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27 Crafts for Preschool: Activities for Preschool Children
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Crab Papercraft

"Arts and crafts play an important role in a child's development. Papercrafts help children build confidence, increase personal creativity as well as build and strengthen fine motor skills as they express their imagination through creativity. This crab craft activity comes together easily, has simple instructions, and encourages creativity and individuality. Using different colors of craft paper, the crab template, and craft glue, pencils, and scissors your child can design, create and make more than one crab. "
Primary TechniquePaper Crafts
Materials List
- Colored craft papers
- Craft glue
- Pencil
- Sharpie
- Scissors
Instructions
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Pick orange-colored paper and trace the crab body and base it on that paper. Trace and cut out the parts.
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Attach the cutouts, crawling legs, and blush cutouts on both sides of the body base. Now, attach the eye cutouts.
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Attach the cutouts, crawling legs, and blush cutouts on both sides of the body base. Now, attach the eye cutouts.
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