Cardboard Roll Stamped Caterpillar Craft
Since we’ve started crafting, so long ago, I have a habit of saving our cardboard rolls. There’s just so many craft projects you can make with them. One such project is to use them as stamps for our Cardboard Roll Stamped Caterpillar Craft.
Our caterpillars in this spring caterpillar craft are slowly inching their way across large leaves, basically the size of a whole sheet of cardstock. Yes, we have a Free Printable Leaf Template for those, too!
Cardboard Roll Stamped Caterpillar Craft
To make our stamped caterpillars craft you will first need our leaf template. The remainder of the supplies include cardboard rolls, green cardstock, acrylic paint in bright colors, green and silver markers, small googly eyes, glue, and scissors.
Stamped Spring Caterpillar Craft Step by Step Directions
Begin by printing our leaf template.
Trace the leaf on green cardstock. We made many caterpillars using different shades of green leaves. Cut out the leaf.
Use a green marker to make veins along the leaf. We used metallic markers.
Now, pour some bright colors of paint on a paper plate. You can use a single color, which makes it easier when blending at the next steps, or multi-colors.
Dip one end of a cardboard in the paint.
Then begin stamping your caterpillar on the leaf.
Five circles makes a nice caterpillar.
Before the paint is dry on your caterpillar, go back in with your finger and blend the colors towards the center of each circle. When doing this with very little ones, you can always go back in after the circle is dry and fingerpaint to fill in the color. Let the paint dry completely.
Finally, when the paint is dry, add googly eyes and draw on a pair of antennae with a silver or other metallic marker.
Now all that’s left is to make more caterpillars in all the different spring colors.
This caterpillar kids craft is so pretty and so fun!
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More Spring Crafts for Kids
Looking for more spring crafts for kids? Check out our Fingerprint Caterpillar Craft, Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bugs Craft, Craft Stick Handprint Butterfly Craft, and our Paper Loop Bugs Craft to name just a few of our many fun spring crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!
Cardboard Roll Stamped Caterpillar Craft
Fun spring caterpillar craft using cardboard rolls and fingerpainting!
Materials
- Leaf Template
- Cardboard rolls
- Green cardstock
- Acrylic paint - bright spring colors
- Markers - green, silver
- Googly eyes, small
- Glue
- Scissors
Instructions
- Begin by printing our leaf template.
- Trace the leaf on green cardstock. We made many caterpillars using different shades of green leaves. Cut out the leaf.
- Use a green marker to make veins along the leaf. We used metallic markers.
- Now, pour some bright colors of paint on a paper plate. You can use a single color, which makes it easier when blending at the next steps, or multi-colors.
- Dip one end of a cardboard in the paint.
- Then begin stamping your caterpillar on the leaf.
- Five circles makes a nice caterpillar.
- Before the paint is dry on your caterpillar, go back in with your finger and blend the colors towards the center of each circle. When doing this with very little ones, you can always go back in after the circle is dry and fingerpaint to fill in the color. Let the paint dry completely.
- Finally, when the paint is dry, add googly eyes and draw on a pair of antennae with a silver or other metallic marker.
Notes
When doing this with very little ones, you can always go back in after the circle is dry and fingerpaint to fill in the color.