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You guys probably all know the Baby Shark Song...
baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo..

I know the shark motions (baby, mom, dad, grandpa) but I've been googling like crazy and can't find good motions to the end of the song...

How do you guys end the song when you sing it (with motions please)?

(I've been singing this song to the 6 month old I nanny for, but he's cool with me making up random lyrics and motions... I can't imagine my campers will be that undiscriminating about the song! lol)

In 2005, I was a program counselor, so this is new territory for me! Thanks from a first time cabin counselor!

Nora

well at the end we always sing...

...came back as a baby shark (do do doo doo do) so we just use the baby shark motions

I learned the following verses:

Baby Sharky
Mama Sharkey
Papa Sharkey
Grampa Sharkey (use closed fists insted of open hands for the "no teeth" effect)
Bible Sharkey (open hands side to side like a book)
Dudes a-surfin (one arm behind and one in front like you are balancing on a surfboard)
Babes a-tanning (face up and arms out to the side to get a nice even tan)
Shark attack!
Pieces floating (hand down your head, lean your torso forward a bit and let your arms hang)
Lifeguards coming, too late!

Oddly enough, this was my brother's favorite camp song after he learned it.

He was 19, and never went to camp.

after grandpa we do

surfer (w/like swimming hand motions haha)
lost an arm (kind of make a wing shape w/your arm and flap it)
then at the end we yell WIPEOUT!

wow... our's is quite different:

after grampa:
I went swimming (with simming motions)
shark attack (hands together over head ala shark fin)
lost an arm (continue swimming with one arm behind back)
lost a leg (same thing... jump on one leg too)
went unconscious (stand still... no "doo-doo-do-doo's")
called 911 (mimic phone dialing)
tried C.P.R. (chest compressions to the beat)
didn't make it (wave your arms off as in "no way")
went to heaven (angel wings/halo)
didn't want me (wave your arms off again)
came back as a baby shark...

Ours starts the same, with
Baby shark
Mommy Shark
Daddy shark
grandma shark
grandpa shark
going swimming (make swimming motions)
saw a shark (make shark fin)
swim away (swim)
too late (tap wrist like tapping a watch)
shark attack (splash if in the pool, or wave arms)
lost a leg (hop/hold one leg)
happy shark (make shark fin on head)
that's the end (sing to same tune)

During pool time, we would have a 5-10 minute sunscreen break/counselor and lifeguard swim time every so often. The counselors would have a cannonball competition, counted down by the campers out of the pool. Then they'd sing the shark song in the water while the kids sang along on land while they reapplied sunscreen.

ours starts the same aswell
baby shark
mama shark
daddy shark
grandma shark
goin swimming- swimming mostions
see a shark- hands over eyes or shark fin on head
swimming faster- swimming mostions faster
shark attack- hands in the air swirl around
lost a limb- jump up and down on one leg
lost a pulse- tap wrist
cpr- cpr mostion
It's not workin- cpr mostion faster
goin to heaven- wavy harms up to heaven
rockin in heaven- air guitar
lookin down- hands over eyes lookin down
At a baby shark do do do dodo baby shark

Our baby shark song goes like this. (You can add in all of the do do dos)

Baby Shark
Mama Shark
Granpa Shark
Daddy Shark
Lady Swimming (swimming motions)
Lifeguard Watching (Pretend like you have binoculars)
See a shark (Pointing towards water)
Shark Attack (point hands together like a fish)
Lifeguard Swimming (swimming motion)
CPR (pretend like you're giving CPR)
Its not working (keep pretending to give CPR)
Gone to Heaven (Make halo over head)
Maybe Not (make devil horns over head)

Ours is a little shorter than everyone elses, but i loove the baby shark song its so much fun.

This might not be completely accurate we kind of change however our mood takes us.

Baby Shark
Mommy Shark
Daddy Shark
Grandma Shark
Grandpa Shark
Going swimming (pretend you are swimming)
Saw a fin (make shark fin over head)
Swimming Faster (same as earlier just... faster)
Shark attack (clap hands together like daddy shark)
Lost a leg (Keep swimming just hop on one leg)
Lost an arm (Keep swimmming, one arm, one leg)
CPR (Hit chest like doing CPR)
It's not working (CPR faster than before)
It's too late (Tap watch)
Go to heaven (Halo over head)
Party with Jesus (Dance however you feel like)

I realize this version would have to be modified in other areas of the country but it works well for us.

Here's the story doot doot do doodoodoo dooo
about jaws doot doot do doodoodoo doo
Baby jaws (pointer finger and thumb)
Momma Jaws (palms together)
Grandpa gums (fingers curled under, palms together)
Daddy Jaws (jaws with arms)
There was a lady (girlie figure)
She went a swimmin' (pretend you are swimming)
in the ocean (make waves with arms)
the Biiiiig ocean (big waves)
there was a life guard(make muscles)
a buuuurly lifeguard (bigger muscles)
saw her swimmin' (looking gestures)
and saw jaws (points)
baby jaws
momma jaws
grandpa gums
Daaaaady jaws
he went to save her (dives in)
but she was gone (hands out, shrugging)
later days (thumbs out, pointing over shoulder)
history (book motion)
thats the story
about jaws
baby jaws
momma jaws
grammpa gums
daaaady jaws

its an extremely long song at our camp, so we don't sing it much (thank goodness!)

My first year on staff, some counselors decided that "baby shark" was a good name for campers they suspected of being lesbians. The song lost a lot of popularity at my camp that year, though it still pops up now and then.

But as far as I can remember, here's how ours goes:

baby shark
mama shark
daddy shark
grandpa shark
people swimming- swimming mostions
shark attack- frantic swimming motions
lost a leg - jump up and down on one leg
lost an arm - jump up and down with arm behind
goin to heaven- wavy harms up to heaven
(I know there's at least one more verse, but I don't remember!)

Baby shark
Mommy shark
Daddy shark
Grandpa or Grandma shark
I went swimmin (do freestyle stroke)
Saw a shark (put hand on forhead like looking for something)
Shark attack (wave one hand in air while the other is around throat)
Baywatch run
CPR
It's not working (do cpr motion faster)
I'm ok (wave arms in air and jump up and down)

Baby Jaws
Here is ours, a bit different from some of yours, but the same in parts of some.

Baby Jaws, (fingers tapping together)(doo, doo, doo, doo)
Mama Jaws, (palms opening and closing)
Papa jaws (arms opening and closing)
Grandpa Jaws (fists opening and closing)
Lady Swimmin' (makes swimming motions with your arms and upper body)
Shark a scannin' (shade eyes from sun and look out to ocean)
Shark Attack (hands to throat)
Lady swimmin' (one arm swimming motion) Shark a scannin',
Shark Attack,
Lady Swimmin' (no arms for this swim, just your upper body)
Shark a scannin'
Shark attack,
Glub glub glub