Wriggle into Autumn with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
If you asked me what my favourite childhood book is, I would tell you, without a moments hesitation, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. As a child I can remember nothing more exciting than lifting the tabs on each page to see what the caterpillar had eaten, reading along with my Mum, a teacher at school and later by myself, until I knew it word for word .
When Lewis was born I had bought him The Very Hungry Caterpillar as his first ever book, and countless more copies over the years for Eva, Megan and Harry, replacing them when they got so worn from being read over and over.
I hadn’t realised until recently that it is almost 50 years since Eric Carle designed, illustrated and wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar and yet no surprise that the sales of this iconic book have now exceeded over 45million copies, with one being sold every 30 seconds!!
We were recently offered a gorgeous selection of The Very Hungry Caterpillar merchandise and with the children being such huge fans, we couldn’t wait to try it! I put together our top ten items for all Hungry Caterpillar fans!!
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Melamine Sectional Tray
I love a sectional tray, mainly for the reason that as a parent whose children have a meltdown if any of their food touches a separate item there is hell to pay! Bean juice on chips? It’s most likely to end up on the floor! So these trays are great for sectioning out their dinner and keeping them, and me, happy.
RRP £8 Available from www.portmeirion.co.uk
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Happy Tin
I love this tin, filled with three fantastic colouring and activity books, a poster, 50 fun stickers and 4 felt tip pens. Plus it can all be stored away neatly (bonus) and the tin can be re-used after for all of those tiny little kinder egg toys you find stuffed under the couch. Or maybe that’s just me….
RRP £16.99 Available from Asda, Debenhams, Amazon, HMV, Tesco, The Works and Sainsbury’s.
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Press Out and Play
This is a fab little activity book where you can colour in the card pieces, press them out and then slot them together to make animals from the beloved Eric Carle stories. It comes with 6 crayons and press-out pieces to create 7 animal models.
RRP £4.99 Available from Debenhams, Amazon, WHSmith and Toys ‘R Us.
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Let’s Explore
The kids loved this book with animal stampers and ink pad to decorate the pages and create their own art work, plus lots of other little activities such as spot the difference or making a caterpillar door handle. I love books like this which you can pull out on rainy days or on holidays.
RRP £4.99 Available from Debenhams, Amazon and Sainsbury’s.
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cloudy Apple Drinks
I don’t know about you but my children will eat and drink just about anything that has a picture of their favourite character on there. I really struggle to get fruit juice into Harry and yet as a huge fan of the Hungry Caterpillar, he couldn’t get enough of these! I love that they are made from 50% pressed fruit, school approved, not from concentrate and no added sugar, sweeteners, colours or preservatives. Plus they are totally delicious!
RRP £1.89 for 3 x 200ml Available from Waitrose, Ocado and Tesco.
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar 2018 Family Calendar
We are notorious for forgetting birthdays and anniversaries, so a calendar is much needed, and this one is great. There’s room for all the family meaning we might just get out of the bad books this coming year!
RRP £9.99 Available from The Calendar Club and Amazon
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar 2018 Family Calendar
This smaller sized family calendar is equally lovely and perfect as a second planner when, like us, you forget to look at the first one!
RRP £9.99 Available from The Calendar Club and Amazon
8. Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 41 million copies worldwide in over 62 languages. In this new lift-flap book, children are asked where the Hungry Caterpillar might be hiding. Is he hiding in the grass? No, that’s a chirpy cricket! Is he nibbling the strawberry? No, that’s an ant! The lift-flap on every spread lets little readers join in the fun as they search in this fun, interactive take on the beloved children’s story, and my kids LOVE it!!
RRP £7.99 Available from all good bookshops.
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Placemats Pad
These are FAB and sure to keep your little ones busy at mealtimes. We use these when we go out to eat which means that there’s way less whinging as we wait for our food to come and no moment of panic when the restaurant doesn’t have paper and pencils….we have learned from experience!!
RRP £9.99 Available from The Works
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Age Cards
With so many of these items making the perfect gift, I love these birthday cards to celebrate 1st and 2nd birthdays! Each card has a printed inside along with black and white artwork.
RRP £2.25 each Available from independent card and gift shops
So there you have it, the most gorgeous collection of The Very Hungry Caterpillar merchandise! All of these lovely items have only fuelled the children’s obsession and I hope that, like me, they still love it just as much when they have children of their own.
If you would like to win all of these items, simply enter via the link below! Winner will be notified via email at close of competition on 13th November. Good luck!
I had no idea there were so many Hungry Caterpillar products available – my daughter loves the story, as do I!
They have some amazing merchandise don’t they! It’s a fab book! xx
This is very inspiring,I wonder if there would be a market for a “The Very Hungry Cheetah”? Lord knows I could write that in my sleep!!
I don’t recall my first book I read as a child…..
