Shark Tale Coloring Pages, Online Games and Activity Ideas

Shark Tale released in 2004 is a hip and fun movie that everyone loves. It's no wonder that it has been a favorite since its release. Do you have a Shark Tale fan in your house? Or are you one? Then you'll love this grouping of online resources and activity ideas. These activities would also work well for preschool or elementary school classes and many of the ideas can be used for party games, activities or goodie bags.

Free Printable Coloring Pages

http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=54

A group of thirteen pages to color of scenes from the movie.

http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/activities/color.htm

Shark coloring pages.

http://www.colouringbookpages.co.uk/shark-tale/

More free coloring pages of scenes from the movie.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/archive/

Animal coloring pages from National Geographic; you can print of all of the pictures of animals that live in the ocean.

Free Online Games

http://www.sharktale.com/main.html

This link leads you to a site that has four different games. One of the games is "Whale Wash" you must follow the instructions and wash each part of the whale. Another game is "Big Race". You are a seahorse, and you race other seahorses. The third game is "Oscar's Aqua Art" You can either color online or print pages to color. The last game is "The Ernie and Bernie Mixmaster" In this game you choose a genre of music and then add different instruments to it.

Activity Ideas

Learn about Sharks

Print off some of the shark coloring pages and let your child color them. Identify different parts of the shark like the fin, teeth, tail etc. Encourage your child to label them. National Geographic also has a great section for kids and you can learn more about the shark here: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Bull-shark. You can watch a video, read facts, see pictures, see a map of where they live, and print out pictures to color. After learning about sharks, try this fun quiz: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/PuzzlesQuizzes/Quizyournoodle-sharks

Learn About Car Washes

In the movie, a whale wash is featured. Try creating your own car washing kit following the ideas found here:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/Crafts/Kit-car-wash