Cute & Easy Crab Craft Template [Free Template]

This crab craft template is perfect for kids of all ages! With this printable, you can make your own crab craft.

Crab Template

My family loves the beach. The warm sun on your skin and the cool water in your hair. It’s a slice of heaven! And my kids love to search for shells and living sea animals or species while we are there. They especially love finding crabs! We once saw one carrying a little octopus around! That was a fun find. 

I think it’s safe to assume that most kids love crabs. They are fascinating creatures. The way they crawl side to side and snap their little claws is interesting to watch. It is also interesting how many different kinds of crabs there are!

We have watched your kids love our other animal templates and crafts, like this Seahorse Papercraft or this Hippopotamus Papercraft, so we decided to bring this fun, new, crab craft template to you! It is totally free and totally simple!

Crab Craft Template

This crab template is the perfect craft for you and your kids to do together. With only a few simple steps, and maybe a little help from mom, kids of all ages can make their very own crab! Turn on some music or a show on the tv and get crafting! 

Make sure your kids know that they can color their crab craft however they please! Rainbow, all one color, each piece a different color, it is totally up to them!

Materials for Printable Crab Template

• Printer paper
• Something to color it with: markers, colored pencils, paint, crayons
• Tape or craft glue
• Crab Template (which you will download at the bottom of this page!)

How To Make A Crab Template Craft

• Start this fun crab craft by downloading the crab template printable to your computer or phone.
• Then, print how many you will need. Make sure your kids invite their friends to join you!
• Once printed, the first step is to color each piece of the crab using whatever tool you choose. (I.E. crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.)
• Next, you will cut out each piece of the crab template.
• After it is cut out, tape or glue each piece together, following the pattern on the corner of the crab template printable.
• Once the glue dries, it is ready to use for playing and imagining! 

Crab Ideas for Kids

After you’ve completed your crab craft, laminate it! This way, you can play with it in the bathtub, or even a sensory box with pretend sand, kinetic sand, or even cornstarch water!

Better yet, you can take your laminated crab craft to the beach to play and pretend in the sand for real! Dig it a hole, make it a pool, or you can make it a cool sand castle!

Want to learn more about crabs as you make your own crab? Find a local aquarium and find crabs there! They will have facts about them for you to read and learn more. 

You can also watch a little video, like this Beautiful Science – The Science of Crabs, to learn facts about crabs as you make your own crab craft printable.

Crab Books for Kids

Reading is so important! Reading books about different topics is a great way to help your kids learn more and understand what different words mean. Here are just a few book ideas to go along with this crab craft!

• The Brave Little Crab is a cute story about a crab who learned to love himself despite his differences. This book is perfect for teaching kids to love their unique characteristics.
• Facts About the Crab is a great facts book for kids to learn interesting things about crabs. Facts are a great way to teach kids about different animals.
• You’re a Crab!: A Moody Day is a fun way to teach kids about different feelings and moods. Your kids will love learning about their feelings through a crab’s eyes. 

Ocean Crafts for Kids

Try some of our other crafts! They all have templates to download for you to create a craft that you and your kids will love!

This adorable Papercraft Stingray is a great craft for your kids that love the aquarium. Touching the stingrays is such a cool experience. What better way to get ready for that than by touching them?

Or you can try out this fun Papercraft Octopus.  Octopuses are incredibly fun to watch. Your kids will love making their own using this fun template.

My kids love mermaids. How cool would it be to swim with a big tail? This Mermaid Papercraft is the perfect craft for your kids to make this summer.  

Ocean Activities for Kids

• These 100+ Shelltastic Crab Jokes For Kids are a fun way to spice up your crab craft! Your kids will love telling and listening to these funny jokes as they learn more about crabs. They will definitely want to retell them to their friends!
• This Free Ocean Bingo Printable Cards is another great way to dive deeping in the ocean theme! Your kids will love playing bingo as they listen for the ocean animals on their card.
• The Best Shark Word Search is a different way to learn more about the ocean. Download this free printable and let your kids have a quiet activity looking for words that relate to the ocean and sharks!

These 100 Funny Fish jokes for kids are perfect for putting in your kids’ lunches each day either before or after making this crab craft! They will love opening their lunch to a funny joke that will make them smile knowing it came from you.