Haha well I’d buy it!! xx
I love the tin the best – we would reuse it for years afterwards. I’ve always loved the Hungry Caterpillar as a theme – there’s so many craft activities that can be done to support reading the books with my girls.
I agree, it’s a great story and there is so much to work with! xx
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was one of my favourite books I’d read to all three of my kids when they were little. They’re far too big for it now, but when I was doing a clear out recently I couldn’t get rid of my copy! Such great merchandise, this!
Ahh I will be the same, it holds so many memories for me! xx
Wow what a fab bunch of stuff here. Children will love that cool caterpillar for sure 😉 x
It’s my absolute favourite! xx
Ooh wow, what a selection of goodies! I’d love the family calendar – we forgot to put ours up again after our new boiler was installed (as it was put on the bit of wall space we used to hang our calendar) and I miss having one. Love Hungry Caterpillar stuff!
Oh no! I hated losing my calendar space when we put up a canvas! I had to find a new space and I still forget to look! xx
I haven’t heard about this stuff and so Interesting for me and I’m sure kids would love this too so much.
I think it’s such a classic that it deserves a whole range! xx
I have to agree it’s one of my family favourites too. It looks like there are more goodies now to buy with the book these would make the perfect Christmas gift for my friends daughter.
Yes definitely, lots of lovely Christmas bits! xx
Aw the Very Hungry Caterpillar is a family favourite here too, what a fab range of merchandise 🙂
I think it’s’ a firm favourite in every house hold!
I used to love the Hungry Caterpillar when I was younger, and now my little bro loves it too!
We still love it, it’s a fab book! xx
I love that there is so much merchandise for it. Perfect for hungry caterpillar fans.
Me too, and so do my kids! xx
Aw cute! I remember the hungry caterpillar being my favourite book as a child! I would’ve loved this stuff!
It’s funny how many of us (generations!) have grown up with the caterpillar book so seeings extra things is a lot of fun. I bet they’re be loved by my little nieces.
Yes, 50 years, it’s crazy how a book can still be just as popular now as then! xx
What a great selection of items. Love the placemats. Great way to keep kids entertained at a restaurant
Yes definitely! They have some fab items in the range. xx
The merchandise is absolutely adorable! This was one of my favourite childhood books, too!
Isnt it just? There is something for everyone! xx
I love this story book and it’s so nice that it’s still going strong. A proper classic. Love all the bits and bobs too
Me too, it’s a real classic! xx
fabtastic giveaway love hungry caterpillar
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grew up to reading this! my kids would love to have this read to them!
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Thank you for a great competition
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Such beautiful books!
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My children would love this – they love The Hungry Caterpillar
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my little girls would adore this xx
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Love The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
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This is an incredible bundle!
We love the hungry catterpillar
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Remember the hungry Caterpillar at my school, I’m 31 now lol x
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What an amazing prize
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One of my son’s favourite books!
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Oh that plate is lovely! We’ve just started weaning our youngest – fun times!
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Love the Hungry Caterpillar, lovely to be able to buy merch these days, there certainly wasn’t any when I was a kid.
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lovely prize x
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I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve read this book, my son and my daughter love it, and know it all off by heart.
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Love the Hungry Caterpillar. The press and play looks good.
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I did not realise they did drinks, they have really expanded the range from the book, its a great book and one my children love
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I used to love this book as a kid and now my kids love it too!
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lovely giveaway x
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gorgeous quirky giveaway! Love it! Be great for any family x Thanks
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how lovely! such a lot of lovely items!
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great giveaway
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It’s such a classic book, would love this for my sons.x
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Adore the hungry caterpillar and all this merchandise!
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My grandchildren all love the book & would love this bundle
what a lovely set! very hungry caterpillar is very popular in our house!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a family favourite in our house.
My boys love playing the game on their tablets, they would love this too. Thanks for the chance x
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It’s classic, iconic children’s reading…love it! X
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It’s classic, iconic children’s reading…love it! X
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Would love this for my baby Charlie who is 15 months
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what a great giveaway
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Mega fun for Ethan and Esmay
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Love these goodies
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Ny 33 year old son still loves it!
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Amazing Giveaway I am entering for my little Nephew Jack who would love these. Thanks for the chance
Thank you for the opportunity!
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Even after all these year people still love the hungry Caterpillar ??. Wonderful giveaway!
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Looks amazing, fingers crossed!
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Fantastic book, one of my daughters favs
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I love The Very Hungry Caterpillar and it is my son’s favourite ever book.
What a fab prize to win, great for the my children
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Myself and my wife would love reading / using these hungry caterpillar products with our baby boy
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We love the very hungry caterpillar in our house!
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we all love this book in my house, it never fails to be a fab read even years later x
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Love this range
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This is so cute! I loved this book when I was younger and now my little man does too ?
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Wonderful
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Such a classic book well loved by everyone.
