DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Egg Carton Caterpillar

I have a bad habit of neglecting to do the old standards with my girls... I always want to do something 'new and exciting' with them.  I forget that when you're in preschool, everything is new and exciting.  Kaitlyn LOVED this craft -- I guess that's why it's an old standard.

Very young (age 2) children will enjoy painting the caterpillar, but will need help adding the antenna.

Materials:

• cardboard egg carton
• scissors
• green tempra paint
• paint brush
• pipe cleaner (chenille)
• sharp pencil
• wiggly eyes, 2 cheerios or 2 fruit loops
• glue

Instructions:

• cut one strip of cups (6 cups) from the egg carton -- adults can do this before craft time.
   
• paint the cups green and let dry
   
• using a sharp pencil, poke two holes in the top of the first cup -- again, adults should do this step.
   
• from inside the cup, poke both ends of the pipe cleaner through the pencil holes (one end through each hole)
   
• wrap the ends of the pipe cleaner around the pencil to make it curly
   
• glue the wiggly eyes onto the head (you could substitute 2 cheerios or 2 fruit loops)

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