DIY Shark Week Shirts for Siblings
Shark Week is approaching and we are excited! My daughter has always been fascinated by marine animals and she loves learning about sharks during the fun week. Whether it’s a Jaws movie night or a Discovery Channel episode marathon, our DIY shark week shirts are perfect for the occasion. This is baby’s first Shark Week so we had to get her in on the fun. The silly sibling shark shirts took about half an hour to make and have already received a big thumbs up from my shark loving daughter. Her baby sister doesn’t know we made her the shark but she happily kicked like an olympic swimmer in her new onesie.
DIY Shark Week shirts tutorial
Supplies:
- blank shirt and onesie
- fabric paint
- paintbrush
- foam alphabet stamps
- cardboard to place inside shirts while painting
- paper plate for paint
Place your cardboard inside the shirt to avoid bleed through onto the back when you stamp the letters. Use the paintbrush to coat the stamp with a thin layer of paint. Carefully stamp, one letter at a time, on the shirt. I wasn’t too intentional with the placement because I wasn’t trying to keep the letters straight or evenly spaced. If you want your words levels, use chalk to draw a straight line on the shirt before you start stamping letters. The chalk will completely disappear when you wash your shirt before the first time it’s worn. Allow to dry after you’ve stamped “beware of shark” on the shirt.
Freehand a shark bite silhouette on the bottom of the shirt with paint.
Using the same easy stamping method, make a “shark” onesie for baby.
Allow both shirts to dry for 24 hours then wash in washing machine. Find the cutest baby to model their new shark onesie. My daughter is the most adorable little shark around.
Have some fun with your new DIY shark shirts for siblings during Shark Week!
Don’t forget your Shark Week Snack Mix to add to the festivities!
More Shark Week fun
- kids craft shark puppet
- learning about sharks & cleaner fish at SeaWorld San Diego
- spotting a hammerhead shark while whale watching in Dana Point, CA with Dana Wharf
Visit the SeaWorld San Diego Shark Encounter exhibit to learn more about sharks!
How do you celebrate Shark Week?
Not only are you super creative in the way that you did this project, you’re also super smart. My mind must not be that imaginative because I couldn’t come up with creative stuff like that when my boys were little. Bravo and Kudos from the heart.
I LOVE the shark chex mix. Too cute! And of course, your kids are adorable too. This look relatively easy and now I kind of what to make one for myself.
Super cute idea!! I love this and your kids look adorable!
This is so cute and I love the idea and the shirts! I’d love to do this for my kiddos!
These shirts are so cool! We are waiting for our little one to arrive and then this would be perfect! I love the matching kind
What a fantastic idea. We do love shark week. There’s something about sharks that intrigues the mind for sure.
These are seriously too cute and incredibly easy to make!! I’ve never been sure what all to hoop-lat about shark week was, but some pretty inventive things have come out of it, so yay Shark Week!
What a fun idea, I totally love this! And so simple, straight forward and cheap to do too. I love your baby’s expression in the photo, so cute!
Yay for shark week and yay for DIY shark week shirts. This is totally awesome!
How adorable! Shark week always passes me by until someone share those videos of cats in shark outfits on automatic vacuums!!
We love Shark Week since we enjoy learning about these predators. Having kids wear these themed shirts is such a great idea and so much fun.
Oh my gosh, this is so cute! It would be especially funny if the baby was teething and biting everything . . . perfect for the theme 😛
These shirts are so cute!!! I love Shark Week so much!!! Which is weird because I hate sharks! HA Won’t even go in water.
My sons latest favorite is the sharks. This DIY tshirt would be perfect for him.
Another mom adding fun to the kids’ lives. I am so inspired by the creative ideas to encourage the children’s love for the nature.
The shirts are cute and the kids are cuter! Now I’m thinking about things to do this for even beyond shark week!
What a cool craft. These shirts look so cool. I had no idea about shark week. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
This idea is so adorable. This would be a nice craft for kids.
Oh my gosh – these are such a cute idea! I especially love the onesie for the baby. I bet my kids would love to make a shirt like this.
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