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Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft

Fans of Eric Carle’s popular children’s book will love this adorable Very Hungry Caterpillar craft for preschoolers.
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Course: Crafts
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes
Author: Tara Holtz

Materials

  • Colored cardstock paper
  • Green and red pom poms
  • Craft glue
  • Popsicle stick
  • Googly eyes
  • Pencil
  • Scissors

Instructions

  • 1: Grab a green colored cardstock paper for the pom pom caterpillar base pattern. Trace and cut out the base pattern from the green cardstock paper. Cut
    out a small round shape from a black paper and 2 long and thin teardrop patterns from purple paper.
  • 2: Grab a red colored pompom and stick 2 googly eyes on it. Stick the small round black shape below the eyes, on the red pompom.  Lastly, stick the 2 purple teardrop shapes on the top side of the red pompom, above the googly eyes.
  • 3: Attach the red pompom on either open end of the green cardstock base cutout.
  • 4: Grab the green pom poms and start to attach them on the green cardstock base one by one.
  • 5: Fill the entire green cardstock base with green pompoms. Try using 2 or 3 different shades of green pom poms.
  • 6: Attach the pom pom caterpillar on a popsicle stick to complete the Very Hungry Caterpillar puppet craft.