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.