How to Build an Awesome LEGO Shark

Build a LEGO® shark with moveable fins and a jaw that opens and closes!  Then make him attack some minifigure pirates in their LEGO® boat – ha!  See below for building instructions.

Stick only the dorsal fin to a baseplate to make it look like the shark is swimming through the ocean…

Then the shark attacks!  AHHHHH!

Ready to build one?

Step 1:  Start with a 4 x 8 white plate.

Step 2:  Attach six 2 x 2 white inverted slopes, four 1 x 2 white inverted slopes, a 2 x 6 white brick, and a 2 x 2 white brick.

Step 3:  Add two 4 x 4 dark gray plates and two 3 x 6 dark gray wedge plates.

Step 4:  Add five 2 x 4 dark gray bricks and a 2 x 3 dark gray slope.

Step 5:  Add a 2 x 4 dark gray plate and a 1 x 4 dark gray plate.

Step 6:  Add a 1 x 4 dark gray plate, a 2 x 2 dark gray plate, and two 1 x 1 black round plates for the eyes.  Then find the bricks shown.

Step 7:  Build the front of the face as shown.

Step 8:  Put a 2 x 6 dark gray plate and a 2 x 4 dark gray plate on top of the body.  Then add four 1 x 2 plates with one stud on top, which will hold the dorsal fin.  Build the lower jaw.  Bricks used:  two 1 x 4 white plates, 1 x 2 light gray plate with two clips, 1 x 2 white plate with a handle, 2 x 4 white wedge plate, four 1 x 1 white plates with a vertical tooth.

Step 9:  Attach the lower jaw to the body.

Step 10:  Add two 1 x 2 slopes, two bricks high for the dorsal fin.  Add a 1 x 2 gray plate with a handle and a 1 x 2 gray place with clips on each side.

Step 11:  Turn the shark upside down and gather the bricks shown.

Step 12:  Place the 1 x 2 dark gray plate with a ball on the side at the tail end of the body.  This will hold the tail.  Place a 1 x 2 white plate next to it.  Then add a 2 x 2 white brick and a 2 x 2 white plate.

Step 13:  Assemble the tail as shown.  The two remaining wedge plates will go on top of the others.

Step 14:  Attach the tail to the body!  If you don’t have the ball and socket joints, substitute a plate with clips and a plate with a handle.

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Also, it can be much easier to build from printed instructions rather than a screen, which is why we created a LEGO® BOOK!  It’s called Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have, and it’s full of 50 new LEGO® projects with instructions.

Have fun building!

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