Make a Polar Bear

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?

When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits you bought them in.

I love seeing all the ideas people have for LEGO building challenges, and I have shared some ideas for LEGO games before, but I saw one on Pinterest the other day that I felt was worth a mention.

This one is for those ’80s and ’90s kids who spent sick days home from school watching “The Price is Right”: LEGO Plinko!

For those who don’t know about Plinko, the original was a giant peg board set up at an angle and the contestant would drop a flat disc at the top of the board. As it moved down the board it would hit the pegs and change the way it moved, and there would be different prizes in the slots at the bottom where the piece would land.

This version from Play Party Game works on the same principle, using LEGO bricks to make the game board and marbles in place of the Plinko disc since your game board isn’t flat.

You can really use whatever bricks you have for this build, and while it shows all the pegs the same size and evenly spaced, you can play with different configurations and see what happens. It’s engineering and a game!

And while you’re playing with your LEGOs, make sure to check out this post from Kids Craft Room that includes minute to win it style games you can do with LEGO. From speed sorting to tower building as fast as you can, these ideas are sure to get you thinking about different ways to play with LEGO.

And if you need even more ideas, check out my post with LEGO building challenges you can print out for kids (and adults!) to try.

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