DLTK's Crafts for Kids Colors Caterpillars Paper Crafts This is a simple cut and paste paper craft good "just for fun", colors practice, a insects theme, or an animals theme.  There are two different colors caterpillars available:  Multiple Colors and Rainbow Colors (pictured)

Materials:

• something to colour with if using the B&W version,
• scissors,
• glue, and
• paper.  
      
  

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
   
• Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
   
• If doing the rainbow caterpillar, glue together in Rainbow color order -- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet -- with the head at the front.
   
• If doing the colors caterpillar, glue together in whatever order you prefer.  (You can add an aspect of alphabet practice by gluing together in alphabetical order.)

 

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Multiple Colors:  

Template (head, red, orange)            (color)   or   (B&W)

(yellow, green, blue, purple, pink)    (color)   or   (B&W)

(brown, gray, white, black)                (color)   or   (B&W)

 

Rainbow Colors:  

Template (head, red, orange)           (color)   or   (B&W)

(yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)  (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

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