Plastic Bottle Crab

Make a 3d crab out of an old bottle

1 plastic bottle (one crab per bottle)
1 pair of scissors or whatever cutting instrument you are comfy with

optional

enamel paint or other pigment that will stick on the plastic

cut off the top of the bottle.
cut a inch and half strip and fold it up..the eye stalks will be cut out of this

cut two stips on either side of the first flap.. give them spoon shaped ends(refer to the image) we'll fashion a pair of claws from these

cut as many more flaps as you like for the legs...i prefer six legs, but some like 8...whatever is biologically accurate i guess

cutout the eye stalks...you could stick marbles or buttons on the stalks for eyes i guess

fold the claw-arms so they become more rigid...split the spoon and mke folds like in the image ..this gives you the claws..
the legs are pretty simple..fold fold fold :)

and thats about it.. you can decorate yours with paint and whatever else you like :)
enjoy


dangle this crab under a light or in a window...

i used acrylic paints, but you could use enamel paint or spray cans too.

1) paint a base coat of white as the primer.. priming the surface ensures that your colours will turn out bright. a common mistake is that people spray on the colours they want.. and then it doesnt quite turn out as bright as they thought it would.
 

once the base paint is dry, go ahead and paint on your colours.
i've hand painted it, so it looks a bit shabby .. for a finer finish i would have used spray cans or an airbrush