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 guess this isn’t exclusively a kid’s craft or learning activity (though cutting and folding are great for developing fine motor skills!) but I think kids would love having some of these printable holiday houses around the house or classroom to play with in the holiday season. Because they’re made of paper, they’re inexpensive to make, and while there is assembly involved the results are well worth the work.

If you have a cutting machine you can use the cut files from Delia Creates to make making your own paper village that much easier. She actually cut out all her buildings in different colors of card stock and used them to decorate a wreath, but you could also put them on the mantle or on a low table for kids to play with. Make a whole small world scene complete with fake snow, little characters and other elements, and kids are sure to start making their own stories to go with the setup.

This set of houses is printed and cut out using a craft knife. It’s meant to be an advent calendar, with each of the buildings numbered and you can stick a treat inside. But you could also just play with the buildings! You can get a free download of four buildings from Little House on the Corner, or head to the post to see where you can buy the whole set.

The Mavelo website isn’t in English, but their printable gingerbread house template is super cute to use as a gift box or to play with. If you need the instructions the website is in Polish but Google Translate seems to do a pretty good job.

Bora Illustrates has an adorable little house to print, cut and assemble featuring a cat, bird and gingerbread person. You could probably print it in black and white and have your kiddo color it, too.

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