The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a very special book! It’s no wonder that it has been such a huge favourite for generations, but the simple, engaging story and bold illustrations capture the imagination and inspire all sorts of creative learning activities.
So of course this catchy Hungry Caterpillar Rap is the perfect song to sing along with all the caterpillar festivities!
Hungry Caterpillar Rap
I am a hungry caterpillar,
I need to eat a lot for dinner,
I munch, munch here, and I crunch, crunch there,
A cabbage, a peach, a plum or a pear,
Crunch-crunch, crunch-crunch wi-ggle, wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
Chomp-chomp, chomp-chomp, wi-ggle wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
Crunch-crunch, crunch-crunch wi-ggle wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
That’s the way he e- ats his lunch.
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I climb the corn right up to the top,
I don’t look down and I never stop,
I need to eat because real soon,
It’ll be time to make my cocoon.
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch wi-ggle wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
Chomp-chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp wi-ggle wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch wi-ggle wi- ggle, wi-ggle wi- ggle
Then it’s time to build a cocoon.
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In my cocoon I have a long sleep,
I don’t come out and I never peep,
But when it’s time look up in the sky,
And I’ll be a beautiful butterfly!
Flap-flap, flu- tter, flu- tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter,
Flip-flip, flu- tter, flu- tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter,
Flap-flap, flu- tter, flu- tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter, flu-tter,
That’s the way a butterfly goes!
This rap is so quick and easy to remember as it borrows the catchy tune from the well known song – Down in The Jungle.
You’ll find that kids love improvising with the actions too, with plenty of crunching and wiggling of the caterpillar and then lots of graceful, flapping and fluttering of the beautiful butterfly at the end.
Listen to the tune here
I hope you enjoy this animated video of this wonderful book as much as I did!
Butterflies come out of a chrysalis…not a cocoon :/
That is of course correct Ashlea, but a cocoon is the silky covering – here is the dictionary definition; ” A cocoon is a silky web spun around the larvae of many insects. Caterpillars emerge from their cocoons as beautiful butterflies”.