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Creative Hungry Caterpillar Inspired Craft Ideas for Kids

Hungry Caterpillar Day {March 20th} is the perfect occasion to celebrate creativity, imagination, and one of the most beloved children’s books of all time – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or caregiver, this day offers a fun-filled opportunity to help kids bring this charming character to life through unique crafts that spark their imagination and storytelling skills.

This roundup includes several different creative caterpillar crafting ideas that are easy, fun, and use materials you likely already have at home or in the classroom. Let’s get crafting!

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A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT, this green paper plate creation features a caterpillar face with red and green construction paper, displayed on colorful paper next to The Very Hungry Caterpillar book. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS watermark.

PAPER PLATE CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A children's book titled The Woolly Bear Caterpillar sits next to a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green paint prints, googly eyes, and a popsicle stick on blue paper. Three unused balloons are nearby.

POM POM STAMPED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A children’s craft setup inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Snowy Hide & Seek book, featuring green and red circles, a black marker, coding label crafts, white cupcake liners, a plastic spoon, and snowflake decorations on a blue tray.

CATERPILLAR PLAYING IN THE SNOW CRAFT IDEA

A children’s summer HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT featuring a handprint sun, cotton pads, green paper circles, and a red caterpillar on blue paper. Includes glue, a marker, and the First Summer Caterpillar book. Text: @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

HANDPRINT SUNSHINE KEEPSAKE IDEA

Two Very Hungry Caterpillar books, fall-themed scrapbook paper, and a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from red and green paper rings with googly eyes are arranged together. A label reads “@GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.”.

PAPER CHAIN HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A colorful HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green and red circles sits on a brown sheet, surrounded by patterned paper, a hole punch, a Pete the Cat book, and the handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

USE A CIRCLE PAPER PUNCH FOR THIS CATERPILLAR CRAFT

A handmade Hungry Caterpillar craft made from green paper pieces spelling “STACEY,” with googly eyes on the head, sits on blue paper. Craft supplies, a marker, glue, and children’s books are nearby. @GLUETOMYCRAFTS is written on the image.

TORN PAPER CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A children’s book titled “The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Bakeshop” sits on craft paper with a pink cupcake craft, colorful dot stickers, a Sharpie marker, and a coding label. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS printed below.

CATERPILLAR AND CUPCAKE CRAFT IDEA

A small terracotta flower pot features a painted green caterpillar and a smiling face, making it the perfect Hungry Caterpillar craft. A colorful paper flower with a child’s photo at the center is attached to a green stem. Text reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

THUMBPRINT CATERPILLAR ON TERRA COTTA POT

A children's book titled The Woolly Bear Caterpillar, paint supplies, and a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green paint, googly eyes, paper, and a popsicle stick are displayed on a table.

POM POM STAMPED CATERPILLAR IDEA

A children’s book titled The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Bakeshop is shown with pastel paper, a caterpillar craft made from a cupcake liner and colored dots, coding label crafts supplies, and an @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS tag.

CATERPILLAR AND CUPCAKE LINER DONUT CRAFT IDEA

A colorful Hungry Caterpillar craft made from a painted paper plate, paper shapes, and googly eyes sits on a paper branch with cut-out flowers and leaves. Craft supplies like glue, scissors, and paper surround the artwork.

PAPER PLATE CATERPILLAR ON HANDPRINT BRANCH

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT featuring a green caterpillar and a large leaf made with colored paper, displayed atop The Very Hungry Caterpillar book. A @gluedtomycrafts watermark is visible on the photo.

FOOTPRINT CATERPILLAR KEEPSAKE

A children’s book “Sleep Tight The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” colored paper, colored stickers, a marker, and a caterpillar-on-a-moon craft made with paint and bubble wrap are displayed on a table alongside coding label crafts.

BUBBLE WRAP STAMPED MOON AND CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A divided tray with colorful play food, playdough, pom-poms, beads, and utensils—perfect for story time sensory bin ideas—sits beside two The Very Hungry Caterpillar books. A sticker at the bottom reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

HUNGRY CATERPILLAR PLAY TRAY IDEA USING PLAYDOUGH

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green sponge paint prints on blue paper, with googly eyes and drawn antennae. A round green sponge sits in front. @GLUETOMYCRAFTS is labeled at the bottom.

SPONGE PAINTED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A divided box of colorful plastic beads sits next to a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from a pipe cleaner with red and green beads and a green paper face. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is displayed at the bottom.

PIPE CLEANER AND PONY BEAD CATERPILLAR

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green paint circles on blue paper, two googly eyes, and a drawn smile and antennae. A plastic egg, paint, and marker are nearby. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

PLASTIC EGG STAMPED CATERPILLAR

A copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar book sits beside a green paper plate craft decorated as a caterpillar with smiley faces, felt flowers, colorful dot stickers, and a black marker—perfect for coding label crafts. Text reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

PAPER PLATE & CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A caterpillar craft made of colorful circle stickers and a paper cupcake liner on a stick, with coding label crafts supplies and The Very Hungry Caterpillar book nearby. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text is at the bottom.

