How To Draw A Hermit Crab Easy

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First if you own a hermit crab you want to draw get it ready for its close up. Clean it and make it look good!
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Be sure you have all the needed supplies. Have good quality paper, a nicely sharpened pencil and good colored pencils or crayons or markers.

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Start with the shell. Draw a circle with one bottom edge coming in a little. Next draw a swirl in the middle.
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In the part of the shell that comes in a little draw two outward curving lines. Then on the bottom one draw a hermit crab leg. Repeat that and then draw the large pincher.
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Under the bottom line again draw a hermit crab leg but only the bottom of it. Repeat that then draw the feeding pincher.(remember this pincher is much smaller then the large pincher!
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Next draw the eye stalks and eyes (They are pretty much two lines with a circle on on top of them.)
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After that draw the antennae. (There are four. The front ones can be drawn as a line with a tiny line pointing up at the end. The other ones are drawn as a line protruding from under the front antennae.
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Now that you have finished sketching the hermit crab you can color it however you want!

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If you are having a real hermit crab pose for you keep an eye on it!!
It's best to keep them in a shoebox while you're drawing so that they don't fall or get lost!