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One of my absolute favourites!
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fantastic prize, thank you for the chance
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My son would love this.
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My 3 children would love this. Thanks for the chance xx
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We love the hungry Caterpillar, thanks for this lovely giveaway.
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I loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was little and now the little ones and my niece and nephew all love him too!
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What a lovely collection- my niece is a fan of the very hungry caterpillar. 🙂
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The hungry catapillar was my favourite book as a child. It’s something I read to my kids!
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I would love to win this for my son i love the hungry catapilllar
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I love reading this book with my daughter, so am always happy to share it with little ones now.
That’s loved, she’s 26 now!
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Lovely prize
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I would love to win this for my daughters friends little girl who has just had an operation
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Hope whoever wins receives the prize before it turns into a butterfly
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Fingers crossed for this giveaway !
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This is a truly spectacular bundle… so many wonderful things to explore!
Please count me in…my son adores the Hungry Caterpillar…. x
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This is my nephews favourite.
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What a lovely lot of hungry caterpillar stuff
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Thanks for the chance, these are all brilliant
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I love this book and have red it to all of mine recently there was a caterpillar cocoon tucked in a corner of our porch. My 2 year old got very excited and we had it every day. We had to read the book over and over and still do every time she saw butterfly she said there is my hungry caterpillar coming back to see me. I had no idea you could buy so much related to the book though.
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I love this book and have red it to all of mine recently there was a caterpillar cocoon tucked in a corner of our porch. My 2 year old got very excited and we had it every day. We had to read the book over and over and still do every time she saw butterfly she said there is my hungry caterpillar coming back to see me. I had no idea you could buy so much related to the book though.
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Fantastic prize I never knew there were so many Hungry Caterpillar items, Thank you for the opportunity
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what a terric prize bundle! my daughter loved this as a kid as did i!
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I love this book and so does my 17 month old 🙂
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What a lovely selection of merchandise. My little girl loves the book, and I really like the idea of the colouring-in placemats, handy when we are out for a meal and she is getting restless.
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Love the Hungry Caterpillar and this set would be lovely for my nephew !
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We have 2 big very hungry caterpillar fans here!
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Excellent giveaway i would love to win this for my kids
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Aww we love the hungry caterpillar
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These are so cute! I love the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Love this! My daughter would love it!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of my favourite books
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Lovely giveaway thank you
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The hungry caterpillar was one of my favourites as a child and I would love to make use of the family calendar!
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id love this ….. for meeeeeee! i’m failing at adulting!! maybe ill share it with my little nephew… maybe
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What a wonderful bundle many thanks x
Wow, fab prize!
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I loved this book as a youngster and all 3 of my children love it too xx
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Wow this is my sons favourite book, what an amazing thing to do! “thank you very much for the wonderful chance to enter this fantastic giveaway.
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Wow fab prize my son would love this
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Always loves eric carle this is a fave book in our home for all 3 of my kids! which makes me happy as i loved it as a child too!!… its happy to see they have brought out products with the print and toys from the hungry caterpillar! its too cute!
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love the hungry caterpillar
Looks like a fantastic range. Great give away
We love the very hungry caterpillar. Such a classic!
I love The Very Hungry Caterpillar it’s such a classic and the merchandise is all gorgeous
My son would adore this. So many great things!
Don’t you just love caterpillars 🙂
This is lovely giveaway the Hungry Caterpillar is such a favourite with children, so I know my new twin grandsons would just love this treat.
My daughter would love this
Wow what an amazing prize fingers crossed x
What a beautiful blog!
I loved this book when little! It never gets old, does it?
Love the hungry caterpillar. Great prize
cant wait good luck all
What a super prize
Brilliant prize bundle. We do love the very hungry caterpillar.
LOVE THE HUNGRY CATTERPILLAR
everybody loves the very hungry caterpillar, such a classic and what a fab prize id love to win for my grand daughter thanks for the chance im keeping my fingers crossed.
this is fantastic
my grandchildren love the very hungry caterpiller, this is a fantastic prize, i would love to win it for them
We have loads of Hungry Caterpillar things at our house! This would make a great addition.
wow, yes please, i know a little lad whod love this
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is timeless, thank you.
perfect prize for my daughter we are all big fans of the caterpillart
Would love to win for my little1s 🙂
I love this book, its so colourful and reminds me of my younger years too
We love the hungry cattarpillar such a fab story!
Fantastic giveaway thank you for posting. My Grandson loves books
Wow what a brilliant bundle of items! We lovely hungry caterpillar!
Another brilliant giveaway
Both my girls love this story x
Great selection there from the classic Very Hungary Caterpillar range.
