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5 May 2012

The Very Hungry Caterpillar project (and caterpillar/butterfly links)



This year we've been making a spring project book which includes spring stories, gardening, weather and nature study, as well as other spring projects.



One of our favourite spring books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and we decided to do a project based on the book.

We played games,



we made a butterfly collage using Roses chocolate wrappers,



we used a page from an old copy of the book to make a clothes peg butterfly, inspired by Smiling like Sunshine,



and we cut up the rest of the old book to make more homemade bunting for the play house.





We've also been watching videos and reading about caterpillars and butterflies,

Usborne First Book of Nature by Rosamund Kidman Cox, Barbara Cork and Ruth Thomson


Lifecycle of the Holly Blue butterfly on the cemetery noticeboard


and we found a fun caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly game on Boowa & Kwala.

Official Eric Carle Web Site

Caterpillar and Butterfly links from the Spring Carnival:

Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft at Mama Smiles
Bursting the cocoon! Caterpillar Fun at Science Sparks
Bright butterfly window decorations at Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Butterfly Foot Prints at We-Made-That.com
Handprint Butterflies at LLM Calling
Clothespin Butterfly at Smiling like Sunshine
Stained Glass Butterflies at Mama of Many Blessings
Lots of Butterfly Work at Mama of Many Blessings
Butterflies and Books at  Doodles and Jots



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If you have a post about a spring project or any post with a spring theme, we'd love you to link up at our All Year Round Blog Carnival: Spring, which is open for new links until 14th May.

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14 comments:

  1. momto5May 05, 2012

    what a great bunch of resources. wow. great crafty goodness as well!

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  2. StephanieMay 05, 2012

    I love the bunting! What a great idea!

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  3. SusanMay 08, 2012

    Great projects! Thanks for sharing with Look What We Did.

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  4. MichelleMay 08, 2012

    Very cute! Love the bunting idea!

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  5. AnnMay 11, 2012

    Thanks for the mention! This is a great resources!!!

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  6. 4kids, 2 guinea pigs, 1 happy familyMay 11, 2012

    Great ideas, I love the idea of using old favourite books to make bunting. We might make some Gruffalo bunting!
    x

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  7. April's HomemakingMay 11, 2012

    What a fun bunch of projects, I love the idea of making a bunting out of an old book, what a fun idea!

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  8. AnonymousMay 11, 2012

    I love that book it's one of my favourites - and you have really brought it to life.

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  9. Susie @BowdabraMay 12, 2012

    Oh my goodness this is awesome!

    We would LOVE for you to stop over and link these up in our Crafty Saturday Showcase. It is just our 2nd week. Your blog is cute and we can't wait to look around some more! I love the name of your blog!

    Thank you!
    Susie @Bowdabra
    http://bowdabrablog.com/2012/05/12/saturday-showcase-craft-projects/

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  10. ArleeMay 12, 2012

    Great ideas! I love the bunting made from the book pages! Thanks for linking up with Weekly Kid's Co-Op and sharing your ideas!

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  11. multiplemummyMay 13, 2012

    That is a lovely set of ideas! Did you see our hungry caterpillars on science sparks? Great fun and thanks you for sharing on family frolics!

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  12. maggy, red ted artMay 14, 2012

    Ooh how wonderful. We just completed a butterfly craft too - after having watched our caterpillars turn into butterflies. But your post is really fabulous and so comprehensive (much more so than mine!!! only going up in 3 weeks - so don't go looking for it yet ;-))

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy & Alissa

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  13. Mama Of Many BlessingsMay 14, 2012

    Wow what great resources, I absolutely love the butterflies made with chocolate wrappers they are so colorful!! Thanks so much for sharing our Butterfly work and our Stained Glass Butterflies! Hopping you have a wonderful week!!

    Nicole
    Mama Of Many Blessings

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  14. Science SparksMay 16, 2012

    I love the idea of using an old book to make butterflies from. That is such a clever idea!

    Thanks for sharing on Science Sparks

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