Caterpillar Name Craft
Caterpillars and butterflies are a popular animal to teach children about life cycles and metamorphosis. There are a variety of fiction and non fiction books that you can get from your public library or purchase to read with your child.
This caterpillar name craft is the perfect weekend activity or a great activity for the classroom. Simply provide children with the supplies needed and allow them to create a caterpillar.
Each child will need a print out of the leaf. You can choose to leave this uncut or for extra cutting practice have children cut out the leaf.
To make the caterpillar, each child will need circles of colored paper. You can choose to have these pre cut or prepared for kids or allow them to help in making the circles. I used a circle paper punch to make my circles, but you can certainly draw them by hand and cut out. I really love using paper punches, they make crafting easier and are fun for children to help with. This set of circle paper punches from Amazon is perfect, I love how there are different sizes to use for a variety of projects. They are also easy to push and make the shapes.
After, choosing circles for the caterpillar, your child will glue them onto the leaf. Ass your child glues, overlap the circles to make it look like a caterpillar.
Next, use a marker to draw a face and antennae on the caterpillar. You can also choose to use googly eyes in this step.
Add the face features and antennae to the caterpillar.
Finally, have your child practice writing their name. They can write one letter on each circle in their name.
This activity is great as it can be customized by your child. Give them freedom to be creative and add additional items to the activity.
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Kim
