What a year it has been! Sweet P and I did so many different crafts and activities over the year that it was hard for me to choose just one of my favorites for this post, but as I was thinking about it I kept coming back to our Rainy Day Caterpillar.
I came up with this craft one rainy morning and we had a ball creating it. We've actually made two of these caterpillars and one of them turned into a butterfly. The caterpillar was a great addition to The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a fun way to talk about colors. I still love that it could stand up on its own.
In case you missed the original post over the summer, here it is again:
The past few days have been rainy as all get out around here. On Thursday morning we were up SUPER early (which if you know Sweet P at all, any time before 7:45 classifies as super early) so we had time to kill before heading to Trader Joe's and Costco for groceries. With that time we made a colorful caterpillar. We used recycled goods and some fun pipe cleaners she got for her birthday. She picked out the colors of the legs and was cutting paper with these scissors (also a birthday gift). Colorful Caterpillar is well loved, he even came grocery shopping with us!
The Craft: Colorful Caterpillar
What you need:
1 paper towel roll (empty of course)
scraps of tissue paper
pipe cleaners
glue stick
small piece of cardboard
Sharpie
Sweet P tore strips of tissue paper and I glued them with the glue stick to the paper towel roll. Then, we twisted pipe cleaners around the body to form legs.
Our caterpillar has 12 legs, you do not have to use that many! Cut a small circle the size of the end of the paper towel roll out of the small piece of cardboard. Draw a face with your Sharpie. Fit the circle into the end of the roll. Amazingly my cut out fit perfectly so I didn't need to tape/glue it on.
My favorite part is that he can stand up on his own!
Viola! Colorful Caterpillar! This project would go great with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Caterpillar Kisses!
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