Fun Kid Craft: Homemade Very Hungry Caterpillar Book

Ashton loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We bought her a Very Hungry Caterpillar sticker book, but even though it was supposed to be re-usable, it only lasted about 10 minutes. So today I made one myself.

1. I stapled some blank white paper together to make a book.
2. I cut construction paper shapes to match some of the pictures from the real Very Hungry Caterpillar book.
3. I traced my cut-out shapes onto my book pages in the order they go in the story.
4. I gave Ashton the book, the cut-out shapes, and a bottle of glue.
5. She found where to place the cut-out shapes in the book and glued them into the traced outlines.
6. In the end, she had a homemade Very Hungry Caterpillar book!

Does that make any sense? I realize I should have stapled the book together after the glue dried, because the pages stick together. But Ashton enjoyed the activity and it kept her busy for awhile. Maybe next time she can help me cut out the shapes.

I do not claim to be crafty at all, so I feel awfully proud of myself when I come up with a neat craft activity. Today, I feel proud. I am a good mommy.

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