Very Hungry Caterpillar Button Craft with Recycled Newspaper Fruits 🍎🐛 To make this very hungry caterpillar, fold a pipe cleaner in half and thread on 20-30 green buttons, putting both sides of the pipe cleaner through the button holes. We found buttons that were similar in size and a variety of green colors, just like the colors in the book! Then, we put on two red buttons for the head of the caterpillar. Finally, I trimmed the ends of the pipe cleaner into antennae! I made the fruit by paint