Crab

supplies:
chenille stem
scrap of orange felt
wiggle eyes
pinback

Cut chenille stem into 6 pieces, make 2 pieces slightly longer for the front pincers. Glue under shell as legs. Cut tiny crescent from felt scrap and glue on one front pincer. Glue on wiggle eyes and pinback.



Maryland Crab

supplies:
red chenille stem
2 large red pony beads
black dimensional paint (tulip), pinback

Directions:
Cut the chenille stem into 3 pieces, leaving 1 piece longer and curl ends after poking through the 2 pony beads. Add black eyes onto the pony beads with dimensional paint, add pinback.



Dolphin and Whale fluke


supplies:
woodsies circle and/or triangle
acrylic paints
glue and pinback

Directions:
Paint woodsies in the desired designs and add pinbacks..



Fish

supplies:
sequins
pin

Glue sequins to fish for scales and eye, add pin.



Octopus


supplies:
thin yarn or embroidery floss
8 pony beads
2 wiggle eyes, pin

Directions:
Cut a bunch of yarn/floss all the same length. Fold in half and tie a length of floss around top creating the head. Seperate the bottom into 8 sections. Braid each section and place a pony bead at the ends of each section. Glue on wiggle eyes and add pin.
The yellow octopus is another version made without braiding and with adding some cotton in the head for shape, thanks to Traci, FL.