Create a holiday stocking in the shape of Shamu's tail. It's a great activity for the kids while they're home for the holidays. You can make them for the whole family. Template required.

1. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking

2. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Materials
– Black and white felt
– Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking Template
– Construction Paper
– Scissors
– Stapler
– Glue
– Glitter
– Marker
– 6 ft Black Yarn
– Hole Puncher

3. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Using template
provided, cut out the
tail fluke shape out
of construction
paper.
• With a marker,
trace the
construction paper
template onto the
white piece of felt.

4. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Lay the piece of
white felt onto the
black felt. Be sure
the black felt covers
the whole template.
• To keep the pieces
together, staple the
felt together inside
the template.

5. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Cut out the
template. Be sure to
keep the black and
white pieces of felt
together.

6. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Punch holes around the border of the fluke.
There should be 7 holes along the bottom and
4 holes on each side (not including the whole
in the bottom corner).

7. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Tie yarn to the upper left hand corner hole,
and then thread down through the rest of the
holes. Once you reach the last hole, leave
enough yarn for the hanging loop and tie the
end of the yarn to the original knot.

8. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Write your name (or
make a design) on
the black side of the
tail fluke in glue.
(Don’t be afraid to
use a lot of glue. The
more glue you use,
the more glitter can
stick.)

9. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• Quickly, cover the glue with glitter.

10. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
• After about 10-15
minutes, brush any
excess glue off the
tail fluke onto a
piece of paper to
transfer back to the
glitter bottle.
• Once completely dry,
brush off any excess
glitter from the
felt.

12. Shamu Tail Fluke Stocking
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visit:
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Happy Holidays!