15+ Best Bear Crafts for Kids to Make
From cute polar bear crafts to grizzly bears to teddy bear crafts and panda bears, these easy craft ideas are perfect for kids of all ages. Young children will especially love the bear-themed crafts, starting with coloring pages and washi tape brown bear craft. For older kids, this list of fun ideas is a great way to express loads of creativity.
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Fun Facts About Brown Bears
- During the Fall they eat non-stop in preparation for hibernation.
- Their fur ranges in color.
- Brown bears include species such as kodiaks and grizzly bears.
- Males are called boars and females are called sows.
- They are very fast and can run up to 30 to 40 mph.
For more interesting facts about brown bears, check out this article from Cool Kid Facts. This craft would be a great addition to a lesson plans on
Paper Plate Animal Crafts Collection
To make these cute bears, you’ll need things like pom poms, brown paint, tissue paper, glue stick, googly eyes, pipe cleaner, color paint, craft sticks, black construction paper and simple paper plates. Fortunately, if you’ve downloaded our master list of craft supplies to fill your bag, you already have everything that you need on hand.
To make crafting with your kids actually do-able and fun (like it should be), we always stick to a list of basic supplies that fit into one bag for all of the crafts that you see on this site. We never stray from the master list so that once you fill your bag, you’re ready to craft along over and over again, even when time and money is tight. Now let’s craft some memories!
Now for the List of Adorable Bear Crafts
So many of these simple projects come with a printable template to make crafting with your kids even easier. Use each fun craft to celebrate holidays like International Polar Bear Day or National Teddy Bear Day. Or just make them any time of the year because they’re just pure fun.
Adorable Brown Bear Craft for Kids (FREE Template)
It doesn’t take much to put together this adorable brown bear craft. Just start with a simple paper lunch bag and use the free bear template for the rest. You’re going to be having so much fun making this easy bear craft that you will want to make an entire family of bears to play…
Cute Paper Plate Polar Bear Craft (FREE Template)
This cute paper plate polar bear craft is the perfect winter art project. Make it just for the fun of it or use it as a teaching tool to learn about polar bears as part of an arctic animals unit. You can make this craft with preschoolers, kindergarteners or elementary aged kids. I bet you’ve…
DIY Newspaper Panda Craft for Kids (Free Template)
This panda craft is so simple to make and great for kids of all ages. After all, what kid doesn’t love panda bears? Even better, this craft is made out of recycled newspaper! Here are a few more animals that use newspaper too: white tiger, bunny, raccoon. I know you are going to want to…
DIY Paper Christmas Decorations
These DIY paper Christmas decorations are absolutely next level. The big paper fan decorations alone are amazing on their own, but then add the adorable Rudolph or Gingerbread man to make it into a truly epic Christmas decoration for kids. These are better than Dollar Store DIY Christmas decorations but just as inexpensive. And, the…
Easy Free Printable Bear Craft for Preschoolers
This sweet bear craft for preschoolers is not only fun to make, but it’s also an excellent opportunity to practice vital fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It’s perfect for kids of any age. Young children can tear pieces of washi tape for this fun project and place them randomly. While older kids can be…
Fluffy Panda Craft {with FREE craft template}
Making this simple panda craft is just the beginning of the fun. Once you have it put together, add whatever details you want. Maybe a bow on the head, a ball to hold, pink cheeks or an entire costume. Seriously, the only limit is your imagination. Make a few pandas and create a story. Put…
Free Printable Gummy Bear Craft for Kids
Gummy bears aren’t only fun to eat, they’re also super fun to make as a paper craft. This sweet gummy bear craft is available in five colors. My favorite is the pink, but they’re all pretty darn cute. You’re going to want to make them all! If you enjoy making this cute candy craft, you’re…
Free Printable Hibernating Bear Craft for Kids
What could be cuter than a sleeping bear? I can practically hear the bear snores. This adorable hibernating bear craft starts with a free printable and a paper plate. We chose to pull out the paint for this, but you can also just stick to crayons and markers to control the mess factor. It’s perfect…
FREE Printable Polar Bear Craft for Kids
This free printable polar bear craft is such a fun way to learn about this amazing animal. We’ve included a few fun facts to get you started. Starting with the free printable makes crafting so simple. Plus making the pompom is great for coordination skills and just plain fun! If you enjoy making this polar…
Free Printable Woodland Animal Coloring Pages for Kids
Do your kids love coloring pages? So many do. And, so, you’ll be seeing a whole lot more of them here. I’ve been creating away and can’t wait for you to see all of the designs coming your way. And…the best part is they’re absolutely free! Just enter your email below to download your free…
Paper Plate Panda Craft (with FREE Craft Template)
This paper plate panda craft is totally adorable and super easy to make. His lacing tummy makes him extra special and perfect for practicing both fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. With just a little help for cutitng out the parts, this makes a great preschool craft but is also appropriate for kids of…
Paper Plate Polar Bear Craft
This paper plate polar bear craft takes just a few supplies and is perfect for working on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Not to mention it is just so darn cute! Draw the little polar bear freehand or use the available printable template. This post contains affiliate links, which means if you make a…
Polar Bear Craft
One of my favorite memories from when my children were little is a special visit to the zoo in Providence, RI. At the time, they had a polar bear enclosure with a brand new baby polar bear. It was so sweet to see him interacting with his mama. And then we went below so that…
Polar Bear Craft for Kids (FREE Printable Template)
This super fun polar bear craft for kids is a blast to make and even more fun to play with. Once you put together this easy craft, make another and another so that you can create plays and stories with your polar bear characters. It’s one of those fun winter crafts that you will want…
Preschool Polar Bear Craft
This preschool polar bear craft is not only fun and simple to make but it’s more than that. This activity is perfect for working on fine motor skills and especially bilateral coordination, which simple means the two sides of the body working together efficiently. If this skill is not honed, kiddos will often struggle with…
Teddy Bear Craft (with FREE Craft Template)
This teddy bear craft is so cute you almost want to snuggle him. This is a great teddy bear craft for preschool but is also appropriate for kindergarteners or even elementary aged kids. If you really don’t want to mess with paint, then use markers or crayons to color the bear’s head and body instead….
Teddy Bear Kids’ Craft Gift Bag
I remember having a Care Bears party when I was little. Now, this isn’t exactly the same, though who says you have to paint this teddy bear gift bag brown? Why not make it pink or purple or blue? There are no limits here. Use your imagination with the design of this teddy bear kids…
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