These cute and easy yarn wrapped craft stick caterpillars are great for kids of all ages. Preschoolers and kindergarten kids and young elementary school aged kids will love doing this. It’s not only fun, but great fine motor skills practice!
Yarn & Popsicle STick Caterpillars Craft for Kids
Making these crafts with yarn and popsicle sticks is perfect for small hands developing coordination, but kids of all ages will love making these colorful craft stick caterpillars creating patterns with yarn.
These cute yarn-wrapped craft stick caterpillars focus on fine motor skills and tying making them a perfect preschool or Kindergarten popsicle stick craft idea. Whether you use them at home or in the classroom, these are perfect!
Use all your favorite colored yard, and give them colorful pipe cleaners!
Related: Oh so many fun popsicle stick crafts for kids
Today we are using popsicle sticks or crafts sticks to make a beautiful caterpillar craft!
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Supplies Needed To Make This Yarn-Wrapped Caterpillar Popsicle Craft:
Instructions to Make Craft Stick Caterpillars:
Step 1
To make these absolutely adorable little caterpillars, start by squeezing a thin strip of glue onto one side of the popsicle stick. It really isn’t necessary to add glue to both sides, the yarn will adhere just fine.
Step 2
Unravel a good length of yarn and cut it from the roll. Press one end onto the bottom of the popsicle stick. Hold for a few seconds to ensure it sticks. Have the children start wrapping the yarn all the way up the popsicle stick.
Step 3
When the whole popsicle stick is wrapped with yarn, glue the final end to the stick.
Step 4
Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner, glue to the backside of the popsicle stick, bend the ends. You have just made the caterpillar antennae!
Step 5
Cut about 6 (for each caterpillar) 3-4 inch lengths of yarn for the legs.
Step 6
Have the child wrap it around the popsicle stick and tie to hold them in place.
Step 7
Use a marker to draw a cute little face and Viola! The cutest yarn wrapped popsicle stick caterpillars.
What We Learned While Making These Super Cute Caterpillar Popsicle Craft
These are pretty easy to make, but when you make this, you want a thinner yarn, like embroidery thread.
Don’t want to do a plain caterpillar? You can mix it up a bit, and make them a wriggly caterpillar.
This is perfect for older kids can do, but don’t worry it’s simple to make the changes. Just cut a popsicle stick and glue them zig zagged before adding the yarn and pipe cleaners.
You can see the “body” or “base” of the caterpillar here:
Materials
- Popsicle Sticks
- Colorful Yarn
- Pipe cleaners
- Glue
Instructions
- To make these absolutely adorable little caterpillars, start by squeezing a thin strip of glue onto one side of the popsicle stick. It really isn’t necessary to add glue to both sides, the yarn will adhere just fine.
- Unravel a good length of yarn and cut it from the roll. Press one end onto the bottom of the popsicle stick. Hold for a few seconds to ensure it sticks. Have the children start wrapping the yarn all the way up the popsicle stick.
- When the whole popsicle stick is wrapped with yarn, glue the final end to the stick.
- Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner, glue to the backside of the popsicle stick, bend the ends. You have just made the caterpillar antennae!
- Cut about 6 (for each caterpillar) 3-4 inch lengths of yarn for the legs.
- Have the child wrap it around the popsicle stick and tie to hold them in place.
- Use a marker to draw a cute little face and Viola! The cutest yarn wrapped popsicle stick caterpillars.
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How did your yarn and popsicle stick craft turn out? Did the kids love making popsicle stick caterpillars?
