Caterpillar Fun!!

Caterpillar Fun 

Caterpillar  Learning Activities

Caterpillar Counting

I made an activity that had Addie make caterpillars with stickers and her fingerprints.  She looked at the number and added a head and then her fingerprints for the body. For example: for the number 6 she added one sticker and then five finger prints. 

Caterpillar Name

Cut different colored circles out of construction paper

Glue the circles onto black construction paper

Stick letter stickers onto each circle to spell out each child's name

Draw a face on each caterpillar and add antenna

 

ABC Caterpillar

Addie writing the letters of the alphabet

The finished ABC Caterpillar

 

I cut out 26 circles from construction paper.

We glued the circles to a piece of construction paper.

Addie wrote the letters from A-Z on the circles.

We made the circles into a LOOOOOONG Caterpillar

We drew a face and added antenna!

 Caterpillar Crafts

 Watercolor Caterpillar

Draw a caterpillar onto white paper

Paint the caterpillar with watercolor paint

Let dry and then cut out the caterpillar

draw a face on the caterpillar

 

Caterpillar Clothespins

Glue 4 pom poms onto a clothespin

Glue on googly eyes

Glue on pipe cleaners for the antennas

 

Caterpillar Handprints

Trace hand onto green paper ( I used two different shades of green)

Cut out a circle for the head from green construction paper

Cut out the hand prints - I did 4 handprints per caterpillar

Glue the handprints together and glue on the head

Glue on googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennas and draw smile and nose

Write the child's name on their finished caterpillar

 

Pom Pom Caterpillar Craft Sticks

Glue 7 pom pom's onto a large craft stick. 

Glue on pipe cleaner antennas

 

Paper Roll Caterpillar

Cut strips of 2 different colored construction paper

Roll the strips and secure with glue.

Cut a leaf shape from green paper

Glue the rolls onto the leaf

Glue on googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennas

Use a hole punch to make holes in the leaf

Milk Cap Caterpillar

Cut green craft foam into a leaf shape

Glue on 4 milk caps to form a caterpillar

Glue on googly eyes

Bend a 5" piece of pipe cleaner into a V and glue it to make the caterpillar's antenna

Draw a nose and smile on the caterpillar

Draw feet on the caterpillar

 

Earth Day Projects and Activities!!

Earth Day Projects

 

Earth Day Crafts

Earth Crayon Molds

We peeled the wrappers off all of our broken blue, green and white crayons and broke each crayon into small pieces.  Each child took turns filling their mini-muffin hole with the broken crayons.  I placed the muffin tin into a 250 degree oven until the crayons were melted.  We let them cool and then I popped  each Crayon Earth out of the muffin tin! 

The end result

 

 

Watercolor Earth Hand Prints!

I painted the girl's hands with blue and green watercolor paints.

They pressed each of their hands onto white paper. 

We let them dry and then I labeled the paper with each girl's name and the year.

I also wrote, "Our hand prints are all over the world!"

 

Hand and Foot Print Earth

Paint 1 hand and 1 foot with green paint

Press the painted hand and foot onto blue paper

Let dry

Cut a circle shape around the hand and foot print

Label with name and year

 

Coffee Filter Earth

Paint a coffee filter with blue and green watercolor paints

Earth Window Cling/Suncatcher

Cut a circle shape from green construction paper (you will need 2 circles for each project)

Cut a circle from the middle of each circle so you have a large circle opening

Rip pieces of green and blue tissue paper

Stick one of the circles onto Con Tact Paper

Press the green and blue pieces of tissue paper into the middle of the green circle

When  covered, place the other circle on top and seal with Con Tact paper

 

Torn Paper Earth

Cut a circle from white paper

Tear pieces of green and blue construction paper

Glue the pieces onto the white circle

Glue the finished earth onto black paper

**I did this same project in 2010 with my son and friend.
Here are their Mosaic Earth Projects from 2010!!**

 

 

Earth Day Learning Activities

 

I Heart the Earth

Writing

Cut a heart shape from white paper

Paint the heart with blue and green watercolor paints

Let dry

I made a writing template that says, "I heart the earth by "

Discuss ways that we care for and love our earth

Have your child write how they "Heart" earth

Glue the painted heart and writing template onto a piece of construction paper.

Here is the link to the activity that inspired my writing/painting activity!