CUPCAKE LINER LOLLIPOP CRAFT IDEA

A handmade bookmark, perfect for coding label crafts, features colored dot stickers spelling “Stacey” in a caterpillar design beside “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” book, a marker, more stickers, and floral paper. Text: @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR BOOKMARK CRAFT IDEA

A children’s book titled The Woolly Bear Caterpillar lies next to a handmade caterpillar craft made from green paper circles, a popsicle stick, flower embellishments, and drawn eyes and antennae—perfect for fun label crafts. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

CATERPILLAR ON POPSICLE STICK BRANCH CRAFT IDEA

A children’s pool noodle craft inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar shows a caterpillar painted with green circles and a red head on white paper. Craft materials, including a pool noodle, and the book are visible nearby.

POOL NOODLE STAMPED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A caterpillar craft made from red and pink cupcake liners, perfect for valentine's day craft ideas for kids, with googly eyes, a drawn smile, antennae, artificial flowers, hearts, glue stick, markers, and @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

CUPCAKE LINER CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A child’s potato masher stamped craft features a caterpillar made with colorful painted prints on brown paper, complete with eyes, mouth, and antennae. Colorful papers and a potato masher are nearby. Orange banner reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

POTATO MASHER STAMPED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A handmade sign reads inching into spring! with green HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT drawings, smiling faces, and flower stickers on light blue paper. A black marker and ink pads are nearby. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

THUMBPRINT CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA CRAFT IDEA

A colorful Hungry Caterpillar craft features a hand-shaped cutout adorned with paper flowers and a caterpillar, inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar book. Blue paper, pastel eggs in a basket, and the book complete the scene. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is below.

FINGERPRINT CATERPILLAR ON HANDPRINT BRANCH

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green-painted popsicle sticks with a red face, googly eyes, and gold glitter antennae sits on a wooden surface near a white window frame.

WOODEN SPOON CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made of paper flower shapes—two green and one red—with googly eyes, a smile, and drawn antennae and legs on a light blue background. Text at bottom reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

FLOWER SHAPED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

This HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT features a caterpillar made of colorful cupcake liners on a leaf drawing, complete with googly eyes and yellow antennae, displayed next to the beloved book cover.

CUPCAKE LINER CATERPILLAR ON LEAF CRAFT IDEA

A copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar sits next to a craft stick with green and red dot stickers, resembling the caterpillar, alongside more dot stickers, a marker, and an @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS coding label crafts tag.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR BOOKMARK

A paper plate painted with red dots to resemble an apple, featuring a green paper leaf, a brown stem, and a smiling green caterpillar made from painted circles—perfect for a fun Hungry Caterpillar craft. Bottled kids paint and blue paper are nearby.

PAPER PLATE APPLE WITH DOT STICKER CATERPILLAR

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar, featuring a caterpillar made from green paper handprints, a red paper head with googly eyes and antennae, plus the book cover in the background. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written below.

HANDPRINT CATERPILLAR KEEPSAKE IDEA

A children’s HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT features a smiling caterpillar made from green circles on an orange paper swirl, glued to brown paper with leaf stickers. Nearby is a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall book.

CUPCAKE LINER LOLLIPOP CRAFT IDEA

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT for kids with green crepe paper strips on light paper, colorful sticker caterpillars, a marker, glue, the book itself, and a green crepe paper roll beside the finished art.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR – USE GREEN CREPE PAPER TO MAKE THE GRASS

A paper plate craft of a caterpillar with red and green circles, googly eyes, and felt flowers sits beside the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is printed at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE AND CIRCLE PUNCH CATERPILLAR

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT features a green paper leaf with holes and a caterpillar made from green thumbprints. “Crunch, munch” and “I love you a bunch!” are written in green marker, surrounded by craft supplies.

CRUNCH MUNCH I LOVE YOU A BUNCH CRAFT IDEA

A children’s book titled The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall is surrounded by fall-themed paper, a Sharpie marker, and a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from green dots on an orange paper leaf, plus a sheet of colored sticker dots.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR ON PAPER PLATE LEAF SHAPE

A Halloween-themed children's book paired with a festive orange paper plate craft, perfect for Halloween Crafts for Kids. Features a handprint, colorful dot stickers, marker designs, patterned paper, and the handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE PUMPKIN & CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR

A Halloween-themed craft setup featuring a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT, The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween book, a paper plate caterpillar project, orange dot marker, Elmer’s glue, and a @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS label.

