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Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - scallop shell crab

After serving a delicious appetizer of scallops or upon your return from beachcombing, make this cute scallop shell crab to add to your decor. This is a page about making a crab from a scallop shell.

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Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell

By attosa [1,228 Posts, 5,310 Comments]

April 5, 2019

I like to buy scallop appetizers at the seafood shop. They come in these beautiful shells, so I clean them and keep them for crafts. I've made a little red crab with one of them here. It's pretty easy to do and looks so cute. You can add a magnet to the back and put it on your fridge, if you like!

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 crab

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - scallop shell crab

Supplies:

1 scallop shell
red acrylic paint
paintbrush
3 long red pipe cleaners
hot glue gun with glue
2 small confetti rounds or googly eyes

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - supplies

Steps:

Paint the shell red and allow to fully dry.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - paint the shell red and allow to dry

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Cut 2 of the pipe cleaners into quarters, and 1 of them in half.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - cut pipe cleaners

To make its walking legs, hot glue the shorter pieces of pipe cleaner on the back side of the shell. Bend the ends a bit.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - hot glue the shorter pieces onto the back side of the shell for legs, bend a bit on the ends

To make the crab claws, bend the end of a longer pipe cleaner into an M shape, then move the first section under the first diagonal.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - for claw, bend the longer ones into an M and mover the first section under the first diagonal

Now move the long stem under the second diagonal. It will look like the letter Y. Repeat with the other pipe cleaner.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - move the long stem under the second diagonal to make a Y shape, repeat

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Glue the claws to the top of the back of the shell.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - glue in place

Glue on the little eyes.

Making a Crab from a Scallop Shell - glue on the eyes

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