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Do and Learn

Make a Clay Caterpillar

Make a caterpillar with clay.

You Need:

Clay dough of diff erent colours, toothpicks

What to Do:

• Make a few balls of diff erent sizes using clay.
• Put the clay balls in a row from small to big and

join them together.
• Take two toothpicks. Break them and insert two
small clay balls of same colour on the top of the
broken toothpicks. This makes the antennae of the
caterpillar.

• Now, insert these toothpicks on the head (the biggest clay ball) of the caterpillar.

• Make two very small clay balls each from black and white coloured clays. Flatten them. Stick
the smaller black fl attened part on the bigger white fl attened part. This makes the eyes.
• Make a mouth by rolling a small part of red

clay in between your palms. Place the eyes
and mouth on the head region.
Project Time
• Make small feet by rolling the yellow clay.

Attach them on either sides of each ball or 1. Work in groups and fi nd out the life
segment of caterpillar’s body. cycle of ants and bees using the

Your clay caterpillar is now ready. cycle of these insects. Display the
Internet. Prepare charts on the life

classroom.
charts and discuss the same in your

2. Using the Internet, collect interesting
information/stories/poems on the life
of ants/bees as social animals. Paste
them in your scrapbook and share
with your friends.

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