female & male crabs
the final product, female crab on the left, male crab on the right.
remember we're looking like cooked crabs here, red on back and cream on the belly. you can go with bright fun tropical colors if you want to be some other kind of crab, or go with a brown back /cream front/blue leg combo to look like a real live blue crab.
other variations: make your pattern piece much longer and without shoulder points, add a tail to the bottom back end - now you're a lobster. make the front and back rounded, and make a big snail shell out of a cardboard box or backpack to attach on back, and now you're a hermit crab
female & male crabs
the final product, female crab on the left, male crab on the right.
remember we're looking like cooked crabs here, red on back and cream on the belly. you can go with bright fun tropical colors if you want to be some other kind of crab, or go with a brown back /cream front/blue leg combo to look like a real live blue crab.
other variations: make your pattern piece much longer and without shoulder points, add a tail to the bottom back end - now you're a lobster. make the front and back rounded, and make a big snail shell out of a cardboard box or backpack to attach on back, and now you're a hermit crab