Adam loves reading ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle so we decided to create our own caterpillar made from clothespegs.
On Day 27 I got Adam to ‘paint’ some pegs by adding pegs and green paint to zip-loc bags. We used two shades of green.
He pegged them onto a polystyrene circle, with lots of help, which I later cut out.
However I remembered why I do not like art when there is an end product. Art is much more fun when it based on the process rather than the product. It was a heavily adult led activity as Adam doesn’t yet have the finger strength to accurately open the pegs. I used the foam paper to make eyes and antenna and used superglue to attach them.
See it all on video:
Equipment:
* Wooden pegs
* Green paint – I used two shades
* Zip-loc bags
* Foam paper
* Polystyrene circle or card – anything that you can attach the pegs to and cut afterwards
* Super glue
Adam was 18 months old.
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Wow, that’s super cool! I may have to try this! I love the hungry caterpillar book, it’s one of my childhood faves and one of my kids faves, too!
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It certainly is a ‘must’ childhood book. I am considering a peg butterfly next.
This is seriously cool! Must try it out with my two 🙂 #alphabetphoto
Painting the pegs in a zip-loc bag was so easy.
Such a great book for toddlers – great to have creative ideas to make it come alive. #alphabetphoto
As a Primary School Teacher I love any way that children can connect to a story.
We love that book!! What a great activity to link it with #alphabetphoto
It’s such a great book – for some reason the only version I could find in the house at the time was from Norway!
I love this idea, just brilliant. It looks excellent too, what a fabulous creation. Thank you for sharing with #alphabetphoto
It is still on display in our dining room.
What a cool caterpillar! I must keep reminding myself of the ‘process over product’ approach though – Arthur’s 17 months so anything too structured needs a lot of input from me. I’m sure we’d enjoy art much more if we did it just for the fun of it!
It is such a hard thing to remember – especially as I am usually with older children who can follow instructions! Process over product certainly takes the stress out of the activity.
What a fabulous idea! Love this x
So cute! I love this idea! I just want you to know that I added you to my list of 100 clothespin crafts at http://www.rookiemamasjourney.com/100-clothespin-crafts/. Thanks!