Does anyone love a cute origami crab with two large standing pincers? If you want lovely sea creature-themed origami ideas, this origami crab can be one of your top choices.
With this model, you can transfer a piece of paper into a typical crab with a board-flattened body and two large hard pincers. This paper crab can stand on the desk with the help of some holders at the back. In this way, you will find two cute legs.
If you love easy sea creatures, we have similar models with easy steps and beautifully finished shapes, including this cute shark, a vivid origami seahorse, an Origami Octopus with many legs, andย aย paper whale.
This is a super easy model with less than 20 steps. We used red paper to make it look like a red crab. In addition, drawing some lovely eyes can make the origami crab more interesting and cute. Let’s get started.
If you are new to origami, start here from our beginner guide to know the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.
Material
Prepare a 15*15 cm origami paper, with one red and one white side, and you will get an 8.5*8.8 cm crab.
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Step by Step
Step 1
Start with the white side of the paper facing up, fold it in half diagonally, and unfold it to form a center crease.
Step 2
Fold it diagonally from left to right, then unfold it, getting a new crease that intersects the previous one perpendicularly.
Step 3
Flip it over.
Step 4
Fold it in half from the bottom right to the top left, crease it well, then unfold it.
Step 5
Similarly, unfold it in half from bottom left to top right.
Step 6
Use your index finger and thumb to pinch upward the four creases on the top, bottom, left, and right, and make them arch slightly.
Step 7
Use your index fingers to gently push it from the top right and bottom left toward the center point, and fold the two corners together at the same time to form a triangle.
Step 8
Take the top right flap and fold it diagonally to the left side.
Step 9
Fold the left top flap up a little at an angle far away from the top corner.
Step 10
Then fold it to the right side along the middle crease.
Step 11
Fold the left top flap to the right side diagonally.
Step 12
Fold the right point of the top layer up a little in the same manner as step 9. Make sure they overlap.
Step 13
Fold it to the left side.
Step 14
Rotate it clockwise to a positive angle and flip it over.
Step 15
Fold the bottom edge up a little.
Step 16
Fold both the left and right edges of the triangle down a little, to form the crab’s pincers.
Step 17
Fold the top point down a little vertically.
Step 18
Rotate the paper 180 degrees clockwise and flip it over.
Step 19
You can draw eyes for your crab to make it cuter.
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