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I Love Dad with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (father's day gift)

Celebrate Dad's special day by saying "I Love You"--with a little help from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This bright and colorful book is the ideal way to tell the person you call "Dad" how much you appreciate him. It's the perfect gift for Father's Day, Dad's birthday, or any day that you want to show Dad just how much you care. buy now: https://amzn.to/455ac0q

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Book By Martin Jr., Bill & Eric Carle 9780805047905 | eBay

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“It is with heavy hearts that we share that Eric Carle, author & illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other beloved classics, passed away on May 23rd at the age of 91.

Thank you for sharing your great talent with generations of young readers.” - Penguin Kids on twitter

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Big Papier-mâché Caterpillars and Bugs

For my sister’s pre-pandemic baby shower a few years ago I made a bunch of Eric Carle-inspired Very Hungry Caterpillars.  They were made from “bleeding” color tissue paper, watered down Elmer’s glue, and wire.  There were a lot of steps to the process, but the whole thing worked out very close to how I imagined it, which if you make a lot of stuff, you know that’s kind of rare!  Below is a step-by-step process for making the ‘pillars.

My mom had asked me to make centerpieces for the baby shower and I wanted to do something brightly colored and gender neutral.  I thought papier-mache would be ideal because I could work up something sculptural and lightweight and not spend a lot of money.  I settled on Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” because it seemed like showers are for some reason obligated to have a theme and because I could replicate Carle’s distinctive style by using transparent brightly colored tissue to get close to the stained glass appearance of Carle’s collages.  Taking a page out of his own book, I guess. 

Materials:

Bleeding Art Tissue

Elmer’s Glue All

armature wire

floral wire

Das Paper Clay (any self hardening clay would work, or you could bake polymer clay)

Process:

I first made “donuts” for the segments of the caterpillars’ bodies by crumpling tissue into flattened sphere shapes and then layering strips of tissue over the shapes with white glue diluted to a very thin consistency.  I varied the greens I used (and also used blue and yellow for the interior crumples) in order to get richer greens.  The bleeding art tissue looks great when used this way, but is Extremely messy-- my hands were very colorful.  

I made the red heads of the ‘pillars in the same way.

The faces of the caterpillars were just glued on-- I used more opaque paper (rather than the tissue) for those and painted paper for the colors I didn’t have.

I strung the donuts together with armature wire by piercing them and using a strong needle (the heavy duty sort you get in those packs hand sewing needles for upholstery and sail repair).  So that the wire didn’t show, I didn’t run the wire all the way through the head or the final segment, instead looping it in the back of those donuts, pulling the whole caterpillar somewhat tight,and twisting the wire back in on itself to hold it together.  The armature wire holds nice bends, so once strung, I could form the caterpillars into lively shapes.  Each caterpillar was a slightly different shape, which made sense, since the caterpillar changes shape in the course of the book! 

For the legs/feet I formed little “hershey’s kiss” shapes out of clay around short lengths of floral wire.  When they were dry I glued brown tissue on them and stuck them into the green body segments with a little dab of glue where they met the body.  

The antennas were made by covering skinny loops of floral wire with tissue and sticking them into the head in the same way I did the legs/feet (the antennas are pink in the photo because I didn’t have black tissue-- I painted them black before sticking them in the heads).

After I made all those caterpillars I made some ladybugs, butterflies, and a honeybee!  The bee and butterflies were made on lengths of floral wire so they could float above flower arrangements.

The caterpillars worked well as centerpieces along with some flowers and when the party was over people with kids took them home as decorations.  

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"Unidentified butterfly or moth caterpillar in the Virgin Islands," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166693082.

WE REMEMBER ERIC CARLE

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

In memory of children's book author Eric Carle, who died Sunday at age 91, we share an eclectic mix of caterpillar-related records from our holdings, including quotes from Founding Fathers Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin!

"Close view of Monarch butterfly larvae on Common Milkweed leaf," Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166712292.

Founding Fathers on very hungry caterpillars

All from FOUNDERS ONLINE, National Archives' National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

John Adams on very hungry caterpillars:

Having met naturalist Pierre Lyonnet, John Adams wrote to wife Abigail of his fascination with caterpillars:

Have you an Inclination to read and inspect Cutts of the Anatomy of Caterpillars—their Nerves, Blood, Juices, Bones, Hair, Senses, Intellects &c. &c.—Their moral Sense, their Laws, Government, Manners and Customs. I dont know whether he [Lyonnet] teaches the manner of destroying them, and Saving the Apple tree. I doubt not the Book is worth studying. All Nature is so.—But I have too much to do, to Study Men, and their mischievous Designs upon Apple Trees and other Things... (letter from John to Abigail, July 25, 1782).

Thomas Jefferson on very hungry caterpillars:

a caterpillar is devouring the crops of latter wheat Southwestwardly of us, and as far as this river. I have not heard of it further N. Eastwardly. it eats off the whole foliage, it also attacks the corn & tobacco, & indeed the weeds of various kinds. (letter from Jefferson to Madison, May 30 1806).

Ben Franklin on very hungry caterpillars:

We hear from several Parts of the Country, that infinite Multitudes of black Worms or Caterpillars coming out of the Earth, threaten Destruction to the late promising Crops of Corn and Grass; large Fields being in a Day or two cut down and devoured by them, and the Ground laid bare. (from Franklin's Gazette, May 27, 1742).

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar, Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166698244.

First Lady Laura Bush reads “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to kids in a Chicago hospital, 5/14/2001, Bush (43) Library, NARA ID 172544254.

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The Very Hung Caterpillar

This one always takes me back...

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We all love surprise and innovation, something new and unique, but sometimes things just work perfectly and are most beautiful by virtue of their simplicity. For over 50 years, and through multiple iterations, from the original to a lift-the-flap version, to bilingual versions in over 17 languages, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" (1967) by beloved duo Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle, has charmed children and parents with its repetitive refrain familiar to so many of us. Carle's incredible illustrations of colourful animals, slightly different from one edition to the next (a grey mouse appeared in the 1970 version, as did a pink elephant, and it wasn't until 1984 that a teacher took the place of the monkey at the end) have kept toddlers poring over its pages for decades, and likely will for the foreseeable future. A lovely staple that belongs on every baby's shelf. ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ #noodlenutsclassickidlit #brownbearbrownbearwhatdoyousee #brownbearbrownbear #billmartinjr #ericcarle #ericcarlebooks #ericcarlemuseum #ericcarleinspired #billmartinjrbooks #brownbear #toddlerbooks #rhymes #learningcolors #magicofchildhood #preschoolteacher #picturebook #childrensclassics #littlebookworm #growingreaders #preschoolreaders https://www.instagram.com/p/B84YeRfHAAX/?igshid=lhou8n1rou3x