Easy How to Draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar Tutorial Video and Coloring Page
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Coloring Page.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Drawing
Why try this Very Hungry Caterpillar tutorial?
When students learn how to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar and it really looks like the character in Eric Carle’s famous book, they might just get a whole new appreciation for how much fun it is to draw.
Many caterpillar tutorials on the internet today are made from using circles that overlap each other just a bit. That’s one way to do it, but you don’t end up with that very squishy look that pretty much all caterpillars have.
Instead, start by drawing lines and then attach them at the top and bottom with curves. You get a guaranteed drawing of a fat caterpillar. Add the familiar red face, purple antennae and brown feet, and everyone will know exactly who this is!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Coloring Page
Materials
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- Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright.
- Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks!
- Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase.
- Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tips. Stabilo Markers. They have the best colors, the best tips, and last the longest.
Directions to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Time needed: 45 minutes
Step by Step directions to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Draw a large D shape and a curvy line with a hump in the middle.
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Start adding lines along the curbe shape. They need to turn with the line as shown here.
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Add more lines that follow the curve. Try to make them all the same length.
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Continue with more lines that follow the curve.
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Finish with a few shorter ones at the end.
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Place your pencil on the top and connect the ends to start the squishy shape.
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Place your pencil on the bottom and jump from end to end to complete the squishy shape.
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Add the face, antennae and feet. Erase the spine line inside.
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Fill the pencil drawing with marker color. If possible, use three shades of green for extra color.
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