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Paper Caterpillar Craft for Preschool

Easy fun activity to make caterpillars for your preschool lesson plans.
Keyword caterpillar, paper caterpillar craft, paper craft
Author Christina

Ingredients

  • Orange and yellow cardstock paper for the caterpillar body.
  • Red cardstock paper for the caterpillar mouth.
  • A pair of googly eyes.
  • Templates for the caterpillar parts.
  • Elmer’s glue stick.
  • Scissors.

Instructions

  • Gather your supplies.
  • Using the templates given in the PDF, cut 5 caterpillar body pieces from the yellow cardstock paper and 6 pieces from the orange. Also cut the caterpillar head, mouth and two antennae pieces, using the templates.
  • Take one of the yellow body pieces, apply glue along one of the short edges and glue the edges together to form a closed ring.
  • Next, take one of the orange caterpillar body pieces and insert it through the yellow ring. Apply glue along the short edge and glue them together to get two connected rings.
  • Continue gluing all the body pieces together in alternating colors to complete the body of the caterpillar.
  • Next, take the mouth piece and glue it on the face.
  • Glue the two eyes on the face and the two antennae behind it.
  • Apply glue along the back of the face.
  • Glue the face to the body and your wiggly caterpillar is ready!