Teddybear Theme
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        Arts & Crafts

        Need: A large bear cut out with the overalls and face drawn on green tempra paint and two buttons per child. After reading Corduroy to my kids they painted a cut-out bear's overalls green; once it was dry they glued on his buttons. I did this project with 3 year olds, older kids could do the cutting and face drawing. This was a good way to introduce circle shapes, the color green, talk about how it feels to miss something special to you and also how nice it is to make new friends.

        ~Submitted by Dora in California

        Teddy Bear Hat

        Need: a picture of a teddy bear head, Brown construction paper, Crayons, Glue, and Scissors. Have the children color a picture of a teddybear head. About the size of a 8 x 11 page. Then cut strip out of brown construction paper. Make headbands out of the strips. (Either use glue or Tape, remember no stapes near a child's head.) Cut out the teddy bear head and glue it to the front of the headband. Now the children can be teddy bears too!

        ~Submitted by Debbie Whitman

        Paper Plate Teddy Bears

        Need: Brown paint, paper plates, Scissors, Crayons, Red and Brown construction paper. Brown yarn, Glue, and a Black pom pom. Let the Children paint a paper plate brown. Give them a choice of light, medium and dark drown. When they are dry they can add construction paper ears, eyes and bow tie (or hair bow). Let the children glue on some brown yarn hair for texture. Draw a mouth and put on a pom pom nose.

        ~Submitted by Debbie Whitman

        Teddy Bear Posters

        When the children bring their bears I will help the children trace around them onto a large piece of paper. The children then color them to look like their teddies and to the side of these drawings I write these sentences:
        My bears's name is ________.
        _________ is ________inches long. (together we use a ruler to measure teddy).
        ________came to live with me when_____________. (the story of where bear came from)
        __________ and I like to ______________. (what the child likes to do with teddy)
        The children can fill in the lines with my help or I will fill in the lines for them. The sentences can be changed to any topic that might capture the interest of children. Once we changed the sentences to discribe what teddy and the child liked to eat at our teddy bear picnic. The children couldn't wait to show their parents their teddy bear poster!

        Each child gets a button to glue on paper and draw a picture of where he or she thinks Corduroy's lost button is.

        ~Submitted by Debbie Whitman

        Lacing Bear Shapes

        Cut brown posterboard into bear shapes and let them punch holes around the edges. Let the children choose pieces of colorful yarn (dip the yarn tips in glue and let dry or wrap with tape to keep them from fraying) ... lace the yarn through the holes. You could even have available a teddy bear hole punch instead of the circle type punch.

        ~Submitted by Debbie Whitman

        Smelly Bears

        Cut out bear shapes from pieces of poster board. Cover with a thin layer of glue and sprinkle unused coffee grinds all over it. Use other scraps of stuff to make eyes, mouth etc.

        ~Submitted by Laura/Tzitzakion

        We did a cute teddy bear activity when we were working on circles. I cut one large circle, one med. circle, and 6 small circles for each teddy bear. The large one was the body, the med. one was the head, and the small ones were the feet and ears. I layed them out on a piece of construction paper, and traced around the circles. When the kids sat down I gave them each a piece of paper with the circles traced on it. I had used all different colors for the circles so I let them pick which colors they wanted until they all had enough pieces to complete the teddy. I then had them match the size of the circle to the one on the paper and glue it in the right spot. When they were done i gave them crayons to draw a face and decorate the teddy. We worked on lots of skills with this one. We did shapes, colors, matching, size concept and ended with creativitie. It was lots of fun and the teddys looked great on the wall in the playroom!

        ~Submitted by Carol

        Teddy Bear Book

        Let the children dictate stories about teddy bears while you write them dowm. Have the children illustrate their stories. Then staple them together with a cover to make a Teddy Bear Book.

        Teddy Plates

        1 small paper plate,1 large paper plate, brown construction paper, glue or tape or stapler (whatever works for you and your kids), markers or crayons. Overlap small plate and lg plate (sm plate will be on top for the bears head/ lg plate on bottom for the bears body). Glue them together. Cut 6 circles out of const. paper. 2 for the ears, 2 for the hands and 2 for the feet...Glue them in place. I let my kids draw their own eyes, nose, mouth...however they want to decorate the bear is great!

        Beary Much Bears

        2 circles the same size (1 for head/1 for body)
        2 ovals (squatty & fat) for the arms
        Smaller, lighter color circle for the face snout (I used pinking shears to give it a furry look)
        1 oval cut in half for the ears (same lighter color used for snout ~ also trimmed with pinking shears)

        Assemble the bear and then add a red cut-out heart to his tummy with the message *I Love You Beary Much* They really are cute! I got the idea from a scrapbooking workshop I went to about a year ago.

        ~Submitted by Nan :)
        Games

        Teddy-Bear Descriptions

        Put two teddy bears in front of you so that children can easily see them. Explain that in this game, you will describe one of the bears and children will guess which one you are talking about. Begin by giving broad clues that could apply to either bear. Gradually, make the hints more specific and applicable to only one of the pair. Be sure to include clues that describe the absence of a particular characteristic ("this bear is not white"), as well as clues that describe the presence of certain attributes. Gradually add challenge to the game by increasing the number of bear in the original group. Over time, have children take on the role of clue-givers.

        Dance with Teddy

        Play some music and dance with teddy. When the music stops you and teddy have to freeze.

        Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Turn Around
        (Do as the song says to.)
        Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
        Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Touch the ground
        Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Reach up high
        Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear hop on one foot
        Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Give a big hug

        Add what ever you want!

        ~Submitted by Debbie Whitman
        In The Kitchen

        Honey

        Drizzle some honey on a cracker and let children taste it.
        Jelly- let children taste several different types of jelly. Spread the jelly on crackers.
        Berries - let children taste raspberries, blackberries, or blueberries. Ask them why they think bears might enjoy these tasty treats.
        Marshmallow Bears - give children some chocolate icing and both large and small marshmallows. Let them use the chocolate icing to form the marshmallows into bears.
        Gummy Bears
        Teddy Grahams
        Honey Comb Cereal
        Cinnamon Bear Toast - Make toast, cut into bear shape and sprinkle cinnamon on them.

        Activity Bear Biscuits

        Ingredients:

        3 tube-style refrigerator biscuits for each child
        cinnamon sugar
        ungreased baking sheet
        honey
        butter

        Shape 1 biscuit into the body. Take the second biscuit and divide it into four equal parts for then arms and legs. Take the third biscuit and use half for the head and divide the remain half into fourths for the two ears. Roll each piece in the cinnamon sugar. Put the pieces together. Bake at 425 for 8-10 minutes. Serve with honey butter: 1/2 cup of butter mixed with 4 tablespoons of honey.

        Bear Cookies

        Make or buy bear-shaped cookies. Let the children decorate the cookies with white frosting for polar bears, brown frosting for brown bears, black frosting for black bears and black and white frosting for panda bears.

        Bear Biscuits

        Ingredients: 3 tube-style refrigerator biscuits for each child, cinnamon sugar, ungreased baking sheet, honey, butter

        Shape 1 biscuit into the body. Take the second biscuit and divide it into four equal parts for the arms and legs. Take the third biscuit and use half for the head and divide the remaining half for the two ears. Roll each piece in the cinnamon sugar. Put the pieces together. Bake at 425 for 8-10 minutes. Serve with honey butter: 1/2 cup of butter mixed with 4 tablespoons of honey.

        ~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
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