Craft your own shrimp

09 October 2025
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2 minutes

Get ready to create your own little sea creature—a paper shrimp! With just a few simple steps, you can cut, fold, and glue your way to a fun and wiggly shrimp!

What do you need:

  • Paper (orange, white, and black)
  • Scissors
  • Glue

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Let's get started!

Step 1:  Make sure you have a piece of square orange paper.
Step 2: Fold the paper into a triangle.
Step 3: Open the paper and fold both corners toward the center line.
Step 4: Cut a gentle wave at the end so you can glue it together later.
Step 5: Cut the scales along the fold line.
Step 6: Glue the short sides together to form the body.
Step 7: Cut the legs from another piece of orange paper and glue them to the bottom of the body.
Step 8: Cut two round eyes from white paper and two smaller circles from black paper.
Step 9: Cut two long antennae from black paper.
Step 10: Glue the eyes and antennae onto the face

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