Inspired by Eric Carle’s story, The very Hungry Caterpillar, here is a quick and fun craft project to make your own caterpillar.
Make your own caterpillar craft, quick and simple:
You will need:
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Yarn
- Buttons
- Crayons or markers
How to make it:
- Cut at least 6 circles of the same size
- Color as desired
- Glue together edge to edge, overlaping as you go
- Cut 1″ pieces of yarn and glue on for the legs
- Cut two more pieces of yarn to glue on for antennas
- Glue buttons for eyes.
Extra fun: create a pattern using the caterpillar circles. Count the circles or match the colors. Talk about caterpillars and butterflies. Read the Book, The very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Jen Goode
Jen Goode is a work-at-home mom of 3 and the owner and “doodler in charge” of JGoode Designs, a Denver based art and design studio. She has been a creative professional since 1996. Jen, shares her creative inspirations here at Projects for Preschoolers as well as 100 Directions and as a featured contributor on various sites throughout the web.Tell me about your projects!
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