03
Jun

Cute Little Crab

As we continue our ocean theme we learned about crabs today and made a crab.  It turned out really cute.

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Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, tissue paper, glue, wiggly eyes, 2 paper bowls and something to brush the glue on with.

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Hailey did a great job tearing up the red tissue paper.

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In one bowl mix a little bit of water in with some glue and brush it onto the bottom and sides of the other bowl.

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Cover the bottom and sides of the bowl with red tissue paper.  You can also do this with paint instead of tissue paper if you’d like to.

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While Hailey was busy covering her bowl with tissue paper I cut out a mouth and some legs.  There are 8 regular legs and 2 legs with claws.  I also cut out some seaweed from the green tissue paper which I forgot to take a picture of.

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Glue on the seaweed.

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Add the legs.

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Turn the bowl covered in tissue paper right side up and put glue all over the rim.

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Add eyes and a mouth and you have your finished crab.  (Hailey used so much glue that when I took this picture 5 hours after we made the crab- the glue was still wet!)

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12 Responses to “Cute Little Crab”

  1. Rachel
    03Jun

    You have so many fun projects here! I’d love to link to some of them if you didn’t mind.

  2. Crystal
    03Jun

    This is so cute! We are going to have to try this one.

  3. Sarah
    03Jun

    Oh my word! That is an adorable little crab! I love it!

  4. jennifer
    03Jun

    That is a great crab. Hailey did a great job.

    Thanks for sharing with Friday Showcase!!!

  5. Anne
    03Jun

    I love using tissue paper instead of paint. WE paint a lot. Thanks for sharing!

  6. Melissa
    03Jun

    We have never used tissue paper to paint – my kids would love that! Thanks for sharing!

  7. Mama King
    03Jun

    Adorable! Found you via Ramblings.

  8. jolene
    03Jun

    I AM SOOO GLAD I FOUND UR BLOG! Sooooo many good ideas! Thanks soooo much! Adding u to my blogroll!

  9. That crab is adorable!

  10. Clemencia
    03Jun

    this is so cute, thanks for sharing :)

  11. This is a wonderful project! I have linked to here from my own blog as we are doing seaside crafting this week. Thanks so much for sharing! :)

  12. sTEPHANIE sMITH-hUFF
    03Jun

    We are studying the s a great craft thank you sooooo much for sharing!

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