Draw a Shrimp with Noodles

If you’re kids love ocean crafts they will love learning to draw a shrimp with noodles! This craft teaches little ones about a shrimp’s anatomy in a creative and fun way!

Note: If your kids love sea life crafts, be sure to checkout our Adorable 3D Fish Puppets and Paper Plate Seashells crafts.

👍 Why We Love to Draw Shrimp with Noodles

Simple supplies. You will likely have many of these supplies, like dry noodles and paper, laying around the house already!

Learn about shrimp! Kids will learn some surprising facts about shrimp, like how they have five pairs of swimming legs and five pairs of walking legs. You can also point out that there are over 2,000 different kinds of shrimp  and that shrimp can swim backwards.

Fine motor skills. When they draw a shrimp with noodles, kids will get to put their developing coloring, gluing and counting skills to good use.  

Notes on supplies:

Paper– White is ideal

Dry pasta- Long pasta, like linguine, spaghetti or fettuccini works well

Glue– Elmer’s Glue Sticks are our favorite

Markers– Crayons or colored pencils also work!

📝 How to Draw Shrimp with Noodles

Step 1: Outline the three main sections of a shrimp’s body as shown (upper shell, abdomen, and tail). 

Step 2: Using noodles, break off five small, 1-inch pieces to represent the shrimp’s five pairs of swimming legs. Glue these pieces to the bottom of the shrimp’s abdomen. Break off five medium, 2-inch pieces of noodles to represent the shrimp’s five pairs of walking legs. Glue these pieces to the bottom of the shrimp’s protective shell.

Step 3: Add and eye and two antenna to the shrimp’s head and color or decorate the shrimp as desired!

Note: If you’d prefer to used colored pasta, read our instructions on how to dye pasta for crafts. 

🧶 Other Crafts You May Like

Want more 28-minute recipes and crafts? Sign up and get recipes straight to your inbox!