The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our family’s favorite children’s stories. We’ve read it so many times that Big Brother (age 5.5) can recite the words without even cracking open the book. So I was excited to pull together a fun follow up activity for my kids: Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzles.
These simple, colorful puzzles are a motivating way to practice matching, build fine motor skills and even sound out words. Grab your set of free Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzles below and then hop on over and snag our Editable Sight Word Games in our shop to practice any word under the sun!
This post contains a referral link to the Very Hungry Caterpillar app.
Getting Ready
Prepping the Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzles (HERE) was easy breezy. I printed the pages on cardstock to make them extra sturdy, cut along the gray lines to separate the pieces and slid each puzzle into a separate Ziploc so they’d be ready to grab and build.
Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzles
Middle Brother (age 3.5) had been watching me work and was eager to jump in and start building his first puzzle.
He made quick work of the project and eagerly started piecing together a harder set.
Meanwhile, Big Brother (age 5.5) wandered in from the sandbox and wanted to join in the fun. He’s all about challenges these days, so he confidently grabbed the big daddy of them all: caterpillar. Bit by bit, he stretched out the word and (with a little help on the silent E and double L) placed all eleven pieces in their just -right spot.
(He worked on strawberry and butterfly. The boy has no fear!)
Grab Your Pack
Ready to play?! Download your Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzles here!
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Thank you so much for these I’ve printed and we will be playing with them tomorrow.
Fantastic, Cerys! I hope your kids love them too!!
So clever! These puzzles will be a big hit in our house.
Hooray! I’m excited the puzzles will come in handy, Jodie!!
Love the puzzles and I know they are free and I shouldn’t be complaining, but the caterpillar in the printout is missing his rear end and hind legs. 🙁 Just thought you might want to be aware.
Hi Linn,
Thanks a million for letting us know about the mistake! I just updated the link in the post. You can grab your copy of the fixed set here:
https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Caterpillar-Puzzles1.pdf
Thanks so much! 🙂
Love these word cards the kids will have fun with them.
Thank You!
Ann
nice
Thanks! Enjoy!