Teddy Bear Activities

July 10 is apparently Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day, but we love teddy bears all year long. Whether the bears are having lunch or we’re going on a bear hunt, there are lots of fun bear activities to do with kids in a classroom or at home.

If you’re planning a teddy bear day with a group, you can send invitations to the bears (aka remind parents to send the bears to school). Pencils to Pigtails has invites that include a teddy bear sleepover at school if that’s something you’d like to do). Her post also includes an about the bear worksheet, activity ideas, snacks and ideas for the “sleepover.”

Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten has a whole week of bear activities for you to choose from (mostly using Eric Carle books). These daily planners include a book to read, an art project, a snack, gross motor activity and a sensory bin. So fun!

Ms. Stephanie’s Preschool has another rundown of a full teddy bear day done at school, which could also be done with kiddos at home. It includes measuring the bears, drawing, a lacing activity and book ideas for your special day.

Make your bear day a day of messy fun with these sensory boxes and other ideas from Fun a Day. Or use supplies you already have at home or in the classroom to make teddy bear races. This idea is from Best Toys 4 Toddlers.

Here are some teddy bear activity printables and other ideas to make your own teddy bear day or week at school or at home:

Tea Time Monkeys: Teddy Bear Ears Craft
3 Boys and a Dog: Teddy Bear Cutting Practice Sheets
Mama’s Learning Corner: 8-page printable packet including a maze, dot to dot, writing activities, a puzzle and more
Simply Kinder: Teddy Bear STEAM Projects
Crystal and Comp: Bear Hunt Tracing Printables
Homeschool Share: teddy bear printables including find the letter, alphabet cut and paste, repeating patterns and more

Pretend Play: Teddy Bear Picnic

Printable Bear Counter Pattern Strips

20 Going on Bear Hunt Crafts & Activities

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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