The arctic is an amazing and beautiful environment and wintertime is the perfect time of year to teach kids about the animals that live there.

One of the best animals to begin teaching kids about is the majestic polar bear!

Kids are naturally drawn to this massive animal, so it’s easy for them to learn all about the polar bear.

Today we’re sharing this easy polar bear paper bag puppet craft. It’s a simple winter animal craft that comes with a free printable template.

Read below or watch our detailed video tutorial to see how easy it is to make this arctic animal craft with your child or students.

Polar Bear Craft

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Supplies

• White paper bag
• Colored card stock (in pink, black and gray)
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• .25″ circle punch
• Polar bear puppet template

Directions

Download the polar bear paper bag template, print, and cut out the pieces.

Glue the face piece to the top of the paper bag flap.

Place the gray muzzle in between the eyes and glue in place.

Glue the black nose in the middle of the gray muzzle, then use the black marker to draw the mouth.

Use the circle punch or scissors to cut out the cheeks from the pink card stock. Glue in place under the eyes. If you don’t have a circle punch you can also use a pink marker to draw on the cheeks.

Glue the pink inner ears to the white outer ears.

Place the completed ears behind the top of the paper bag flap and glue to secure it.

Position the gray belly onto the main portion of the white paper bag and glue in place.

Line up each arm on either side of the paper bag and glue in place.

Use the black marker to draw the footpad onto the polar bear’s feet.

Glue the finished feet onto the bottom of the paper bag.

Isn’t that such a cute and simple paper bag puppet?

We love how it turned out! We’re betting if you like this craft, you’ll also want to add this paper plate penguin craft to your winter craft lineup!

Animal Unit Studies

Are you making this simple polar bear craft to go along with your arctic animal unit? We think it’s a fun way to teach kids about some cute arctic animals! Depending on the age of the kids you’re talking to, we have a few ideas.

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First, we love introducing kids to new animals through related books.

If you want to teach the kids facts about polar bears, we love Nat Geo kids books. This book is a level one reader book so it’s simple for beginning readers. It’s also great to read to even younger children because the sentences are simple and easy to understand.

We also found this educational polar bear book that has cute illustrations to go along with more info.

If fact-based books won’t hold your child’s attention, we suggest a fun and entertaining polar bear book like this one.

Even though the story doesn’t talk about polar bear facts, you can still incorporate learning by asking your child questions like:

Do you think polar bears live in a hot or cold place?

Why do you think polar bears are white?

Who do you think is bigger – you or a polar bear?

All of these questions will get your child to start thinking, analyzing, and learning about polar bears!

After you’ve read a polar bear book, you can ask if they have any questions you can answer, then dive right into this paper bag polar bear craft.

Kids will have a blast exploring their creativity by making these animal crafts! With endless hours of fun, plus the opportunity to learn new skills and pick up hobbies along the way – what’s not love about that?

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Polar Bear Puppet Template