With pipe cleaners, you can make the most wonderful sea animals. In this part, you’ll discover how to create a crab and an octopus. Gather your materials and dive into your own creative underwater world!
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Start by choosing a set of pipe cleaners in different colours. For each animal, pick the colours you want to use.
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For the crab, use 8 orange pipe cleaners.
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Take one pipe cleaner and cut it into 4 equal pieces.
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Place the four short pieces neatly on top of each other and lay a whole pipe cleaner across them.
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Take 3 or 4 pipe cleaners and wrap them tightly around the middle of the bundle. This will form the body of the crab.
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Cut another pipe cleaner in half.
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Place one half on top of the body and wrap one or two more pipe cleaners around it to secure everything.
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Roll the two ends of the half pipe cleaner inward into spirals. These will become the eye stalks.
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Take the two long pipe cleaners that are still sticking out, bend each into a loop, and twist them firmly at the body.
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Fold the loops inward to shape the crab’s claws.
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Bend the short ends outward to create legs. Finally, glue two wiggly eyes onto the spiral eye stalks – and your crab is finished!
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For the octopus, you’ll need 8 dark blue and 4 light blue pipe cleaners.
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Start with 4 dark blue pipe cleaners. Roll the first one into a ball. Insert the next pipe cleaner into it and wrap around. Continue until all four have been used. Shape it into a slightly oval body.
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Take the other 4 dark blue pipe cleaners. Fold each one in half over the body and twist the ends firmly underneath.
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Shape the body a little more with your fingers and spread the eight ends evenly around.
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Take the light blue pipe cleaners and wrap them around the body in the same way. Twist them firmly underneath.
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Make sure the light blue pipe cleaners are spread out so the dark and light colours alternate nicely.
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Now take each light and dark pipe cleaner pair and twist them together to form 8 strong legs.
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Trim the ends so all legs are roughly the same length.
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Wrap each leg once around a pen or pencil. Remove the pen, and you’ll have lovely curly tentacles.
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Spread the legs out nicely and, to finish, glue two wiggly eyes onto the body. Your octopus is now complete!
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