PAPER PLATE PUMPKIN & POPSICLE STICK CATERPILLAR

A paper plate with a red apple print in the center and green paint dots around the edge, perfect for a Hungry Caterpillar craft. There’s a Sharpie, an apple, felt leaves, and paper nearby. The handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

FINGERPRINT CATERPILLAR ON PAPER PLATE WITH APPLE STAMPED IN THE CENTER

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT featuring a red apple made from a cupcake liner with holes, a brown stem, green leaf, and a caterpillar from green circles with faces. Glue and art supplies sit nearby for easy crafting fun.

CUPCAKE LINER RED APPLE WITH CATERPILLARS – USE A HOLE PUNCH TO MAKE THE HOLES

A fun HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT features an orange pumpkin and a green caterpillar made from paper on black cardstock, surrounded by yellow stars. The Very Hungry Caterpillars Creepy-Crawly Halloween book and art supplies complete the scene.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR ON PAPER PUMPKIN

A fall-themed HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT scene features a paper caterpillar on an orange leaf, surrounded by foam leaves, a marker, and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall” book. The @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS handle appears at the bottom.

CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR ON PAPER LEAF SHAPE

A Halloween-themed craft scene featuring paper plate candy corn crafts with smiley faces, a Peekaboo Halloween book, colorful dot stickers, a black marker, decorative Halloween papers, and a playful Hungry Caterpillar craft.

PAPER PLATE CANDY CORN AND CODING LABEL CATERPILLAR

A paper plate decorated with green caterpillars made from paint dots surrounds the handwritten message, “Inching by to say I love you!” Craft supplies and heart decorations are scattered around.

USE A PAINT DABBER FOR THIS CLEVER “INCHING BY TO SAY I LOVE YOU” CRAFT

A children’s book titled “A Day at School” with colorful dot stickers and a red Hungry Caterpillar craft made of paper circles and googly eyes, arranged on patterned papers. The text @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

DOT STICKER CATERPILLAR BOOKMARK – USE A CRAFT STICK FOR THE BASE

A copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast is surrounded by felt heart decorations and a colorful HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made from painted paper, red cardstock, and googly eyes.

PAPER PLATE CATERPILLAR

A children’s HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT project featuring a green caterpillar and red caterpillar head on blue paper, a red balloon, the book “A Day at School,” and colorful school-themed patterned paper.

USE A SLIGHTLY BLOWN UP BALLOON TO “STAMP” A CATERPILLAR ON PAPER TODAY

This winter sensory bin features cotton balls, felt trees, mini Christmas stocking decorations, festive bottle brush trees, a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Snowy Hide & Seek book, and a plush caterpillar toy.

HUNGRY CATERPILLAR FALL PLAY TABLE IDEA – BRING OUT WHITE POM POMS TO MAKE SNOW!

A Halloween-themed sensory tray featuring felt pumpkins, foam shapes, pom-poms, autumn leaves, Halloween books, and toy caterpillars—perfect for exploring FALL THEMED SENSORY BIN IDEAS. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text at the bottom.

HUNGRY CATERPILLAR FALL PLAY TABLE IDEA – BRING OUT THE DECORATIVE LEAVES AND PUMPKINS

A blue butterfly painting on paper, decorated with a green caterpillar made from paper circles and red dots for the head. Craft supplies and a children’s book titled “Why Does It Rain?” are nearby. The handle reads “GLUED TO MY CRAFTS.”.

PAINT SPLAT RAIN PUDDLE CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A pink paper plate purse craft with a flower, ladybug, and hints of a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT is shown on a table with a book, colorful dot stickers, purple beads, and crafting supplies. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE TEACUP CRAFT IDEA – USE A PIPE CLEANER FOR THE HANDLE

Children’s crafting scene with a cupcake paper plate, green paint bottle, and a HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT featuring googly eyes. Two Eric Carle books—The Bakeshop and At the Tea Party—are shown. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS watermark at the bottom.

FORK PAINTED CATERPILLAR CRAFT IDEA

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT project with brown crepe paper strips, green sticker caterpillars, pink paper spots, a glue bottle, paint, sponge dauber, and colored paper neatly arranged on a table. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is labeled at the bottom.

DOT STICKER CATERPILLAR – USE BROWN CREPE PAPER TO MAKE THE “BRANCHES”

Books and handmade cards inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar, featuring a delightful HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made with colored dots, cupcake liners, craft sticks, and gold star stickers; @gluedtomycrafts watermark at bottom.

USE CUPCAKE LINERS TO MAKE LOLLIPOPS AND MOONS

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR CRAFT made with green dot stickers and a red paper head sits beside a Sharpie marker, glue bottle cap, and two The Very Hungry Caterpillar themed books. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

DOT STICKER CATERPILLAR – DRAW A SQUIGGLE ON YOUR PAPER AND FILL IN WITH STICKERS

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Get your crafting materials ready and celebrate Hungry Caterpillar Day in style—happy crafting!

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