How to Draw a Hermit Crab

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: 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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   Step 2: Be sure you have all the needed supplies.

   Have good quality paper, a nicely sharpened pencil and good colored pencils or crayons or markers. , Draw a circle with one bottom edge coming in a little.
   
   Next draw a swirl in the middle. , Then on the bottom one draw a hermit crab leg.
   
   Repeat that and then draw the large pincher. , Repeat that then draw the feeding pincher.(remember this pincher is much smaller then the large pincher! , , (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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   Step 3: Start with the shell.

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   Step 4: In the part of the shell that comes in a little draw two outward curving lines.

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   Step 5: Under the bottom line again draw a hermit crab leg but only the bottom of it.

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   Step 6: 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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   Step 7: After that draw the antennae.

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   Step 8: Now that you have finished sketching the hermit crab you can color it however you want!

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