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How to Draw a Fiddler Crab
Draw a fiddler 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
A little below the middle, draw a wide dome shell, much wider than tall, a little 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 tall thin stalks going up, with a big round eye on each.
Step 3: One giant claw
From the shell's right side, draw an arm with a HUGE open claw. Add a tiny claw on the left.
Tip It waves the big claw like a violin bow.
Step 4: Happy face
In the middle of the shell, under the stalks, draw a wide smile with a round cheek at each end.
Step 5: The mud
Draw 1 straight line right across the paper under the shell for the mud.
Step 6: Top legs
From each pointy side of the shell, draw a leg bending out, then down to a point on the mud.
Step 7: Six more legs
Under each top leg, draw 3 more pointy legs, each a bit shorter, so 4 tips stand on the mud.
Step 8: The burrow
On the mud line to the right, draw a low hump with a little arch doorway in it.
Tip Fiddler crabs hide in a burrow when a bird comes.
Step 9: Pink cheeks
Colour the cheeks pink.
Step 10: Orange crab
Colour the shell, stalks, arms, claws and legs orange, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Muddy ground
Colour the mud and the burrow brown, right down to the bottom. Colour the doorway black.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a fiddler crab, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
