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November 6, 2015

Hibernating Bear Paper Plate Craft and Free Template

The kids and I made a sleeping bear in its winter den as part of our hibernation activities using paper plates and nature treasures we gathered from outside. Our little bear looks so cute nestled in for some winter rest! Make your own sleeping bear using our free printable template while having fun learning about hibernation.

This post is part of the Creative Preschoolers bi-weekly theme so please be sure to check out the rest of the activities at the bottom of this post. 
Here are 3 books we recommend that go perfectly with this hibernation craft. I love reading books before crafting because it always seems to spark kid’s imaginations.  
Bear Snores On (affiliate link) by Karma Wilson
Time to Sleep (affiliate link)  by Denise Fleming
Hibernation Station (affiliate link) by Michelle Meadows

Paper Plate Bear in Cave Craft 

Pin me please! 🙂

Supplies:
Bear template (available to download for free at the end of this post)
Paper plate
Scissors
Paint brush
Pen
Craft paint (black, gray)
Glue
Nature treasures (leaves, sticks, bark…)
Cotton balls

Directions:
1.  Cut paper plate in half and cut out the middle section to make a “C” shape for the front of the cave.

2.  Paint the “C” shape gray and the other half of the paper plate black for the inside of the cave and set aside to dry.

3.   Cut out a bear and draw a sleeping face on it. Little Tiger liked making sleepy eyes instead of the regular round awake eyes.

4.  Glue the bear to the black part of the cave and decorate the cave with cotton balls and nature treasures. Little Tiger wanted to make sure her bears were extra comfortable because they were going to be sleeping a long time.

5.  Glue the “C” shape on top of the black part and the craft is complete! Shhh… don’t wake the sleeping bear :).

See more of our paper plate crafts by clicking here. 

Free Printable: Bear Template

Download available via Google Drive. You do not need a Google account to download. 
Please share and pin our printable ðŸ™‚ 
While you are here, take a look at more of our Free Printables.
More Hibernating Crafts & Activities by the Creative Preschool Team
Paper Bag Chipmunk Kid Craft
Hedgehog Hibernation Preschool Craft
Paper Bag and Toilet Roll Hibernating Bear Craft
Build a Cave Engineering Challenge
Hibernation Sensory Bag
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Have a great day! 

Love, Katie & the Kiddos   

Filed Under: Crafts, Create, Creative Preschoolers, Paper Plate, Uncategorized, Winter 8 Comments

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Comments

  1. Kristina says

    November 6, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    Adorable craft!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 7, 2015 at 12:01 am

      Hi Kristina, Thanks so much!

      Reply
  2. Amanda Vasquez says

    November 7, 2015 at 1:06 am

    Time to Sleep and Bear Snores on are so cute for preschoolers. Love your project!

    Reply
  3. PinkStripeySocks says

    November 10, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    This is super cute. I really liked how it turned out with the paper plate. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Kate says

    November 12, 2015 at 3:10 am

    These are adorable! Such a cute craft to go with kids learning about hibernation.

    Reply
  5. Christy says

    November 14, 2015 at 5:22 am

    This is super duper cute! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Haley Bradley says

    November 16, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    Very Cute! My kids would love this!

    Reply

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