sharks lurking in the jelly
bean waters). Who will sink their "great whites" into these? The kid who guesses the right
amount!
- Have a Great White Water ride. A Shark Slip N' Slide is a fun and easy way to set the scene
outside. It's a decoration and activity in one and much cheaper than a bounce house!
Alternatively, try the Banzai Shark water slide, which inflates with impressive jaws that you can
use as an entrance to your party, then move it later outside as an activity. Whether or not water
is involved in your party, the kids will love getting eaten by the shark and it makes a great photo
opportunity for the thank-you cards. The Bonzai shark Spray water pool is super affordable at
just twenty bucks.
- Play sharks & minnows. This pool game for 4 or more swimmers requires adult supervision,
an adult swimmer and lifeguard to supervise. (A whistle helps.) How to play Sharks and
Minnows: start by dividing into teams of sharks and minnows. The sharks get into the pool,
while the minnows stand at the deep end of the pool. Minnows dive in and try to swim to the
other side. Sharks try to tag minnows, but they can't tag swimmers under water. Minnows earn
a point to get to the other side. The team with the most points wins.
- Bait them with shark facts. The "Everything Sharks Book," left, makes an educational birthday
gift and you may even inspire a career in marine biology.
- Launch a carefully planned shark attack. Entertain kids for a pool party with the shark shooter
water bombs, right. Soak them in water and attack an unsuspecting guest.
- Give them shark tattoos. You get eight small shark tattoos in each dover book in the booklet,
left. Waterproof and safe, booklets are $1.50.
- Play musical towels. Lay out beach towels fanned into a circle or in a long line, and make sure
you have one less than the amount of party-goers. Then play shark music. It's easy when you
load Jaws theme music to your MP3 player. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cinema
Sound & Stage Orchestra has a festive version that's perfect for a party, right, but you may also
find the Jaws Movie theme music. When the music stops, each child must find a towel. Make
each child a winner but with a grand prize for the child remaining on the last towel.
- Have a shark ring toss. Test your skills on the Big Kahuna, a 26-inch inflatable floating shark
and 2 - 8" throwing rings, lower left. This shark floats in the pool to double as decoration.
Shark Party resources
Looking for more shark party ideas? Then you'll get along swimmingly with people who've already
planned their shark parties. See their shark themed ideas for cakes, favors and more:
- Swing into action with a cool birthday card. The shark swing card, left, is a birthday card that
you can give to the birthday kid, then display at the party.
- Have a bite of fruit. Turn your favorite summertime fruit into an edible centerpiece with a shark
watermelon.
- Dive into Flickr: Get into the shark tank on Flickr now to see these shark themed party ideas in
action:
- Buckets of fun. This shark bait favor idea stashes Swedish fish and other fishy party
supplies in a tin bucket favor pale, then wrap in blue cellophane, curling ribbon, and
your own shark bait favor tag.
- A cupcake sighting. These shark infested cupcakes will make waves. Start with wave
motif on blue construction paper, then highlight the crust of the wave with a black
Sharpie pen.
- Swim with the sharks. For a pool party, beach party or water slide activity party, choose the
affordable and shark swim trunks to match your theme, right.
- It's not so scary to get crafty. Make shark shoes, right, for the birthday kid or a shark attack
hand puppet.
Real shark birthday parties....
So you think that planning a shark party is "no day at the beach"? Well, here are some of our online
friends who've already had a shark birthday parties and survived:
- Frosted Shark Birthday: This is such a fin-tastic shark birthday filled with wonderful ideas from
Frosted Events.
- Nate's Shark party: The plan of attack for your shark birthday party is to see how Nate had his
party.
Share your tips on a shark menu for kids, fun shark decorations, or games and activities to do with
sharks. Go ahead and tell us about your real shark birthday party and share party ideas with us on
Twitter.
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