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The very Hungry Caterpillar crafts – Its a Bug’s Life

Shruti Acharya | June 23, 2012 | 16 Comments

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Another Saturday and another class.. But things were different this time. I now have a marketing manager, a smart savvy 5 year old, who  went and freely invited all her garden friends – “My mummy is taking craft classes on Saturday. Come to my house” LOL. and we went from 3 to 8 kids [ including Lil p] . The theme for the class this time was “A Bugs’s life”

The very Hungry Caterpillar crafts – Its a Bug’s Life

 

We made a Hungry caterpillar , a fluttering butterfly.. and incy-wincy spider to creep things out a bit 😀
Items bought from the itsy-bitsy HSR store – Pipe cleaner, Beads, Thermocol balls, Black pipe cleaner, Wire.black paint , handmade paper , crayons,

To Make the Caterpillar

  1. Twist 2 Green pipe cleaners together and bend into a worm shape.
  2. Bead some cute plastic beads through and you have a simple caterpillar ready.
  3. Cut a Green leaf from some handmade paper and using a paper punch make some holes to show that the caterpillar ate them

To make the Paper Butterfly

  1. We traced a butterfly on a paper & cute it out. Colored the borders a thick black color.
  2. Next color the wings.
  3. String a thin metal wire through its center and attach a long stick at the other end.
  4. Now ask the kids to run around the room and watch as the butterfly flutters its wings.

To make the Spider

  1. Color the 2 Thermocol / Styrofoam balls ( One big for the body & a smaller one for the head ) black using poster colors.
  2. Let dry.
  3. Using a wooden skewer make 3 holes on the body from one end to the other. Be careful not to poke yourself
  4. String a black pipe cleaner from one end to the other and bend to resemble legs.
  5. Stick on 2 large googly eyes and you are done.

I had planned to read aloud the Hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle but in the midst of the craft class my 7 month old Persian kitten jumped out the first floor balcony and ran away.. Hubby went searching for it for 15 mins.. while I waited with  8 kids at hand. When I could take it no more, I gave them the butterfly craft to color, asked hubby to monitor them and went down. Luckily I found the kitten within minutes hiding under a car nearby.. pretty scared. He’s alright btw.

Lil P however is feeling rather jealous that I’m paying attention to other kids too. Her temper tantrums got a little too much to handle today.. Sigh. Snacks for the kids – Jam & cheese mini sandwiches, Cheese balls, Apple juice and Honey loops. No guesses – the cheese balls and honey loops were the first to finish. All in all , it was a pretty exciting day today!!

My happy Crafters

 What do you think??

The crafts have been inspired by Eric Carle’s books and are a tribute for his birthday – 25th June

Next week its going to be underwater special.. Lil P is my creative director too 😉

 

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, Kindergarten Crafts & Activities, Paper Craft, Pipe Cleaner Crafts, Preschooler Crafts & Activities Tagged With: #CraftClass, #GooglyEyes, Insect crafts, Paper Crafts, PipeCleaner Crafts

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Swapna says

    June 23, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    Wow!! They look so good Shruthi. I really wish you lived near my house. My kid would be the first one to join. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Jennifer Fischer says

    June 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    Absolutely love!

    Reply
  3. SHARADA DILIP says

    June 24, 2012 at 3:43 am

    lovely creations shruthi:)

    Reply
  4. Mansi says

    June 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Love them all! You are doing a great job

    Reply
  5. Sin-A-Mon (Monika) says

    June 24, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    look at my brat grinning, he loves the class and u have a 4.5 yr marketing agent here too 🙂 he has already got u one student and has been telling every else about the class 🙂

    Reply
  6. ArtsyCraftsyMom says

    June 25, 2012 at 8:23 am

    @Shalini – settled in pune? Artsy craftsy family misses ur posts.. hope u settle down soon and start blogging again 🙂
    @Art – Sure. arrange it for me 🙂
    @Anuradha – I’ll do tutorials soon. Distance won’t matter then..
    @Saamy – Hi there. New here? Thank you so much.
    @Mon – Yes yes. He is adorable. My most obedient student of all times. N i love his soft voice.
    @mansi – Thanks. I’m having a lot of fun too.
    @swapna , Sharda, Jennifer – Thank you 🙂

    Reply
  7. saamy vijayan says

    June 25, 2012 at 5:19 am

    fabulous!!!!
    loving t:)
    lil p is lucky 🙂

    Reply
  8. Anuradha Shankar says

    June 25, 2012 at 5:57 am

    wonderful!!! looks like the classes are going great! wish we could be a part of it too!!

    Reply
  9. artnavy says

    June 25, 2012 at 6:42 am

    gorgeous and great to hear the class strength is growing

    do a guest session this side of town lady!

    Reply
  10. craftisland says

    June 25, 2012 at 6:56 am

    Lovely…….Kids look so happy… Loving it.

    Reply
  11. Hunter says

    June 25, 2012 at 10:19 am

    wow!!!

    the crafts looks lovely and creative!

    just wondering if this class too is free??

    Reply
  12. R's Mom says

    June 25, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Wow! Shruti..you are a rockstar..and a super woman..at awe!
    I loved that caterpillar 🙂

    Reply
  13. ArtsyCraftsyMom says

    June 29, 2012 at 8:15 am

    @Hunter – Well no. It was not free. But not many paid 🙁
    @R’s mom – I want to comment on ur blog.. all u WP wale.. have barred us from doing so 🙁

    Reply
  14. Mini Bookworms says

    July 6, 2012 at 10:43 am

    I love that pipecleaner caterpillar – easy and so effective!

    Reply
  15. Jen Walshaw says

    July 6, 2012 at 10:13 am

    I love the spider, so cool

    Reply

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