I am one that will never be old to play with bugs. Well at least make them. Today I made some cute caterpillar pets with my son which was fun for the both of us. Below you will find instructions to make this fun Beaded Caterpillar Craft.
Supplies:
- Colorful beads
- Colorful sequins
- 20 gauge round wire
- Cotton pom poms
- Wiggle eyes
- Wire cutter
- Glue gun
First you will want to cut the wire for your caterpillar. I cut mine around 4″-5″ long. Then glue the pom pom on one end of the wire. Set aside for 1-2 minutes to allow glue to harden.
Next add a couple sequins and then a bead. Then a couple more sequins and then a bead. I tried to follow a little color pattern with my caterpillar.
Continue this pattern until you have about 1/2″ to 1″ of wire left. Then use wire cutters to coil the end. This will help your beads from falling off. Next bend the wire a little to make it look squirmy.
Next glue on some wiggly eyes. My son liked his caterpillar with BIG eyes which gives it a cute look!
The possibilities are endless with these. You can use a variety of beads, use the same color like all green, use small and large eyes to make them look silly. You can also use pipe cleaners instead of wire if you have those handy.
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These are so cute!! I love little crafts like this they make rainy afternoons pass by faster!
Aw…those are too adorable. I never think of things like that for my kids. I have to read other peoples blogs 🙂
That is really really cute! I know I used to love stringing beads-mostly into necklaces. I wish I had thought of this when my friends kids were young!
Same here. I have made jewelry with beads before, but never a crafty project like this one 🙂
That is wicked cute! My kids would love to make those 🙂
That is so cute. My youngest is not the biggest in crafting but I can definitely see him enjoying this one. I think I will have him make one so we can send it to his grandmother.
What an adorable craft! I bet if you put a clasp on the end it would be an adorable bracelet too!
That turned out cute! I wouldn’t call it a caterpillar though, it looks more snake-like!
Googly eyes! Nothing beats a craft with googly eyes. Nothing.
I love this project. The beads are cute, the worm is posable, and google eyes!
Those are so cute! My kids love little crafty things like this where they get to actually make the toys they play with (they seem to play with them more!).
Anything and everything with googly eyes is seriously so adorable! hehe love your caterpillar craft! Pinning!
Cute, cute, cute!! I am always looking for little crafts to do with the grandkids. I know the girls would love doing this one.
He is super cute. Thank you for sharing this easy craft. Ill have to see if I have the supplies for it.
These look so fun to make. I can imagine my son running around twirling them in the air, haha.
Oh my kids would have a blast making these. What total fun. Thanks so much for sharing, we now have something fun to do this weekend.
These are so cute! I’m adding this to our list of ways to spend a rainy afternoon!
Oh that’s cute! I use to play with beads and craft all the time when I was a kid. I bet my kids would love to make these and play with them.
These look like a fun craft to make with the kids!! These are cute my kids would love them!
That is really pretty. Just in time for Spring. My kids love crafts.
That’s so cute! That would look great on my desk next to my butterfly!
These are so cute! My kids would love making these. They love making things with beads.
These are just so cute! It would be so much fun to make these with the kids.
These are so cute and I have never seen these before. I love the bead bodies and the pom pom heads with the googly eyes. These will be fun to made with the kids. Thanks for sharing.
I solo love these, and I especially love the little eyes. I can’t wait to give this a try
I love this idea, they look super cute and must be so much fun to do with the little ones!
It’s so easy to make and its’ cute too. My daughter (teen) would even love making these!
This one is so adorable. I admire creativity especially if it looks this cute
How cute! My son likes crafts with googly eyes. 🙂
That is cute. I have made pompom ones but never beaded and pompom.
This is such a cute craft for kids! I love the fact that it is easy and fun!
This craft is really adorable and creative. I think that most small kids would love to have a caterpillar like this one.
So cute !!! thanks for sharing …
What a fun craft! WIll have to try this with my daughter and her friends!
These are so cute and so easy to make! I’m sure my kids would have a ball creating their own.
My girls would totally love making a craft like that. I’m not sure I’d have the patience but it sure would be fun to try.
We should get our girls together. They can go bead cray and make a whole beaded caterpillar family.
What a cute little craft! My kids love tiny little creatures and toys and they would love to make these.
This is so super cute. I bet my 6 year old would love making it.
That’s the cutest caterpillar!! And, I bet this would make a great VBS craft! Thanks for the idea!
My daughter loves playing with beads. I’m sure she’d have fun creating something like this.
I love his eyes! What an adorable craft and perfect for the kiddos to make over the weekend.
Kids could make a whole farm of these and give them names! They could attach them to their back packs too!
This is super cute for the kids to make! So creative! Would be great to attach to there zipper pulls on there backpacks for school.