For this project the children decide what the hungry caterpillar wants to eat. Each child is give a piece of cardstock that has been folded in half and then re-opened. The teacher draws a bold black line on the fold and two antennae.
The children are given small squeeze bottles of paint. They get to squeeze small dots onto the bold line and tell what the caterpillar is eating. For example when they squeeze yellow on, they may say the caterpillar at a banana.
When the line is full, the children fold their paper in half and use their hands or the spreaders (as seen in the teachers hand) to rub the paper. As they rub from the folded edge of the paper to the other side, the paint will spread.
When they open their paper they will discover their beautiful butterfly.
We made Bedtime Buddies for pajama day. These were one of the biggest hits we have had yet. The children loved them. We used women's sized tube socks from Walmart. After you stuff them, you use a rubber band to close the top.
Then you can create a head and fold over the top of the sock to create a hat. Beyond that, we simply set out lots of collage materials and had our hot glue guns ready. The children drew their own faces and chose the items they wanted glued on and created their buddies.
We can pretty much assume that every single child was sleeping with their buddy that night!
