Crab Rock Painting Craft for Kids

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Crab Rock Painting Craft For Kids

Ever since I watched The Little Mermaid as a child I have always loved crabs, especially cartoon style crabs. Sebastian is such a fun character and I love his Jamaican accent.

Today we have a fun Crab on a rock themed rock painting craft for the kids to try. It is really easy and fun to do. Whether your a child or an adult this could be super fun to make. Enjoy.

Crab painted rock

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Rock Stone Painting Supplies

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How to Paint a Crab on a Stone

First I sketched my crab onto a sketch pad.

This helped me to work out what I wanted my crab to look like.  I then drew my image onto the rock using a pencil.

Next I painted over the pencil outline with a thin white posca pen.

I coloured in the crabs eyes and then began to colour the main body with a thick red posca pen.

The next step was to outline my crab using the black posca pen.

Once the main outlines was drawn, I added black eyes, spots to the crabs face and small details.

I used a metallic red pen to add shadow to the crab and added some white dots for detail.

The crab is now finished. I can’t wait to make some more stones.

You can check out what I’ve made so far over in my  rock stone category here!

Enjoy!

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Crab Rock Painting Craft For Kids

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Enjoy making this super easy and fun crab on the rock painting craft.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • One rock stone
  • 1 lead pencil
  • Posca Pens
  • Sketch Paper
  • Paint Tray (optional)

Instructions

1. Sketched my crab onto a sketch pad.
2. Painted over the pencil outline with a thin white posca pen.
3. Colour the crab's eyes and then began to colour the main body with a thick red posca pen.
4. Outline my crab using the black posca pen.
5. Add black eyes, spots to the crabs face and small details.
6. Use a metallic red pen to add shadow to the crab and add some white dots for detail.

The crab is now finished.

About Angela Milnes

Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy instant pot recipes here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!

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13 Comments

  1. Oh my goodness what an adorable little craft!!! This will be so fun to do with my little boy over the weekend!!!

  2. This is SO adorable ! My mother in law paints rocks for my son and it amazes me the Creative ideas she comes up with !

  3. Oh this is fab and looks so cute! My son wants to paint some rocks to hide around our local area soon and so I might give this design a try! Thanks for sharing x

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