The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft For Kids
Bring The Very Hungry Caterpillar to life with this foam-circle craft that builds counting, colour recognition, and storytelling skills.
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Materials
- 1 Piece Red Card
- 1 Piece Green Foam
- 1 Piece Yellow Foam
- 1 Piece Purple Foam
- 1 Glue Gun And Glue Stick
- 1 Circular Bowl As A Template
- 1 Pencil or Black Pen
- Scissors
Instructions
- Using your bowl as a template draw a large circle around the red card.
- Cut out the circle and place to one side. This will be the head of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- Next draw two caterpillar ears on the purple foam. Cut out and place to the side.
- raw two oval shape eyes using the yellow foam and cut out with the scissors.
- Turn on the Glue gun to give it time to heat up.
- Cut out two smaller oval eyes from the green foam and cut out. Also cut out a circular nose for your caterpillar.
- Now you have all the foam pieces you can use the glue gun to glue them in place. Stick the caterpillar ears to the back of the red card.
- Now turn the card over and glue on the yellow oval eyes.
- Allow a minute for the yellow eyes to cool and add the smaller green eyes.
- Finally, glue the little green nose and you will.
- Have your very own The Very Hungry Caterpillar face.
- You can use this activity to extend children’s interest in. book, discuss colour, practice fine motor skills such as cutting and drawing and chat about the book.
- Remember it’s the process, not the end product which is most important.