This cutesy Rocking Crab Craft is a must addition to your beach crafts for summer! Easy and simple to make, all it needs is a humble craft paper to make this fun craft.
Certain to banish boredom on long summer or rainy days, this paper crab craft is perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners and older kids who are looking for fun, playful crafts.
Easy Rocking Paper Crab
This playful crab really rocks and sways, making it a delightful craft for kids of all ages! A generous dash of creativity along with common craft supplies is all that is needed to make this summer craft that doubles up as a fun plaything.
Supplies:
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Sharpie
- Glue
How To Make Rocking Crab
1. Take construction paper in the colour of your choice and cut out a circle to make the crab’s body.
2. To make the eyes of the crab, cut two small circles from white paper and black paper. The black circles should be smaller than the white circles.
3. Glue the white circle on the body of the crab and black circles on the white circles to make the crab’s eyes.
4. Using a white pen, make cute pupil on the eyes. Next, cut out ten small circles to make crab’s legs and pincers. Fold the circles into halves.
5. Paste three folded circles on either side of the crab’s body to make its legs.
6. Cut two thin strips of paper to make the claws. Glue the claws on the crab’s body and paste a pair of folded circles on each claw.
7. For the belly of the crab, cut out a small section from yellow craft paper and glue at the bottom of the crab’s body.
8. Using a fine tip pen, make straight lines on the belly of the crab.
9. To give personality to the craft, cut to small pink circles for the blush and paste them just below the eyes of the crab. Next, add a smile to the crab craft with a black sharpie.
10. To make it into a rocking rab craft, cut a circle and fold it into half.
12. Glue the folded circle on the back of the crab craft to transform it into a fun rocking crab craft for kids!
And that’s it! Your rocking and moving crab craft is ready to play with! We bet your kids will love making this craft on a dull, boring day. It is a fun ocean craft that will entertain kids of all ages.
Such a clever craft to make with the simplest shape – the circle! Include this craft when teaching your toddler and preschooler shapes. They will be amazed how they can work around a circle to make an adorable craft.
Watch Video of Rocking Crab Craft
In case you have paper plate craft lovers at home, try this Paper Plate Crab that comes with a free template to make crafting easy and is just as cute as this one!