Monday, May 19, 2008

Pipe cleaner caterpillar

2008_05_caterpillar

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:
  • pipe cleaner
  • decorative beads with whole large enough to fit over pipe cleaner
  • optional: paper circle on which to draw face, white glue

Instructions:
  • curl one end of the pipe cleaner (so the beads don't fall off)
  • string beads along the pipe cleaner
  • leave 2 cm of pipe cleaner unbeaded
  • curl the remaining end of the pipe cleaner (so the beads don't fall off)
  • decorate the paper circle to be the face
  • glue the face on to one end of the pipe cleaner
  • bend the beaded pipe cleaner to shape!

2008_05_caterpillar_side

3 comments:

  1. How cute is that? I LOVE this site, I'll be back!

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  2. Cathy: glad you like it! You're always welcome here.

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  3. This is such a wonderful and creative idea! I should do this with my little ones over the weekend and ill go buy some beads on friday!

    Thank you for posting this!

    Cheers,
    Alison

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