Cutest Caterpillar
No bells, no whistles . . . well, okay, a few bells! Make the cutest caterpillar out of egg cups and jingle bells. Not only is this craft fun to look at, but it makes a lovely sound, too. The cutest caterpillar is soft and fuzzy and jingles when he moves. |
What You'll Need:
- Foam or paper egg carton
- 7 small jingle bells
- 2 wiggle eyes
- 1 crescent-shape faux gem
- Tiny poms
- Scissors
- Needle and thread
- Craft glue
Step 1: Cut 9 egg cups from the carton. Trim the edges as smoothly as you can.
 Sew thread through the center of the egg cup. |
Step 2: Thread a needle, and tie a knot at the end of the thread. Poke a hole in the bottom of one of the cups from the outside in. Pull the thread all the way through.
Step 3: String a second cup onto the thread, this time poking the hole from the inside out. Glue these 2 cups together.
 Thread a jingle bell on the line and attach it to the cups. |
Step 4: Thread a jingle bell onto the line, then begin stringing the rest of the egg cups. Place each hole off-center in the bottom of the cup, stringing from the inside out. String a jingle bell after each cup. Repeat until the final cup is in place.
Step 5: Tie a knot in the thread, and glue it to the "nose" of the last egg cup (the face of the caterpillar).
Step 6: Glue wiggle eyes and a gem on the face to create a smile that covers the end of the thread.
 Glue colorful poms along the body of the caterpillar. |
Step 7: Glue tiny colorful poms all over the caterpillar's body, making sure to glue one to the very end, covering the thread at the bottom.
String more than 9 egg cups -- string 20! or 30! or more! This critter can be as long or as short as you like.
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