Although I want to sit and lament how fast my baby has grown in the last 12 months, I have a party to plan! A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party, to be exact! I picked the theme a long time ago, as I wanted to keep with our birthday traditions of a literary-themed first birthday party (my daughter’s first birthday was Dr. Seuss party theme) and have always loved Eric Carle’s illustrations. So it seemed like a natural fit to be inspired for our party invitation email template and today I’m making them free printable invitations for you too!
Party Invitation Email Template
Because I want his first to be as wonderful as ever, I have been working hard on his special day… starting with his adorable party invitations! These printable invitations free up my time because they were quick for me to make digitally, but I realize not everyone has those skills… so please feel free to use the hungry caterpillar birthday invitations template below.
Originally, I wanted to make an accordion-like worm invitation but decided to make a graphic one instead (crafting is not my strong suit, but digital graphics are my jam!). I think it turned out pretty cute, and I had a blast making it. I also love a free printable invitations! So, for my first free printable on the blog, I am happy to offer my little boy’s Very Hungry Caterpillar Party invitation to my worm-tastic readers. Because I love ya’ll!
*Edit: After lots of emails, I finally did a quick tutorial on how to edit this Very Hungry Caterpillar party invitation. Click the link to check out the tutorial!
Free Printable Invitations
Hungry Caterpillar Invitation Template Free
You can download the free party invitation template here.
My little guy’s party really turn out so cute! Make sure to check out his fun party in the links below….
Related: Hungry Caterpillar Party (click here for part two)
Click on the image or here to learn how to edit this Very Hungry Caterpillar invitation in just a few SIMPLE steps!
Gabriela Patino
May 28, 2013 at 1:26 pmHola,
I was wondering under what program would I save the free pintable for the invite and could I change the wrding from one to two? Any help is greatly appreciated and its very nice of you to offer this free printable.
Thank you,
Gabriela Patino
Vanessa
May 28, 2013 at 8:12 pmHi Gabriela,
The file is a regular jpeg, so you can use which ever program to edit the printable. I use Photoshop Elements, in addition to an online service called PicMonkey that is fantastic. You can probably try to use the clone tool to erase the ‘one’ text, or even apply a white overlay. Hope that helps!
Gabriela Patino
May 29, 2013 at 11:35 amThanx, I actually finished them last night. It saved under windows live gallery and from there I chose a tool bar at the top that reads extra’s and clicked on it. It gives you the option to open with and I chose paint. It allowed me to copy and paste and do it on microsoft office publisher. I really appreciate the free download because every where I looked they had a fee. I love your blog by the way.
Vanessa
May 29, 2013 at 11:36 pmThat’s great Gabriela… so happy that worked out for you! And you are most welcome – I’m happy to share a little bit of love for the people who visit the blog. Enjoy your party!
Michele
June 2, 2013 at 1:24 pmHi! Thanks so much for the free printable! I have 3 boys and felt like I had every birthday party out there. I did this theme for Izaiah’s first birthday a couple weeks ago and it turned out great! I’m back on to get the thank you printable now. Again, thanks for all the cute ideas!
Rebecca
July 16, 2013 at 9:44 pmHi. How gorgeous does your little man look! Love his pre birthday photo shoot too. I’m just wondering how do I add the photo to the invitation? I didn’t have Photoshop Elements but have downloaded a trial version, so I can get my little man’s invites out soon as.
Cheers 🙂
Vanessa
August 6, 2013 at 10:57 amSorry the delayed response Rebecca – I hope you got it all figured out! PS Elements is great. So in PicMokey. Hope that helps!
Kristy
July 20, 2013 at 1:45 pmThank you so much for sharing your sweet and free download! I am adding my own information and photo to the card but wanted to say thank you! I will tag your blog when I complete my invite. Thanks for sharing!
Tanya
September 3, 2013 at 9:51 amHi Vanessa! I adore your VHC invitation and would love to use it for my son’s first birthday. I am having trouble downloading and editing. I am not familiar with google documents…is there an easier way to download and edit? I appreciate your help. BTW, you have a beautiful family.
Tanya
Vanessa
September 3, 2013 at 10:10 amHi Tanya, Thanks for the comment! Send me an email and I’ll forward the jpeg to you.
Emily
October 9, 2013 at 10:35 amI was so happy to come along your site. We’re doing the very hungry caterpillar too. Thank you for the free downloaded invite. Your blog is beautiful and I will continue to follow it!
Hillary
January 6, 2014 at 12:29 pmMy little one is turning one on THIS April 6th! It’s a Sunday this year, though. 😉
Vanessa
January 7, 2014 at 3:42 pmHappy birthday to your sweet little ONE 😉 I can’t believe my baby will be two this year… they grow so fast.
Aneesa
February 2, 2014 at 3:58 pmHI Vanessa, thank you so much for the invitation. Please can you mail me a jpeg as I am not familiar with picmonkey. Many many thanks
Stacy
February 8, 2014 at 5:21 pmHI Venessa,
I love your Blog. I would like to also use the invitation and Thank you note for the very Hungry caterpillar for my daughters 1st birthday party. Could you please email me the jpeg. Thank you for your time.
Stacy
amber
February 16, 2014 at 3:51 amHello! I’d love love love a copy of the invitation for my boy Daniel’s first birthday, my email is amber.trinca@gmail.com
Thanks!!!
Vanessa
February 17, 2014 at 2:30 pmHi Amber, please use the Contact Me page above. Thanks, Vanessa
Margarette
March 10, 2014 at 6:31 pmHi, just wanted to mention, I enjoyed this post.
It was helpful. Keep on posting!
Trish
March 19, 2014 at 7:36 pmHi, love your blog. You have such a beautiful family. Thank you for the free download for both the invite and the Thank You card. Would it be possible for you to email me a jpeg for both? My little bear will be one in a couple of months and the Hungry Caterpillar theme is just so much fun.
Maricruz
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Jen
May 25, 2014 at 9:48 amAbsolutely love your blog and gorgeous idea for a first birthday party! Thank you so so much for the gorgeous download invite. Trying so hard to edit it on picmonkey but feeling rather silly! Can’t work out how to shape the pic to fit it in the O?? Any tips? Would the jpeg be easier to use on a different program like powerpoint or something for the technically challenged!!!
Thanks so much!
Vanessa
May 25, 2014 at 12:08 pmYou’re sweet, Jen… thank you! Have you worked with PicMonkey before? Try using their cutouts to create a circle jpg or png of your image (a png with a transparent background would be easiest for editing), save to your desktop, then upload as your own overlay on top of the O. Hope that helps!
Audrey
June 17, 2014 at 11:08 amCould you email me the template? I am having trouble getting it to download. 🙁
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Ashley
July 26, 2014 at 1:29 pmI was wondering what is the best way to print this? I was going to do 5×7 prints but it crops too much of the invite out.
Thanks,
Ashley
Vanessa
July 28, 2014 at 10:05 amTry resizing the invite to fit your needs before printing.
Ana F.
August 9, 2014 at 3:45 amSOOOO grateful to have stumbled onto your site! Thank you so much for this! Seriously, I am so grateful! I’m so excited I found you! Your site is awesome!
xo,
Ana!
Vanessa
August 9, 2014 at 12:22 pmSo sweet of you, Ana! Welcome.
Emma McCoach
August 30, 2014 at 12:12 amHi there, just wanted to say a big thank you for sharing your free VHC invitation – I have just made mine for my little girl who is turning one in October. So easy to use and what fun pic monkey is! Thank you for your help!
Vanessa
August 31, 2014 at 6:23 amYou are so very welcome! Enjoy your celebrations!
Catherine
September 7, 2014 at 9:12 pmMy baby boys are turning 1 in a month and I would love to use this invitation. It is darling! Is there any way to modify it to add two pictures?
Vanessa
September 8, 2014 at 11:11 amProbably! Check out the linked post on editing for some tips.
Atia
October 21, 2014 at 7:11 amHey! I’m so impressed with your invitations! Thank you so much for sharing! Is there any chance you could email me a copy please? xx
Vanessa
October 21, 2014 at 9:16 amHi Atia, please send me an email through the contact form above. Thanks!
Carley
October 29, 2014 at 11:08 amHi! Thank you so much for sharing this! My daughters first birthday is ina few weeks and this is the theme we are using! I am just having trouble changing “our baby” to her name! love your blog
Amber
November 20, 2014 at 3:27 pmIs there any way to change the color of the “one” font? I’m new to editing but love this template!!
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Lisa
February 27, 2015 at 2:50 amThanks for sharing this with everyone and also your tutorial on how to do it! You’ve just saved me hours!!
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steveejaye
April 17, 2015 at 11:28 pmi love this idea… the shape cut lout isnt working i realllly want to use this for my sons 1st birthday
Patty
November 9, 2015 at 1:30 pmHello!
Thank you so much for having a free download. It doesn’t seem to be opening for the invitation. It says that is it is waiting for doc.google.com and then it says something went wrong. Is there another way to download it?
Thank you!
Patty
Vanessa Bell
November 16, 2015 at 4:10 pmHi Patty! Email me via the contact form on the site and I’ll send it over to you. Thanks!
Mandy
November 15, 2015 at 5:37 pmThank you for the awesome printable and easy to follow editing instructions! I’m getting really excited about our little one’s 1st birthday!
Vanessa Bell
November 16, 2015 at 4:09 pmYou’re so welcome! Have a blast celebrating your little one!