Come out of your shell and have a giggle with these 50 shell puns. Shells are mysterious things that hide a variety of creatures within. We love collecting and finding shells and using them in art or design projects.
Like the shell, jokes or puns are also a mystery. We try to figure out what the punchline may be and admire the really shell-arious joke writers.
So here we have contained some shell puns for you to laugh at and have some fun. So go ahead as the world is your oyster!
- What do you call a turtle with a smartphone? A shell-phone user.
- The oyster was feeling upset and it clammed up.
- I accidentally stepped on a snail, and it didn’t even say anything. I was just shell-shocked.
- Crabs love social media. Have you seen their shell-fies?
- What do you call a group of turtles that like to party? A shell-abration.
- Why did the lobster refuse to share its home? It was shellfish.
- What do you call a snail that’s always in a hurry? A shell-ter skelter.
- The clam was feeling extra happy today because it found its shell-mate.
- What do you call a girl clam? Mi-shell.
- The police were called out to the crab party. There was a shell of a noise.
- What do you call a turtle that flies? A shell-icopter!
- Why did the turtle go to the gym? To get a shell of a workout.
- You mussel be joking if you don’t think shell puns are funny.
- I think shell puns are just snail-bitingly funny.
- If you don’t like shell puns, we can just clam up.
- I’m trying to come up with a good shell pun, but I’m drawing a conch-clusion.
- If you want to hear a good shell pun, just give me a shingle.
- I’m not trying to shell out compliments, but your puns are pretty good.
- Why did the lobster blush? Because the sea weed.
- Where do hermit crabs go when they’re homeless? In a shell-ter.
- What did the conch say when it got a compliment? “Oh, shucks!”
- What do you call a snail on a ship? A snailor!
- Why don’t shells tell jokes? Because they’re afraid they’ll clam up.
- What did the shell say to the beach ball? “Can I borrow your air, I need to inflate my shellf-esteem!”
- Who’s that famous clam writer? Mary Shell-ey.
- Where can I go to get some advice? An oyster has pearls of wisdom.
- I’m into deep sea politics, do you know who I could speak to? Yes, the coin-shell-or.
- Why did the shell try to become a comedian? Because he wanted to shell out some laughs!
- What do you get when you cross a turtle with a giraffe? A turtle-neck.
- Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the Shell station.
- What did the sea say to the shell? “You’re looking very shell-e-gant today!”
- Why did the shell refuse to take a selfie? It didn’t want to shell-out for a new camera.
- Who sings Rocketman? Shell-ton John.
- What do you call a turtle that uses a shell as a guitar? A shell-ebrity.
- Why did the oyster start its own business? It wanted to be shell-f-employed.
- What did one shell say to the other shell during a race? “I shell beat you to the finish line!”
- Why did the snail have a hard time making friends? It was too shell-f-conscious.
- What do you call a shell that looks amazing? Clam-orous.
- Why do sharks love to eat clams? Because they’re shell-t in the mouth delicious.
- How do you make a turtle float? Put a scoop of ice cream in its shell and top it off with root beer.
- I don’t always tell shell puns, but when I do, I make sure they’re shell-arious.
- Why did the hermit crab change its shell? It wanted to upgrade to a shell-tacular one.
- What do you call crab’s friends? Shell-mates.
- Why do shells make bad comedians? They always clam up.
- What do you call a shell that’s musical? A shell-ist.
- Shells don’t like to go out in the rain as they get clammy.
- Why did the clam join the choir? Because they sang c-oral music.
- Where do turtles go to buy a new shell? At the sh-urtle store.
- Did you hear Mr Shell is the gang leader? He really is a hard nut.
- Why did the snail paint an “S” on his car? So he could speed past the shells and say, “Look at me, I’m Escar-gone!”