Good prize this
Fantastic items
so lovely to find out there is so much lovely merchandise that goes with this great story
Thanks for the chance , our little boy Rory would be so happy with this x
what a fantastic set
my daughter loves the hungry caterpiller..and to be fair she eats like him too some times lol
Fantastic giveaway, fingers crossed! 🙂
The Hungry Caterpillar is timeless.
this would be a great gist to my sisters children
I love this story – my children always loved it and I am sure my granddaughter will love it as well.
This would be fab for my nephew, thanks for the chance
This is a super prize and my little granddaughter would love it!
I always loved this book as a child, I hope my baby does too
Love the hungry caterpillar story
Both I and my son loved this book and i would love to give a copy to my neice who is having a baby next month
It’s a great story that children of all ages love.
Just a timeless classic…..
Fantastic giveaway 🙂 my little boy is 2 and can recite the book word for word!
the kids love this story
This would be so lovely for my little granddaughter
Every child I know adores The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Every one of them. Thank you.
Those placements look brilliant – I’ve seen similar ones before but often to old for my little ones but I imagine these are more suited to younger children.
The Hungry Caterpillar was one of my favourite books as a child so I am so glad it is still as popular with children and it it awesome they are doing merchandise also
my grandson is just being introduced the hungry caterpillar and he beams when he sees it
My kids love this story
This is a great book
my grandkids all love the hungry Caterpillar
Wow- what a wonderful giveaway!!
What a great book and such a great giveaway too
What a fantastic collection of Very Hungry Caterpillar stuff! I particularly like the birthday cards 🙂
We absolutely love the very hungry caterpillar and can recite the book without reading it!
Great giveaway for grandson, I’m sure we would enjoy this
What a fantastic bundle!
We love The Very Hungry Caterpillar
So lovely to read so many people like myself read and loved this book as children and are now reading it to their own.
my eldest is 20 and she still has her very hungry caterpillar book its a firm favourite story book in this house, i never realised there was so much more you could buy
Oh this is such a classic! We love this book so much!
My two love this book lucy knows it word perfect, such a lovely story
This is an amazing prize. I would really love to win this to give to my daughter.
Love the Hungry Caterpillar 🙂
It’s a timeless story with such a lovely yet educational message!!
Thanks for the great prize and competition – Good luck everyone!
Fantastic prize
I think the hungry caterpillar stuff is so lovely, its great to see old classics going strong just like the beatrix potter books, I remember loving these and the hungry caterpillar when I was little
I’m loving it thanks for the chance
Lovely giveaway
this is one of our favourite books to read at bedtime Ava loves it
What a fabulous giveaway . My grandkids would love this. Fingers crossed
Amazing prize, my little boys would love this bundle!
my grandkids love the hungry caterpiller
I remember this as a child. Would be lovely for my Niece to grow up with it too.
what a great prize
What a lovely blog!
My nephew woukf love this ?
What a great giveaway my niece would love this xx
It’s such a lovely story – you can see why it’s stood the test of time!
Great timeless story with attractive & very useable merchandise, Craft and associated activities very easy to do.
Fun, fun, fun
I love Eric Carle’s Illustrations
i loved hungry Caterpillar as a kid now i love reading to my kids
I adore the hungry caterpillar:)
love the hungry caterpillar
brilliant story thats gone down through the family
We love The Hungry Caterpillar!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was my children’s favourite now I find myself reading it to the grandchildren.
my daughter would love this
These are adorable .. i became a grandma on Tuesday for the first time so these would be amazing for my new grandson Kyan x
The Hungry Caterpillar is one of the most read books in our house!
My children loved the Hungry Caterpillar, and now my grandchildren do too. What a lovely bundle, thanks for the chance 🙂 x
Great prize
Have to laugh (in a good way) about the Hungry placemats. My great-niece Mylah once tried to eat a placemat because she was going through a stage of trying to eat everything. 🙂
Such a lovely bundle of goodies, I’ve always loved the hungry caterpillar so made sure my kids love the book also. I even bought a copy for my nephew in German so he could read it too xx
I love the hungry caterpillar, it is timeless through generations.
Lovely prize. I love this book.
Oh my goodness, all my grown up children loved The Hungry Caterpillar ? I know my daughter will love all of this to sit and share with my granddaughter
my nephew would love this
Ah love the Hungry Caterpillar 🙂
My little great niece would love this!
Fab giveaway, Thank you. I have enjoyed The Very Hungry Caterpillar with my children and now with my grandchildren.
What a lovely prize 🙂
This is such a wonderful set! Love it!
What a fab bundle. I’ve always loved the hungry caterpillar – been around for so many years. Id love to win this for my youngest x
This is lovely. My little girl loves the Very Hungry caterpillar.
I enjoyed reading this book as a child and would like to read this to my child
This would be fantastic for my 8 month old daughter, she would love the sectional tray and would help her to understand which items go where in a fun way!
This has always been one of my kids favourite books. Thanks for the chance.
The hungry caterpillar has always been a firm favoutite in our house
We love the hungry caterpillar xx