Crabby Art
Hello!
We love a good Ocean themed craft in the Lukeosaurus house hold! We just cannot get enough of them; we’re currently working on a nice A3 Ocean Scape for the living room wall with lots of different materials but for now…
We made this fab A3 sized crab! Isn’t he fun? I saw something similar to this on Pinterest a while back and thought Luke and I just had to make it.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
A3 Piece of Paper/Card (we use an A3 Sketch Pad)
Red Paint
Half a Paper Plate
2 Strips of Red Paper
Black Marker
Glue
What To Do:
This craft is really simple and can easily be achieved by children of any age, so long as they are able to use a paint brush/paint without eating it!
First, paint half of the paper plate with red paint. Luke used a variety of different brushes to do this as he’s really enjoying trying out all the different sized and textured brushes at the moment.
While you still have the red paint out, paint your little one’s hands and let them make two hand prints on the A3 paper – these are the crabs claws.
Once the paper plate is dry, glue it to the bottom of the paper and using black marker, draw two little eyes on. You can even use googly eyes here if you like.
Fold two strips of red paper, or paper that has been painted red, and glue one end to the hand print and the other just under the paper plater (if the edges are raised slightly); these are the crabs arms.
And that’s it, you’re all done!
Luke’s really chuffed with his little crab and it was a lovely way to spend the afternoon. He really enjoys painting so the activity lasted at least an hour, probably just over, before he got bored. Painting always makes a good pre-bath time activity as well!
8 Comments
Leandra
Lovely craft, so cute!
Thanks so much for helping me out for this weeks #toddlerapprovedtuesday xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
Thanks Leandra! We’re fish made here <3 Absolutely no worries, I'm more than happy to help. I feel quite honoured. 😉 xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
No worries lovely, we love gloop over here! 🙂 xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
Aww, I sometimes have to help Luke finish off paintings and sometimes I need to do extra bits and bobs for him, but that’s okay! Glad you like it, lovely. Thanks for commenting. xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
So glad you like it, lovely. It was really fun to make and Luke loves a good painting session! xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
Aww that’s such a great way of storing crafts. I’ve always thought I’d just get a big box, but that doesn’t seem like it would do the justice:( I love the big scrap book idea, I may have to steal it! Thanks for popping by lovely xx
Caro | The Twinkles Mama
What a lovely crafty make!! My boys would love to do this! Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday — hope to see you again next week! x
Caro | http://www.thetwinklediaries.co.uk
Lukeosaurus And Me
Thank you lovely! Thanks for hosting!!