Bear Crafts for Kindergarten
Most kids I know love crafting, and these bear crafts for kindergarten and preschool will go great with all of your bear themed units and activities.
Preschoolers have so much fun crafting and making art. The preschool crafts featured below are perfect for little hands.
Help your preschoolers explore their creative side with these fun bear crafts. They’ll be so proud of themselves.
Bear Crafts for Kindergarten
Read some of your favorite bear picture books, your preschoolers will have a blast making and eating some tasty teddy bear toast for an afternoon snack.
Preschoolers will love creating this simple fork-painted bear craft. Using a fork instead of a paint brush creates a unique texture that kids will love.
After reading Corduroy with your preschoolers, they’ll enjoy using teddy bear cookie cutters and stamps to create their own Corduroy Bears.
Turn a tissue box into a bear cave and explore bear hibernation with your preschoolers.
I love handprint and footprint crafts! These handprint and footprint teddy bears will make great keepsakes and will be the perfect addition to your preschool bear theme.
All you need to make these paper bag bear crafts is a paper bag and some crayons or markers. It doesn’t get any easier than this.
After visiting the bears at your local zoo, your little ones will love coming home to make their very own Grizzly Bear Toilet Paper Roll Craft.
You won’t believe how easy it is to turn an ordinary plastic spoon into a Spoon Bear. This little guy is great for storytelling and imaginative play.
Gather leaves and twigs on your next nature walk, and use them to decorate a Hibernating Bear Paper Plate Craft.
Your little crafters will love creating these Cardboard Tube Bears. Maybe they’ll be inspired to create a whole zoo full of cardboard tube animals.
Simple Fine Motor Bear Craft Perfect for a Winter or Hibernation Unit
Cut out a pile of different sized circles, and even your toddlers can make this Simple Bear Craft.
Gather up your extra paper plates and let your preschoolers turn them into a sweet little paper plate bear.
This super cute Toilet Paper Roll Paddington Bear Craft features a video tutorial so you can decide which parts to do yourself and which parts your preschooler can do. It’ll take teamwork to create this one.
Have you ever tried needle-felting with your little ones? Kids ages 5+ can try it while they make this Kid-Made Felted Bear Ornament.
Little ones will love acting out their favorite bear books after making a bear finger puppet.
From no-prep activities to “this could get messy”, there a bear craft on this list for all of your kids to try!
So, which bear craft for kindergarten and preschool will you try first?
PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT BEARS
Fill your book basket with a great collection of picture books about bears. These books will help your preschoolers learn about bears of all kinds.
Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore. If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them on Amazon by clicking the links below.
National Geographic: Bears | Bears is an easy to read books about bears. Kids learn about how bears live, where they live, and what they eat. Your kids will spend hours learning about bears and studying the beautiful pictures.
Grizzly Bears | Grizzly bears are fascinating! In Grizzly Bears your kids will learn all about how grizzly bears live. They’ll learn what the bears eat and fascinating facts about hibernation.
Polar Bears | Polar bears live very different lives from the grizzly bear. Preschoolers will adore reading about how polar bears live, hunt, and swim in the frozen north!
This “ARCTIC WILDLIFE” quiet book introduces your baby the Polar animals, helps to develop imagination and fine motor skills!
This Arctic small world sensory bin filler includes everything your child needs to engage in beneficial sensory play. Sensory play encourages children to explore their senses and enhances creativity.
Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.
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