Feed The Shark: A Fun Printable Shape Matching Activity!

Here at The Kind of Crafty Mom, we love to have fun. And we love to learn! My five-year-old, Ella, has spent quite a bit of time learning about 2D shapes in her Pre-K class this year. So I thought, what better than a hands-on “Feed the Shark” activity to reinforce her learning?

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Supplies I used to create this setup:

Feed the Shark printable activity
Laminator & lamination sheets (if you don’t own a laminator yet, I LOVE this one. It’s by Amazon Basics and it works just as well as the more expensive name brand ones!)
Paper bag
Scissors

There are lots of ways you can set up the shark to feed him – for example, gluing him to a cardboard box also works great! I chose to use a brown paper bag.

ella plays with the feed the shark printable game

Ella and I took turns matching a plain blue card and a fish card and naming the shapes. We also had LOTS of fun making silly noises when we fed the shark!

More possibilities that would be so fun with this activity…

Place the shape cards in dyed blue rice to turn this activity into a sensory bin!
Print & assemble two sharks instead of just one. Play a memory matching game. Whoever feeds their shark the most pairs wins!