March 20th is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day!” This classic book by Eric Carle is one of our all-time favorites. To celebrate this special day, we created this Book Inspired Potato Stamped Caterpillar Craft.
How To Make A Book Inspired Potato Stamped Caterpillar Craft:
- White Card Stock
- Small Paper Plates
- Red Paint
- Green Paint
- Yellow Card Stock
- Green Card Stock
- Black Card Stock
- Purple Card Stock
- Corn on the Cob Holders (optional)
- Cut the potato in half. (Adult supervision required!)
- Spread the green paint onto a small paper plate.
- Put a corn on the cob holder in the uncut end of the potato. The corn on the cob holder may make it easier for your students to hold the potato.
- Dip the potato into the green paint and firmly press it down onto the piece of white card stock.
- Repeat step 4 about 3 more times to create the caterpillar’s body.
- Spread the red paint onto another small paper plate.
- Dip the other half of the potato into the red paint and firmly press it down onto the piece of white card stock next to the green circles for the caterpillar’s head.
- After the paint dries, cut two ovals out of the yellow card stock and glue them onto the red circle for the caterpillar’s eyes.
- After the glue dries, cut two smaller ovals out of the green card stock and glue them on top of the yellow ovals.
- Cut a circle out of the black card stock and glue it onto the red circle for the caterpillar’s nose.
- Cut two long ovals out of the purple card stock and glue them onto the back of the red circle so the ends stick out of the top for the caterpillar’s antenna.
- Use the purple card stock and cut two feet for each green circles. Glue them onto the caterpillar’s body.
Your students will love celebrating “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day” by creating this Book Inspired Potato Stamped Caterpillar Craft.
You may also like these Monthly Reading Logs to encourage your students to read independently and track the number of books that they read every month.