MAKE Caterpillar

We love to read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," by Eric Carle so I decided our craft would be a caterpillar!  I love this project because it is fun to make and also fun to play with (actually my son has been sleeping with it ever since we made it)!

Materials:

a few different colors of "fun foam"

2 pipe-cleaners

1 large puff ball (head)

1 small puff ball (nose)

1 pair of googly eyes

large beads (they can be wooden or ceramic, I just used what I already had)

craft glue

scissors

1.  Trace circles on the funny foam and cut them out.  I used a cup to make the circles.  After you cut them out, use the tip of your scissors to poke a small hole in the center of each circle.

2.  Fold the end of a pipe-cleaner over a few times so the beads will stay on.  Slide a bead onto the pipe-cleaner.

3.  Fill the pipe-cleaner with alternating beads and foam circles.

4.  When you get close to the end of the pipe-cleaner, put on a foam circle and then fold the end of the pipe-cleaner over a few times.

5. Cut the remaining pipe-cleaner in half and fold it into a V-shape with the edges curling out.  Cover the center of the last foam circle with glue and put the pipe-cleaner antennae on...

6. ...then stick the large pom-pom in the center of the foam circle, on top of the antennae.  Use dots of craft glue to attach the googly eyes and puff ball nose.

Once the glue dries the caterpillar is ready to play with!