Fuzzy Paper Plate Bear

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The Fuzzy Paper Plate Bear

Materials

-          Large paper plate (8.5 to 10 inches)

-          Small paper bowl (7 to 8 oz.) or empty fruit cup

-          Construction paper or cardstock

-          Cotton or paper towels

-          Scissors

-          White glue

-          Wiggle eyes

-          Yarn

-          Large pompom, craft foam, felt, or paper

-          Tempera or acrylic paint

-          Paint brush

Steps:

 
1.     Prepare a paper plate and a bowl

Use a large paper plate for the bear's head and either a small paper bowl (7 to 8 oz.) or an empty fruit cup for the bear's snout.

2.      Paint the snout

Think about the color of your bear's snout. Polar bears and pandas have white snouts so you need not paint your paper bowl. If using a transparent fruit cup, paint the outside of the cup with white acrylic paint.

Brown and black bears have colored snouts. Paint your paper bowl with light brown tempera or acrylic paint; use acrylic paint for the fruit cup. Allow the paint to dry completely.

3.     Cut and glue on a pair of ears

Cut out a pair of round ears from cardstock or construction paper. Choose a color that would correspond to the inside of the bear's ears. For this polar bear, I chose a pair of pink ears. For my other bears, I used black for the panda bear and brown for both the black and brown bear.

Position the paper plate right side up and glue on the pair of ears at the top edge of the plate.

 

4.      Cut and glue on a pair of oval eye patches (for panda)

An addditional step is needed for making a panda bear. Cut out a pair of oval shapes from black paper. Flip the paper plate over so that the plate's bottom side is facing up and the ears are glued at the back. Glue the pair of oval shapes on the top half of the plate.

5.     Glue on the snout

With the plate's bottom side facing up, glue on the snout close to the plate's bottom edge.

For the panda bear, the snout should partially cover the lower part of the oval eye patches.

6.    Cover the entire face with fuzz

For the polar bear and panda, glue on cotton onto the entire paper plate, except on the snout and on the panda's eye patches.

7.     Paint the fur

To make a brown or black bear, paint the tissue with watered down tempera or acrylic paint.

*If you are concerned about messing up the paint on the snout, you can glue on the snout after painting the fur.

8.     Glue on eyes, a nose, and a mouth

Glue on a pair of wiggle eyes, a large pompom nose, and a short length of yarn for the mouth.