Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Felt Food for Hungry Caterpillars



The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is one of the little buddy's favorite books. So when I came across this post a few months ago on Once Upon a Thread featuring felt food from The Very Hungry Caterpillar I immediately wanted to do it. But then I got thinking about all the time it would take . . . and it went to the back burner. Today the little buddy asked me to read him the Very Hungry Caterpillar. He kept talking about it so I casually got online and showed him the felt food. He got so excited about it and of course said he wanted it. So I asked him if he wanted to help me make some. He sat on my bed for an hour and helped me pick out the felt colors, and put the pieces on top of each other while I cut them out. He lost interest in helping as soon as his caterpillar was made though-off he went talking to his new best friend.


Seriously he has spent the entire day playing and talking about them-that always makes me feel like a good mom. He even took the ice cream and his caterpillar to bed with him :)



Most everything I cut free hand so I don't have any patterns, and some of them didn't turn out that great, but if you want to make your own and have questions I'd be happy to help!



10 comments:

Tiffany said...

HOW CUTE! Great job!

Holly said...

Those are so cute! That's a favorite book at our house too. Thanks for all of your great ideas!

Camille Evans said...

that is like the cutest thing i have ever seen. That would take me forever to do. Great job! You are a great mom!

The Activity Mom said...

SOOOO adorable! Love it! Shared it on fb and twitter.

Unknown said...

We love that book at our house too!! They turned out great!! Thanks for sharing!

Jedda said...

so darling!! You are a great mom!

Katie Lewis said...

Super adorable. And how fun that he loves it so much!

Mika said...

Woah! You have some serious skills. They turned out great!
What a wonderful keepsake for you and your children.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar was the very first book that I shared with my children from my childhood.

Aaaahh...such a classic!

andrea said...

AWESOME Lauralee! You are adorable, I have been in such a crafting funk, with the miscarriage & now pregnancy! Sheesh! Emotional rollercoaster. But...this might just inspire me to get back into it!

JustForDaisy said...

Oh wow! These are fabulous! I think I'll have to give this a go! Off to get the felt and scissors and make a start! x

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