Caterpillar Craft

This month the children have shown a growing interest towards Caterpillars that  have been found out on our Swan plant in the playground area. We have been exploring all areas of learning towards the life cycle of a Caterpillar through books, conversations, and activities.

Today we made our very own Caterpillars using craft materials such as pom poms, ice block sticks, pipe cleaners, wobbly eyes and a glue gun.

Through watching my demonstration of creating a Caterpillar the children took on board what to do and followed through with the instructions. I was pleasantly surprised to see how confident they were using a glue gun and picking out their own resources.

Some children chose colours that were favoured by them, while others decided to do a sequence of colours. Some caterpillars had one eye while others had two or three! Some of the Caterpillars even got an identity as the children gave them a name that was special and unique to them.
It was great to see how each child interpreted their own caterpillar and how each one looked so different :)

This was a popular activity amongst the Phoenix House children and we look forward to exploring more art and crafts around the Life Cycle of a Caterpillar :)