Decorator crabs are crabs who camouflage themselves by decorating their entire body with found objects. They find objects in their habitat that will help them blend in and attach them to their bodies..
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| Spider Crab in the midst of decorating (source) |
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| Spider crab after decorating (source). |
You may be wondering why I am going on about natural history.
Simple. The girls are learning about camouflage. I thought it would be funny for them to have their own personal decorator crabs for their bedroom. So I made decorator crabs from cardboard (I am sorry but there are no instructions because I made them up as I went along) and spray painted them brown. Then I had the girls scavenge the floors of their rooms. We hot-glued their findings onto their crabs (PS I left the hot glue strings on the crabs - I thought it added to the authenticity). :)
Here are two crabs that will be perfectly at home in the girl's rooms. :)
I absolutely love these! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThey're so cute! Want.
ReplyDeleteI'm mentally storing that idea for my girls now. Lily's got a thing about making fancy decorated biscuits (cookies) first though.
Oh, I LOVE them! How CUTE!!
ReplyDeleteCute!
ReplyDeleteCool crabs! I love how they are camouflaged with crafty stuff. Must be a lot of that around your house. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea Melissa! They look great, and must have been really fun to make! I think my two would LOVE to make these, Oliver especially is fascinated by natural history.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I bet the girls had so much fun making those with you. Another great project, thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletemy favourite part is the sock! so perfect because there's always that ONE sock hiding under the best or behind the dresser! what a great idea, this craft!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool. My daughter is right here looking over my shoulder and "That is so cool!!" I think we might be making a camouflaged crab soon!!
ReplyDeleteHope you are doing well!
Cute Melissa...personally I like to eat them in the form of crab cakes. Have a splendid weekend...hope your cough is now gone! ♥O
ReplyDeleteThis is genius, pure and simple! One of the prettiest kid projects ever!
ReplyDeleteOh that is so cute Melissa. Now you would think me MOM of boys would think of this...nope:) I bet you and the girls had a blast!
ReplyDeleteNOT to be confused with a crabby Decorator! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are darling! What a great way to teach your kiddos a concept. You are soooo smart! :)
~Liz