Butterfly Learning - Hungry Caterpillar Craft

Having discussed the life cycle of a butterfly with the ButterBalls,
 and read...
and reread the story of the Hungry Caterpillar, 
 we decided to begin our Butterfly Wall
 by constructing our very own
Hungry Caterpillar.

We used : an egg carton, paint, plastic eyes and pipe cleaners.

I trimmed the egg carton into manageable strips.

The ButterBalls happily painted their Hungry Caterpillars.

While they waited for the paint to dry,
they enjoyed a delicious grape caterpillar snack

A breeze to make!
 You just thread grapes onto a skewer and stick on little Tic-Tac sweet eyes!

Once the paint had dried (and the sticky fingers had been wiped) 

 I helped them make little holes on the caterpillars head, through which they pushed little pieces of pipe cleaner to form the antenna.

The ButterBalls stuck on the eyes using double-sided tape.

With their caterpillars in hand, the ButterBalls trotted off to find granny - hoping to scare away a few more strands of hair...poor granny!