The mighty polar bear is the largest land carnivore on our planet! These incredible animals are built for the cold, with their thick fur and powerful paws. Join us as we bring these majestic creatures to life through a fun and easy paper craft! 

Kids can get crafty with our torn paper polar bear! They’ll tear and glue pieces of paper to create their own polar bear craft wrapped up in a cozy scarf.

Tearing paper may seem simple, but it’s a fantastic exercise to hone fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination in young children. As they tear and glue, they’re building the foundation for important skills like bilateral coordination that will help in many aspects of life.

Check out even more polar bear activities for a flurry of exciting ideas that will keep the creativity flowing all season long!

Polar Bear Fine Motor Activity

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This fun and inexpensive craft only needs a handful of supplies. Check your craft closets and be sure to download our free template for a craft your little ones will be excited to make.

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Markers
• White acrylic paint marker or Bold & Bright markers (optional)
• Polar Bear Template (click the “click here to get this freebie” image at the end to open the form)

Directions

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

Begin by spreading glue over a whole section of polar bear background paper

Next, start tearing the white paper into small pieces. Then, begin gluing them on all parts of the polar bear’s body.

Using the black marker, draw the body of the polar bear. Then attach the pink foot pads using glue.

Attach the scarf to the neck portion of the polar bear using glue, then use markers to draw a design on the scarf.

Place the polar bear’s nose just above the scarf using glue.

Then, glue both eyes just above the nose. Use the marker to draw the mouth just below the nose.

Optionally: Finish up by drawing snowflakes on the background paper.

Don’t you just love this torn paper polar bear craft? We think your kids will love creating this cool project! For even more fun crafts like this one, check out other winter crafts for kids!

Kids Winter Ideas

Kids tired of being cooped up inside? Keep them busy and engaged with some enriching crafts and activities that are perfect to do this winter. We have a variety of projects and worksheets that will foster their artistic side while enhancing their cognitive and motor skills.

Read on below for some of our favorite ideas including books, crafts, and activities that promise to keep kids entertained and learning simultaneously this winter.

Winter Books For Kids

The Biggest Snowman Ever – When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever.

The Snowy Day – This story shows a child’s wonder at a new world and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.

Sneezy The Snowman– Sneezy is COLD! And he’s trying to warm up without success. But, the kids know exactly how to help him!

Easy Winter Craft

Yarn Penguin Craft – Creating adorable penguins by wrapping colorful yarn around their bodies is not just fun—it’s a fantastic way for little hands to boost fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. With our free template and some yarn, kids can bring these cute penguins to life!

Snowman Shape Craft – No snow? No problem. Kids can still build a snowman with this fun craft! They’ll turn circles, triangles, and rectangles into adorable snowmen, blending fun with learning. It’s the perfect way to encourage learning shapes this winter!

Polar Bear Cup Craft – With this cool crafting expedition, kids will transform a simple paper cup into an Arctic buddy. It’s a blast to make, plus, it’s an exciting way for kids to explore and learn more about animals that live in chilly climates.

Walrus Tissue Paper Craft – Two flippers up for this fun craft! Get ready to scrunch and glue pieces of tissue paper onto a walrus template to transform it into a super fun and colorful art. It’s time to craft a masterpiece worthy of the fridge!

Winter Activities For Kindergarten

Watch as your kids make playful penguin illustrations unfold with each dot connected with this set of penguin dot to dots. These free printables offer three different penguin designs ready to be colored in once they complete the cute little guys!

Connecting the dots is a great way for kids to fine tune their motor skills, concentration, and number recognition. Be sure to download these pages for the next time you need a quick, no-prep activity to do this winter.

Go on an Arctic adventure with our polar bear do a dot printables! This set includes engaging activities that will improve letter recognition, fine motor skills, counting, and even an art page dedicated to polar bears.

As kids explore these pages using their dot markers, they’ll enhance their skills in a fun and interactive way. They’re perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten children, so download, print, and grab your dot markers to get them started!

These walrus worksheets are perfect for when kids are learning about the letter, W! Tracing the letter W on the handwriting worksheet will enhance hand-eye coordination and perfect their handwriting.

Labeling walrus parts will help sharpen scissor skills, fine motor skills, and increase vocabulary while the letter maze, with its W letter hunt, will boost letter recognition to lay a solid foundation for reading and writing success.

Explore the wonders of winter with these polar animal activities for preschoolers! These free printables offer a variety of engaging activities that are bursting with fun and learning.

From tracing and cutting to number identification and puzzle solving, each page presents a unique learning opportunity. Kids will delve into tracing, spotting differences, solving puzzles, counting, drawing, and more!

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Free Polar Bear Template