Touching Stories

Story-Inspired Art Project

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🎯 Objective:
Create a hanging mobile based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

 

🧰 Materials Needed:

• 6–7 pompoms each in 1" and 1.5" sizes

• Paper cutout foods based on the story: Use puffy paint to outline the food shapes for a tactile effect, helping visually impaired children recognize each item.

• Green ribbon or vine string

• White Wool felt (for cocoon)

• Colored felt (for butterfly)

• Paper cutout foods

• Fluffy Pipe cleaner

• Crystal bead stickers

• Glue gun and glue sticks

• Scissors

 

🖌️ Instructions:

1. Read the Story

• Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar aloud to the audience using expressive voice and gestures.

• Begin creating the mobile while reinforcing the story.

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1. Make the Caterpillars

• Glue 6–7 small (1") pompoms together in a line to make the hungry caterpillar.

• Glue 6–7 larger (1.5") pompoms together in a line to make the full caterpillar after eating.

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1. Attach the Food

• Attach paper cutout foods to the hungry caterpillar while retelling the story:
  “One apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday…”

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1. Create the Cocoon

• Wrap white wool felt around the full caterpillar to make the cocoon.

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1. Make the Butterfly

• Cut a butterfly shape from colored felt.

• Glue pipe cleaners on to represent the butterfly’s body.

• Decorate it with crystal bead stickers.

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1. Assemble the Mobile

• Tie three green ribbons to the caterpillars and butterfly.

• Attach the ribbons to the wooden stick and tie a string on top for hanging.

 

✅ Tips:

• Hang each piece at different lengths for balance.

• Use plenty of glue to secure the pompoms and felt.