Make a Bookworm Bookmark to make reading more fun! Make one for every book you read and write the book name on the back. Collect your bookworms and make a mobile to demonstrate your reading progress for all to see.

Trivia:

Experts say that reading reduces stress by 68 percent for kids and adults. Source: University of Minnesota – Reading For Stress Relief

Supplies

• Construction Paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Wiggle Eyes
• Glue Stick
• Markers or Colored Pencils
• Large Bottle Cap or Small Plastic Lid to Trace Around

Instructions

1. Trace six times around a Snapple cap or other bottle cap onto a piece of construction paper. Cut out the circles.
2. Glue the circles together in a row to make a worm.
3. Glue on wiggle eyes.
4. Cut out or write the letters “READ!” on the circles.
5. Write the name of the book on the back.

Here’s some books that may be fun to read with this craft:

Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm by Herman Parish

The Very Hungry Caterpiller by Eric Carle

A Worm’s Tale by Barbaro Lingren

Toestomper and the Caterpillers by Sharleen Calicott