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How to Draw a Crab
Draw a crab in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the shell.
Step 1: The shell
In the middle of your paper draw a wide dome shell, much wider than tall, pointy at each side.
Tip Like a loaf of bread with a soft point at each end.
Step 2: Eyes on stalks
From the top of the shell draw 2 short thick stalks going up. Put a round eye on each.
Step 3: Two big claws
On each side of the shell draw a fat arm bending up into a pincer: a mitten with a gap.
Step 4: Happy face
In the middle of the shell draw a wide smile with a little round cheek at each end.
Step 5: The sand
Draw one straight line right across the paper under the shell for the sand.
Step 6: Top legs
From each pointy shell side, draw a leg bending out, then thinning to a point on the sand.
Step 7: Four more legs
Under each top leg draw 2 more pointy legs, so 3 tips stand on the sand like a fan.
Step 8: Tummy line
Under the smile draw one short gentle curve across the lower shell, stopping before the legs.
Step 9: Sandy ground
Colour a sandy strip under the sand line.
Step 10: Pink cheeks
Colour the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Red crab
Colour the shell, stalks, arms, claws and legs red, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a crab, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
