Craft a cute Arctic buddy with our simple paper plate polar bear craft! Easy steps for winter crafting fun.

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This easy polar bear craft is a great addition to winter crafts for kids of all ages.

Searching for perfect winter crafts to keep the little ones busy during the school break? Try this polar bear craft. You can make this easy craft at a winter party or with your kids on a weekend afternoon. It's a fun way to work on their fine motor skills, and the final result will be a great addition to their bulletin board.

The best part? You don't need too much for it. Just some googly eyes, pom poms, and cotton balls (or tissue paper). It's a paper plate craft, so it's not going to be too messy, either. And if you like to convert it into a puppet or a polar bear on a stick, use a popsicle stick on the back. Simple as that.

If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll find the step-by-step instructions for this easy polar bear craft. Don't miss it!

When to Make The Polar Bear Craft

There's no wrong time to do craft work with kids. So, you can do this polar bear art throughout the year. But if you specifically want to do them on special days, here are some ideas for you:

Make it on International Polar Bear Day. It's on Feb 27.
Make it during winter holidays to give as holiday gifts to friends.
Use them as winter decoration items (in school or class).
When the snow outside is just too much to handle, stay inside and do this polar bear craft.

Don't Miss Our How To Draw a Polar Bear.

Decorating the Fun Polar Bear Craft

Ready to make some cute polar bear crafts? Then, step up and decorate yours differently.

Young children can finger-paint the body of a polar bear instead of using tissue paper or cotton balls.
Use puffy paint to make a small scarf around its neck. It'll look really lovely and give it some personality.
You can also give your polar bear a hat! Trace the shape of the hat on construction paper, color it, and glue it over its head.
Use pipe cleaners to make the expression on the polar bear's face.

The good thing about this craft is that kids of all ages can add personality to it in their own ways. It's a great way to boost their confidence and let them practice some decision-making.

Using the Simple Polar Bear Craft

There are a lot of different ways to use this cute craft.

Stick the polar bear on a canvas or a frame to make winter wall art.
Make several polar bears and arrange them on cotton balls to create an igloo model.
You can even stick it on the front of a greeting card!
Make a polar bear finger puppet by sticking the cutout on a popsicle stick or straw.
You can also create a polar bear mask by using a larger paper plate and cutting out eye holes.

Lesson Plans for the Polar Bear Craft

This craft is not just fun but educational, too! Here are some lesson plans related to polar bears that you can do after making this easy polar bear craft:

Learn about the winter season and what makes polar bears so well adapted to cold climates.
Use this craft as an opportunity to introduce some fun facts about polar bears, such as how their black skin helps them absorb heat from the sun.
Discuss with kids how climate change is affecting polar bears and what we can do to help.

For more polar bear facts don't miss our Animal Fun Facts!

Polar Bear Paper Plate Craft Supplies

Polar Bear Template (Bottom of Post)
Paper plate
Tissue Paper
Black construction paper
White Cardstock or White Printer Paper
Glue (Hot Glue and Glue Stick) or Craft Glue
Black Marker

How To Make Polar Bear Craft

Start with your paper plate and scissors and cut out a pizza slice from the bottom of the paper plate. Then cut the two ends of the triangle off horizontally.

Then print out the free printable template on plain white paper. Cut out each of the template pieces.

Trace the two smaller earpieces and nose pieces on the black paper. Trace the large circle, larger earpieces, and the oval pieces on the white card stock.

Cut out each of the traced pieces.

Polar Bear's Head

Glue each of the polar bear's ears together with the black inside the white. Then glue the black nose to the top of the oval shape.

glue piece of tissue paper to front of paper plate

Next, crumble up pieces of white tissue paper and glue them to the full front of the paper plate. This is to represent the polar bear's thick white fur.

Glue additional crumbled tissue paper to the polar bear's snout.

Next, assemble the polar bear. First, glue the snout to the polar bear's face and the ears to the top back of the head. Then glue the head to the body, right at the top of the V.

using a marker draw eyes onto two small circles

Cut out two small circles from the leftover paper plate scraps. Then using a black marker, draw in the eyes. *If you have googly eyes, you can certainly use them here too.

glue polar bear eyes onto polar bear face

Glue the eyes to the polar bear's face.

using a marker mark three lines on each paw

Lastly, using the black marker, draw three small lines on each of the paws as well as a small line off the tip of the nose and smile.

Viola, you have some adorable polar bear crafts.

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Polar Bear Craft

Craft a cute Arctic buddy with our simple paper plate polar bear craft! Easy steps for winter crafting fun.

Course Kids Crafts

Cook Time 30

Total Time 30

Author Alli Ward

Equipment

Scissors

Ingredients

Polar Bear Template
Paper plate
Tissue Paper
Black construction paper
White Cardstock
Glue
Black Marker

Instructions

Start with your paper plate and scissors and cut out a pizza slice from the bottom of the paper plate. Then cut the two ends of the triangle off horizontally.
Then print out the free printable template on plain white paper. Cut out each of the template pieces.
Trace the two smaller earpieces and nose pieces on the black paper. Trace the large circle, larger earpieces, and the oval pieces on the white card stock.
Cut out each of the traced pieces.
Glue each of the polar bear's ears together with the black inside the white. Then glue the black nose to the top of the oval shape.
Next, crumble up pieces of white tissue paper and glue them to the full front of the paper plate. This is to represent the polar bear's thick white fur.
Glue additional crumbled tissue paper to the polar bear's snout.
Next, assemble the polar bear. First, glue the snout to the polar bear's face and the ears to the top back of the head. Then glue the head to the body, right at the top of the V.
Cut out two small circles from the leftover paper plate scraps. Then using a black marker, draw in the eyes.
Glue the eyes to the polar bear's face.
Lastly, using the black marker, draw three small lines on each of the paws as well as a small line off the tip of the nose and smile.