Winter is here, so let’s embrace the chilly season by engaging in a fun indoor activity with your little ones! Trade the frosty winds for a cozy crafting corner to create a cute and easy craft featuring everyone’s favorite Arctic animal—the polar bear!

Our polar bear paper cup craft is a fantastic project that transforms an ordinary paper cup into an adorable Arctic friend. This craft is lots of fun to create while also offering a fantastic opportunity for kids to learn more about animals that thrive in cold climates.

It’s also an excellent activity for honing fine motor skills and refining dexterity as little hands make a simple item turn into a polar bear masterpiece. 

And if you’re hungry for more Arctic themed fun, be sure to check out our other polar bear activities for kids.

Kids Polar Bear Craft

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Gather up a few simple supplies, including a paper cup you most likely have left over from a party, and our free template. With these tools in hand, children can easily bring their polar bear to life.

Supplies

• Paper cups
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Marker
• Glue dots or double sided tape (optional)
• Polar Bear Template

Directions

Download the polar bear template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Begin by gluing the nose/mouth piece in the middle of the polar bear’s face, just below the eyes.

Use a light pink marker to draw the ears on both sides.

Position the cup with the rim facing down, then glue the belly to the bottom of the cup.

Finish up by gluing the completed polar bear head to the top of the paper cup.

We’re sure your kids will love creating this polar bear craft. Be sure to check out our other winter craft for kids while you’re here!

Polar Bear Island is a fun book for winter! Polar Bear Island is just that – only for polar bears! That is until Kirby the penguin comes to visit. She turns the place around and adds tons of interesting excitement, but will the polar bears let her stay? You have to check it out and see for yourself!

Tacky The Penguin– This is a great book for children to learn about acceptance and valuing others for exactly who they are.

Owl Babies– A sweet book that teaches kids that Mom always comes back! It’s especially great for children who may have separation anxiety.

Winter Animal Ideas

Explore some awesome activities centered around our favorite winter animals! Turn the chilly days into an opportunity to get creative and learn more about them.

We have gathered up a few engaging activities that will introduce them to the wonders of winter wildlife and get them excited to learn. Keep reading below for some books, crafts, and activities that will be fun and educational to do this winter.

Winter Animal Children’s Books

Here are some of the best winter animal books.

Polar Bear Island is a fun book for winter! Polar Bear Island is just that – only for polar bears! That is until Kirby the penguin comes to visit. She turns the place around and adds tons of interesting excitement, but will the polar bears let her stay? You have to check it out and see for yourself!

Tacky The Penguin– This is a great book for children to learn about acceptance and valuing others for exactly who they are.

Owl Babies– A sweet book that teaches kids that Mom always comes back! It’s especially great for children who may have separation anxiety.

Winter Theme Crafts

Polar Bear Name Craft – This super cute paper craft features a polar bear cub sitting on an icy glacier that spells out your child’s name. It’s fun, easy, and comes with a free downloadable template to personalize the glacier with your child’s unique name.

Penguin Shape Craft – Kids of all ages will love identifying shapes and honing fine motor skills while creating their very own adorable penguin. With easy instructions, a free template, and a few supplies, crafting this tuxedoed bird is a breeze!

Paper Bag Walrus Craft – Go on Arctic adventures with this walrus puppet! Kids will love this fun and easy project, transforming a simple paper bag into a walrus. Get ready for imaginative play and creative crafting.

Handprint Arctic Fox Craft – Your kiddos will love seeing their handprint turn into an Arctic fox with this fun and easy craft. It’s a hands-on activity that will bring this wintery animal to life! Grab our free template to get started.

Animals In Winter Activities

Introduce kids to the “unicorn of the sea” with the engaging activities in these narwhal worksheets. They’ll learn letter formation while enhancing their fine motor skills with the handwriting page.

The Label the Narwhal page will help kids build their vocabulary and work on cutting skills while learning the parts of a narwhal. The final worksheet is a letter N maze where kids will identify upper and lower case letters as they make their way through the maze.

Get ready for some winter fun with our engaging penguin dot to dots! Kids will enjoy connecting the dots to reveal adorable illustrations to color in and showcase their skills.

These worksheets are not only entertaining, but also beneficial for honing hand-eye coordination, counting skills, and fine motor control. With three pages featuring lovable penguins, your little ones are in for educational fun full of creativity and skill building.

Let’s go on an Arctic adventure with these free printable polar bear do a dots! They’re ideal for a fun way to learn more about these magnificent animals! Kids will be able to enhance their fine motor skills, letter recognition, and counting abilities while having a blast.

Just download, print, and grab dot markers for an instant and entertaining learning experience. This set includes engaging activities like finding the letter P, fine motor practice, dotting numbers, and using creativity with an art page.

Go on a journey of discovery with this hibernating animals activity pack. These pages are an exciting way for kids to learn more about hibernation. This activity pack is packed with engaging free printables that will spark conversations about animal behaviors during the winter.

Colorful pages filled with crossword puzzles, hibernation facts, and a showcase of animals that hibernate during the winter make this pack both fun and educational!

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Polar Bear Template Printable