Cute Little CrabJune 3rd, 2009
As we continue our ocean theme we learned about crabs today and made a crab. It turned out really cute.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Glue on the seaweed.

Add the legs.

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

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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Rachel
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June 3, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
You have so many fun projects here! I’d love to link to some of them if you didn’t mind.
Crystal
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June 4, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
This is so cute! We are going to have to try this one.
Sarah
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June 4, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
Oh my word! That is an adorable little crab! I love it!
jennifer
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June 5, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
That is a great crab. Hailey did a great job.
Thanks for sharing with Friday Showcase!!!
Anne
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June 5, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
I love using tissue paper instead of paint. WE paint a lot. Thanks for sharing!
Melissa
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June 5, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
We have never used tissue paper to paint – my kids would love that! Thanks for sharing!
Mama King
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Adorable! Found you via Ramblings.
jolene
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June 6, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
I AM SOOO GLAD I FOUND UR BLOG! Sooooo many good ideas! Thanks soooo much! Adding u to my blogroll!
Miller Moments
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June 6, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
That crab is adorable!
Clemencia
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June 8, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
this is so cute, thanks for sharing
caroline lennox
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August 12, 2009 Thank You For Your Comment!
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!