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Caterpillar Crawl
Let the kids take turns wiggling their colorful caterpillars.
Prep time: 15 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
  • 8 green or black chenille pipe cleaners
  • 8 fat pencils
  • 16 goggle eyes
  • Non-toxic glue
  • Magnetic tape or small magnets
  • 8 horseshoe magnets
  • 8 sheets brightly colored cardstock (10 inches square)
  • Crayons
  • Glitter
  • Double-stick tape
For the caterpillar prizes:
  • 2 bags M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
  • 8 sheets plastic wrap (12 inches square)
  • 8 sheets yellow cellophane (12 inches square)
  • 8 sheets green cellophane (12 inches square)
  • Tape
  • 24 strands (10-inch) curling ribbon
  • 16 goggle eyes
  • Non-toxic glue
To make the caterpillar prizes:
  1. Before the game, make one candy caterpillar for each person.
  2. Lay the plastic wrap flat on a table. Spread 1 cup of M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies in a line down the center of the wrap. Roll the wrap around the candy, shaping it into a rope.
What to do:
  1. Arrange all of the project crafts in the center of a table. Gather the kids, and set them around the table.
  2. Give each child a pipe cleaner and a pencil. Tightly wrap the pipe cleaner around the pencil. Glue two goggle eyes on one end of the pipe cleaner. Glue 3-1/2 pieces of magnetic tape (or small magnets) along one side of each curled pipe cleaner. Remove the pipe cleaners from the pencils, and set aside.
  3. Then give each child one piece of cardstock. Let them use their imagination, and create a garden path using crayons, glitter, and any other items they can find outside, such as twigs, pinecones, rocks or moss. Set them aside to dry.
  4. Now gather the kids and, one at a time, let them entertain the group by wiggling their caterpillar down the garden path, using the horseshoe magnet on the opposite side of the cardstock!
Prep time: 15 min.
Activity time: 15-20 minutes
For 8 participants.
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