ALL+ABOUT+CATERPILLARS

It is a very exciting time in a student's educational career when they are learning about the caterpillars.Students learn in a variety of ways and as a teacher you need to reach out to all your students. This web page is designed to help teachers look at caterpillars in an arts and craft way.

Being creative is something many students love to do. Keeping their hands and minds busy is always a fun way for students to learn. Here are some cool arts and crafts that you can complete with your students.


 * Egg Carton Caterpillar **



This is an easy way to make caterpillars using egg cartons, crayons or markers, scissors, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. Steps:
 * 1) Separate 4, 5, 6 cups from an egg carton.
 * 2) Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 2 small holes at one end for the antennae.
 * 3) Insert pipe cleaners for the antennae.
 * 4) Add eyes, mouth, and decorate.

(http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/mpaper-chain-caterpillar.htm) This is a fun, simple craft for all ages (even daddy has fun trying to make the longest caterpillar). It's also a good project for practicing making patterns.
 * = [|Paper Chain Caterpillar] =

Materials
>> OR [|Alphabet Caterpillars] ** This is a simple cut and paste paper craft good "just for fun", alphabet practice, spelling practice, an insects theme, or an animals theme. There are different types of caterpillars you can make: **Lower Case Alphabet, Upper Case Alphabet, Spelling Words, Vowels**
 * construction paper (2 or 3 colors)
 * scissors
 * scotch tape or glue
 * wiggly eyes (optional)
 * black marker ||
 * < ===Instructions:===
 * Cut about 15 strips of construction paper 1 inch wide and 10 inches long
 * Decide what type of pattern you want to make. We made a pink, purple, pink, purple... pattern for ours.
 * Make your first strip of construction paper into a ring and tape or glue it together
 * Slide your next strip of construction paper through the ring and tape or glue it into a ring
 * Repeat the process until you have a long chain of construction paper rings.
 * Cut one last strip of construction paper 2 inches wide and 10 inches long -- this will be the head (it needs to be a bit wider, so we can fit the face on).
 * Slide the head strip through the last ring on your paper chain and make it into a ring.
 * Antennas:
 * Cut two 1/4 inch by 5 inch pieces of construction paper.
 * Wrap each around a pencil to make it curly
 * Fold a tab at the bottom of each piece
 * Glue the tabs onto the top of the head to make two antennas
 * Eyes:
 * glue wiggly eyes onto the front of the head
 * draw two eyes onto the front of the head with a marker
 * Mouth:
 * draw a mouth onto the front of the head with a marker ||< [[image:http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/images/spaperchaincaterpillar.jpg width="465" height="309"]] ||
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