plastic bottle Crab

Make a 3d crab out of an old bottle

Step 1: Materials

1 plastic bottle (one crab per bottle)
1 pair of scissors or whatever cutting instrument you are comfy with

optional

enamel paint or other pigment that will stick on the plastic

Comments

[chopstx]

Nice, but I like the soda can one better.

[chaitanyak]

me too.. this only looks great once painted. unfortunately i gave away the painted one long ago before taking any pics :( , havnt had the time to do it again. 

[chaitanyak]

also this one is more child friendly :)  (no razor sharp edges)

[chopstx]

Yeah lol.

[mt.+]

this is realy cool no where i could get some paint to paint it??

[chaitanyak]

i've used regular enamel paint... the glossy kind used to paint on wooden doors n stuff you can also use a spraycan for a good finish

[mt.+]

oh, ok thanx

[nagutron]

It would be awesome to see an uncut bottle with all the cut marks drawn on it with a permanent marker. This instructable would be much easier to figure out if you did. That being said, the end product looks great!

[chaitanyak]

yes i think i'l put some diagrams too.

[Lance Mt.]

Please do, i wanna try this

[chaitanyak]

have added diagrams...couldn't figure out how to shoot the lines on the bottle, without making it look too complicated :)

[nagutron]

Hey, those diagrams are great. I'm increasing my rating a bunch!

[Lance Mt.]

Cheers Ill get started

[Lftndbt]

That is REALLY good! Keep going with him and add more angles/folds to create even more of a 3D effect. Those claws would look even more impressive, with two more folds down the middle of them so you could give them a real curvature.

[chaitanyak]

ya think i'll do that.. seems too flat right now..

[chaitanyak]

thanks for the tips, will work on it :)

[Lftndbt]

Don't get me wrong , he is AWESOME!! Prior to you posting this I had an Octopus, all ready to go. I should post that I'ble and we could have a little under water party.

[chaitanyak]

i almost turned i into a jelly fish, with thinner strips.. octopus sounds good...put it up quickly :) and if you can get your hands on a bunch of bottlecaps or toothpaste tube caps, you could use them as suckers for the tentacles :)