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March 26, 2019 · Updated December 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Handprint Caterpillar Craft

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This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

Kid-Made Handprint Caterpillar

Handprint crafts are always a welcome gift because they are personal. We made handprint Christmas ornaments when the oldest girls were little and we still treasure them to this day!

This handprint caterpillar craft is the perfect keepsake idea for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, etc. I especially love this craft because it is one that kids can really make themselves (or help make if they’re younger).

We made one handprint for each girl – so our caterpillar has three sections. However this is an open-ended craft and you can make as many segments as you like to represent each child in your own family.

This would even be a fun classroom craft to make an extra-long caterpillar representing every student!

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  • Rainbow cardstock
  • Craft glue
  • Black marker
  • Pencil
  • Pipe cleaner
  • Pom-poms

Handprint Caterpillar Craft Directions

First, watch this quick video demo to see how we made our handprint caterpillar craft, then keep reading for full step-by-step instructions.

Click video to play:

Step-by-step Instructions:

Have your kid(s) trace their handprints onto colorful cardstock. We use thick cardstock instead of construction paper because it is sturdier, but you can use any type of colorful craft paper that you have on hand.

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

Cut out handprints – as many as you’d like! We did one for each child.

Cut out one circle (about 4-5″ in diameter) for each handprint, as well as one additional circle to be the head. Glue one circle on top of the wrist area of each handprint.

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

Now glue the circles together to form the caterpillar’s body, with the handprint fingers facing downwards to be the legs. Glue on the caterpillar’s head.

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

We used a black marker to draw on the caterpillar face – you could use paint, google eyes, etc. to make yours unique. We then used 2-3″ pieces of black pipe cleaners topped with small pom-poms to form the antennae.

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

Finally, each of the kids wrote their names/initials on their handprints.

You can follow our example or add your own fun customizations with stickers, markers, glitter, or any art supplies you like!

This handprint caterpillar craft is a cute kid-made gift for parents, grandparents, and family!

More of our favorite kids paper craft ideas:

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Pop-Up Easter Egg Card

Cupcake Mother's Day card with kids photo inside

Cupcake Pop-Up Card

Show your appreciation for your hard-working educators with an adorable kid-made Ladybug Teacher Thank You Card. Easy paper craft and keepsake photo gift.

Ladybug Photo Craft

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Stacey is the creator of The Soccer Mom Blog, a Houston Texas mom blog that focuses on positive living for women and families. She loves to share real food recipes, money-saving tips, parenting encouragement, kids activities, DIY tutorials, home hacks, fitness, and so much more! To get to know Stacey even better, click here.
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