Printable Shark Mask

printable shark mask for kids

The apex predator of the ocean - and one of the most thrilling masks in the whole collection! Our printable shark mask is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, with those rows of teeth, that streamlined profile and those cold, dark eyes making it one of the most dramatically impressive designs we've ever made. Perfect for ocean school plays, sea creatures classroom projects, World Book Day, birthday parties, and keeping everyone else in imaginative play very nervous.

The shark is one of nature's greatest success stories - essentially unchanged for 450 million years because the design is simply perfect. A brilliant mask for ocean ecosystem and adaptation topics that always gets children genuinely excited about marine biology. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Sharks!

  • Sharks have been on Earth for over 450 million years - they predate the dinosaurs by 200 million years and survived all five mass extinction events, making them one of the most enduring successful predators in history.
  • They have electroreceptors called the ampullae of Lorenzini - tiny jelly-filled pores on their snout that can detect the minute electrical fields generated by muscle movement, allowing them to find hidden prey.
  • Sharks never run out of teeth - they grow in rows and move forward like a conveyor belt. A single shark may produce over 30,000 teeth in a lifetime, replacing each lost tooth within days.
  • More people are killed by vending machines each year than by sharks - the average annual global shark fatality count is around 5–10 people, while approximately 100 million sharks are killed by humans every year.
  • Sharks must keep moving to breathe - most species need to swim continuously to force water over their gills. If they stop, they suffocate, which is why they can never truly rest the way land animals do.