Egg carton caterpillars

This is a classic preschool craft, that has been around for many years, and is 

a kids favorite!It is easy to prep and fun for the kids! Our kids at Homespun 

love painting! They had a great time painting their egg carton caterpillars. 

I started out by cutting the egg cartons in half. I poked a hole

in the top and added pipe cleaner antennas. We covered the art table 

with newspaper so the kids would be free to turn the caterpillars on

 their side to paint with out worrying about paint everywhere. After

they had dried the kids added eyes. We had quite a colorful

collections of caterpillars!

Supplies needed.

egg cartons

paint pots & brushes

washable paint

pipe cleaners

wiggly eyes

Toe caterpillars

One of the joys of Homespun Preschool

is my best friend and I teach together. 

Today she came over with  this cute art activity

 that fit right in with our letter of the week--Cc.

As each child arrived we painted their toes. 

The toe prints came out best by taking the paper

 and pressing it onto their green toes rather than

 having them step on the paper.

We cut out leaves and let the kids golf ball paint

them. Golf ball painting is always fun.
Just use a shallow box, golf balls and paint.
I just put the golf balls in the box cover them
 with the paint and the kids gently tip
 the box as the balls roll over the leaf. While the leaves were drying
   we added antennas and faces to the caterpillars
 and cut  them out. The kids glued their caterpillars
 onto their leaf. They loved seeing their
 toe caterpillars crawling

on the leaves!
Supplies needed
Green & brown paint
paint brush and paint pot
white paper
leaf cutouts
shallow boxes
golf balls
glue stick