The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is a very popular children's book first published in 1969. The story is very cute and follows a caterpillar who eats its way through a wide variety of foods before emerging as a butterfly. Recently, one of our
momstown Oakville Event Coordinators hosted a joint birthday party for her children with a Hungry Caterpillar theme. We knew we had to share this great birthday theme as its perfect for a toddler or preschooler and there were so many cute ideas that turned this book into a fantastic party!
Hungry Caterpillar Crafts & Games:
Die penne pasta green and then use paper red circles and yellow yarn to make a caterpillar necklace!
Make a caterpillar magnet craft using
these simple instructions.
Instead of pin the tail on the donkey, it was pin the food in the caterpillar's mouth!
Hungry Caterpillar Food:
There is a lot of food in this story and thankfully most of it is very healthy! Each food item from the book was displayed on the table with its own line and image from the story. For the ice cream cone in the story, the party host used an ice cream shaped cookie cutter to cut out sandwiches in the shape of ice cream cones.
Hungry Caterpillar Loot Bags:
The Hungry Caterpillar loot bags contained a lollipop to eat, lollipop eraser, squishy caterpillar, butterfly glowstick and a package of caterpillar food (fruit gummies).
This book has lots of elements in it that can be drawn out for a great birthday party theme. Visit the
momstown arts & crafts site for tons more birthday party theme ideas.
