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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:

bulletcardboard egg carton
bulletscissors
bulletgreen tempra paint
bulletpaint brush
bulletpipe cleaner (chenille)
bulletsharp pencil
bulletwiggly eyes, 2 cheerios or 2 fruit loops
bulletglue

 

Instructions:

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

 

Printable version of these instructions