In this post, we have a lovely activity: a special The Very Hungry Caterpillar craft that your kids will absolutely love. My children have always loved the awesome children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, especially my youngest. She could probably sit and read it over and over for hours.
This craft is a fun coloring printable book! Visit our caterpillar and butterfly hub HERE! We have dozens and dozens of awesome printables, activities and ideas that your kids will love!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft ~ Printable Book
These The Very Hungry Caterpillar printables are awesome! They are perfect for younger kids and for older kids! My children, ages 6 and 8 loved these!
First, we read the book (of course!) and then we continued with all the fun. You can also get these The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities free printables (at the end of this post).
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book and Plush (Book&Toy)
This is how this works:
- download The Very Hungry Caterpillar printable book,
- print it out in black and white (one for each child),
- cut it out and
- put it together.
Once the hungry caterpillar printables are ready, gather a pencil for each child and coloring utensils (crayons, markers, coloring pencils, etc).

Very Hungry Caterpillar Homeschool Printables ~ Day and Fruit Names
Alright, let’s get started with The Very Hungry Caterpillar printable booklet! First, you can choose to color the printable hungry caterpillar food pictures all at once, like a coloring book.
Or you can choose to do all of the handwriting at once. Or maybe, you can choose to do one page at a time (handwriting and coloring). But these The Hungry Caterpillar printables, we also made to teach the names of each day of the week.
It also includes the names of the fruit that the caterpillar ate in the story. You can do that all very hungry caterpillar food pictures at once and do the handwriting and coloring later.

Very Hungry Caterpillar Fruit Printables
Don’t you love these hungry caterpillar pictures to print anytime you want your kids to practice their handwriting and/or the names of the days of the week and the names of fruit?
These free printable activities for The Very Hungry Caterpillar are perfect for kids of different ages.
Maybe the younger ones aren’t writing yet, but they can still color the pictures and learn the names of the days and fruit.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pictures to Print
This printable includes a short hungry caterpillar food list. It only includes the fruit and not the food items it ate on Saturday.
But The Very Hungry Caterpillar mini book printable is full of many learning and fun activities. See if your children can retell the story, listing all the food the caterpillar eats in the booklet!

To get The Very Hungry Caterpillar homeschool printable coloring book, simply enter your email in the box below and check your inbox!
The PDF file will be right there waiting for you to download and print for your littles!
Thank you for checking out our The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft ~ Printable Book (Day and Fruit Names) post!
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