Make a Polar Bear – Lesson Plans

I read that today is International Polar Bear Day so why not celebrate by making a polar bear craft or two or three or four?

Handprint Polar Bear Craft
To make this polar bear you simply paint the palm or the hand and fingers white and press it onto a colored piece of paper. The head is made out of a thumbprint and then you can add the other details using black paint or a black marker.

Bubble Wrap Polar Bear Craft
This bear is made from a variety of circles and it is mounted on it’s own piece of ice — which is bubble wrap to me and you.

Polar Bear on Ice Craft
This cute polar bear gets it’s texture by tearing out the paper shapes instead of cutting them out. I think it is a simple, yet very sweet project.

Puffy Paint Polar Bear Craft
This cute little fella is made using a paper plate as a base. His ‘fur’ is made by brushing on a mixture of white glue and shaving cream. The directions for this project suggests using an Oreo cookie for a nose, but I would strongly discourage that since it will be glued on.

Will you try one of these crafts to celebrate on this special day?

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Polar Bear Learning Activites

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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