Styrofoam Crab Craft

What you'll need:

• 5 inch styrofoam ball
• 2, 1 inch styrofoam balls
• 2 googly eyes
• 3 red pipe cleaners
• 1 black pipe cleaner
• 2 tooth picks
• Red paint
• Foam paint brush
• Glue
• Scissors
• Serrated knife (adults only!)

• Use the serrated knife and slice the styrofoam ball in half.  This is harder than it sounds so it's the perfect job for an adult - please use caution!  You'll only need one half for this project.
• Paint half the styrofoam ball red.
• Glue a googly eye onto each of the small styrofoam balls.
• When the paint is dry, insert two toothpicks into the top of the styrofoam so that there is only a half an inch left sticking out.  Push small styrofoam balls (the eyes) onto the toothpicks.
• Cut two of the pipe cleaners in half.  Bend the halves in half.  Insert two of the bent pipe cleaners into each side of the body as legs.
• Cut the last pipe cleaner in quarters.  Bend two of the quarters into a "v" shape.  Use the two remaining quarters and wrap a small part of each one around the bottom of each "v" to create the crab's pinchers.  Insert the two pinchers on the front of the crab's body. 
• Cut the black pipe cleaner into thirds.  Use one of the pieces and bend it into a "u" shape.  Bend just the very tops of the "u" back and use these to insert the piece into the body of the crab as his smile.