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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)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions