The Caterpillar is a childs sensory blanket that provides comfort and privacy in a high stress environment of the hospital using weight, textures, and light. The blanket transforms into a mini light up fort over a child’s head.

After a procedure, a child may have to stay in the hospital overnight. All the bright lights, beeping noises, and people running around, can make it hard to sleep. Wouldn’t you want to be at home in privacy in a warm bed? The caterpillar is the perfect device to "bring home" to the hospital. The weighted blanket will pressurize the child to provide comfort and insulate the warmth. When it gets loud at night and the child just wants to fall asleep, the caterpillar can be opened covering the head and shoulders. It is a mini fort built into the blanket that creates warmth and privacy underneath. Additionally, there is soft yellow lighting to create the sensation of warmth. The materials of the blanket are soft fuzzy felt that are different shade of green. The cover-up is a light thin sheet of dark green. All the green colors make the child feel as if they are a caterpillar.