Free crab SVG

Crab with a heart-shaped shell SVG

Crab with a heart-shaped shell, as a solid black shape
Crab with a heart-shaped shell. The preview is the SVG file itself.

A crab whose shell is a heart, with raised claws, eight legs and two eyes on stalks. For Valentine cards, anniversaries by the sea and anyone born under Cancer.

Free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. What you can do with it.

What is in the file

Size100 × 88 mm (3.94 × 3.47 in), scales to any size
PiecesOne piece: it holds together when cut
Outlines to cut2: 1 outer edge and 1 cut-out
Cut length958 mm at this size
Narrowest part3.7 mm at this size
Nodes287 curve and line segments
SymmetryMirror

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 1,773 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 0.88 in (25 × 22 mm)0.94 mm243 mm110Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
2 × 1.76 in (51 × 45 mm)1.9 mm487 mm30Vinyl, card and thin sheet
3 × 2.65 in (76 × 67 mm)2.8 mm730 mm12Vinyl, card and thin sheet
4 × 3.53 in (102 × 90 mm)3.8 mm973 mm6Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
6 × 5.29 in (152 × 134 mm)5.6 mm1,460 mm2Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
8 × 7.06 in (203 × 179 mm)7.5 mm1,947 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
12 × 10.58 in (305 × 269 mm)11 mm2,920 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

More crab SVG files

← Fiddler crab with one big claw All 12 crabs Crab with a monogram ring →