3D Paper Caterpillar Craft with Template

This adorable 3D paper caterpillar craft is a cute and flexible project to do with your kids! This can be a “free-form” project or you can use our printable caterpillar craft template and cut along the lines.

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Spring is the perfect time of year to make insect crafts, and we love them. We’ve shared some caterpillar craft ideas and will have a few more in the coming days.

If you are considering this craft with a preschooler or kindergartener, you will need adult assistance. Since there is a lot of cutting involved, this craft is a great fine motor skill exercise for kids.

This is also a great project for the older generation.

3D Paper Craft Caterpillar with Pattern

What you need:

printer if you decide to use our caterpillar craft template (you can find the template at the end of the tutorial)
red or yellow paper for the head
green paper for body
glue
drag
optional (black marker and eye stickers if you decide to draw this little creature by hand).

You can watch the video tutorial

Or follow the step by step instructions in the picture

Print out the caterpillar craft templates. You can find them at the end of this tutorial.

Place a red sheet of paper and a green sheet of paper into your printer and print the file. This is optional of course. This craft is super cute if you just do it yourself.

Cut out a square of green paper. Fold along the straight line (small rectangle – if you look at the image below, the straight line is on the right side). Now cut along all the dotted lines. Cut, cut, cut.

Get Caterpillar Manual Sample

Print on colored or white paper and let your child get creative with coloring the paper.

Clicking the links will open the PDF forms in a new window. If the links don’t open, hover over the text, right click and select save link as (or similar wording in your browser)

Happy crafting!

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