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Bouncy-pillar Paper Craft

This bouncy caterpillar is fun to make and even more fun to play with!  It's a fun and inexpensive craft for new babysitters to make with their young charges -- bring along the story "Very Hungry Caterpillar" for some thematic fun!  (see our Very Hungry Caterpillar Book Break for extra activities).

Materials:

bulletone or two colors of construction paper
bulletscissors
bullettape or glue
bulletmarkers

Directions:

bulletcut two strips of construction paper about 1 or 2 inches wide and 11 inches long (it doesn't have to be exact).
  
bulletOPTIONAL (this is what I like to do):  cut two more identical strips and glue or tape to the first strips to make 2 really long strips (1 inch by 22 inches)... this makes a longer, bouncier caterpillar.
  
bullettape the pieces of paper together in an L shape (be careful not to cover the whole thing with tape so you can draw a face on ... it's best to use a rolled up piece of tape to stick the pieces together)
  
bulletaccordion fold the paper (see the diagrams below if you don't know how to accordion fold paper)
  
STEP 1
tape as an L		 STEP 2 
fold bottom piece over top piece		 STEP 3
crease to make another L		 STEP 4
repeat step 2

 

bulletContinue until you've folded the entire thing and tape the end 
  
bulletUse markers to draw a face on the front of your caterpillar
  
bulletOptional:  cut a couple of tiny pieces of paper about 3 inches long and roll them up then unroll them (so they're curly).  Glue them onto the head as antennas.

 

 

Printable version of these instructions