Friday, January 30, 2009

Friday Book Project-The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Who doesn't love The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle? It's always been a favorite book at our house! Today we made Very Hungry Caterpillars!
For this project you will need:
a balloon
green, yellow, and orange paint
a piece of paper


1. Pour some yellow and green paint on a plate. Blow up the balloon.

2. Have your child dip the balloon into the paint and press it on the paper.

3. Continue until the caterpillar is the length you want.

4. Dip the balloon into orange paint to make the head.

5. Add a face and antennae and cut out your caterpillar.

If you have a book inspired project and would like to play along, sign the Mr. Linky below! Happy reading:0)


Labels: ,

19 comments:

  1. MaryAnneJanuary 30, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    Gorgeous - I love this!

    ReplyDelete
  2. 4handfullsJanuary 30, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    Great idea!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AmandaJanuary 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    That's great! Maddie loves the Hungry Caterpillar. We did a caterpillar project for C day and she was so proud of her 'catapilla dots!'

    ReplyDelete
  4. MegryansmomJanuary 30, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    If I wasn't so afraid of paint, we could do this for #5. Super cute! I love your ideas.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Heidi @ Blue Eyed BlessingsJanuary 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    I'm so in AWE of your creativity. We're so going to do this.

    ReplyDelete
  6. HeatherJanuary 30, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    What a great idea!!! Two things my daughter loves...balloons and paint! ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  7. jennwaJanuary 30, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    I love this. I will have to use it in my preschool class.

    ReplyDelete
  8. TwoHeartsTogetherJanuary 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    This is a really good idea and the colors are pretty much identical to the caterpillar in the book!

    ReplyDelete
  9. VickieJanuary 30, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    We love "The Hungry Caterpiller" I love all of Eric Carle's books. His illustrations are great. My favorite is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"

    This is a cool project. I like how you mix the two colors together.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Amber, That's Me!January 30, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Sandy, this is awesome! I love it! We are going to do it next week. I'll send you pics, thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  11. BranFlakesJanuary 30, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    I LOVE how you used a balloon to paint with! We will have to give this a try!! Thanks for the GREAT idea.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Mama SaidJanuary 30, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    I love this! Mixing the paint makes it look just like the caterpillar! Oooh, I'm seeing an Eric Carle art study comin' on! Thanks for the idea!

    ReplyDelete
  13. jkJanuary 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    This looks like so much fun!! My kids had such fun doing the balloon print snowmen, now we need to do these as well...thank you!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. YayaJanuary 31, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    You are so creative!

    ReplyDelete
  15. jenniferFebruary 2, 2009 at 1:40 AM

    cute idea! love it.

    ReplyDelete
  16. MoziEsméFebruary 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Very cool project! I've got it down for "C" week...

    ReplyDelete
  17. Infant BibliophileFebruary 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I LOVE the idea of the Friday book project! This one is so cute. I just subscribed to your site and look forward to getting some craft ideas. We have a baby book review site, and I'm just starting to try out crafts with our 14 month old. I'll be sure to come sign your linky if we think of a good one.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Infant BibliophileFebruary 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Actually, I just remembered one we've been doing all week. I'll post about next Friday I guess!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Glamour MomsApril 8, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    I LOOOVE this. I linked your post here - http://lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com/2009/04/very-hungry-caterpillar-pop-up-book.html

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for visiting! Come back again!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...