Art & Craft

CRAB STATIONERY HOLDER

Using waste news paper to create this stationery holder to enhance your study desk

Paper Crafting Paper Crafting More than 60 mins 9 to 14 years Art & Craft Class 7

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Step - 01

Take newspaper and cut them into small pieces.

Step - 02

To make papermache pulp, take a bowl and make a mixture of newspaper pieces and Fevicol A+, make sure to mix it well until you get thick glue-like consistency. Add bit of its water if it's too thick. To get proper result keep the mixture for 24hrs approx.

Step - 03

Now take bowl and cover it with a waste plastic bag and apply a layer of paper mache pulp as shown and let it dry.

Step - 04

Once dried, peel the layer as shown 

Step - 05

To create crab's legs and pencil holder, take newspaper, roll into a coil and seal the edges using Fevicol A+. Now to create its legs, cut the coil in a certain angle by it referring to template given. You can also use the template and cut out legs from a cardboard piece.

Step - 06

Using Fevicol A+, stick legs as shown.

Step - 07

To create crab’s eyes, take coloured chart paper of your choice draw and cut it referring to the template given.

Step - 08

To create crab’s hands, take a piece of corrugated sheet and draw it with the help of CD marker/felt pen referring to the template given.

Step - 09

Cut them with the help of scissors/. Take help from parents to do the cutting/ use safety scissors.

Step - 10

Using Fevicol A+, stick hands as shown.

Step - 11

Take Fevicryl Acrylic Colours of your choice and paint it using fine art brushes and let it dry. Now using Fevicol A+, stick eyes and pencil holder as shown.

Step - 12

Crab Stationery holder is ready!