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A completed Craft featuring a brown bear holding blue letter pieces spelling Josiah, surrounded by colorful craft supplies.

Bear Name Craft

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
This adorable bear craft is a fun preschool activity that helps kids practice spelling and recognizing the letters in their names.
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Crayola Bold & Bright markers
  • Bear name template

Instructions

  • Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
  • Begin by gluing the eye pieces onto the bear's face, below the eyebrows.
  • Glue the nose and mouth piece below the eyes.
  • Use a pink Crayola Bold & Bright marker to draw the cheeks on both sides of the nose and mouth.
  • Glue one foot piece to each side at the bottom of the bear’s body.
  • Arrange the blueberry letters in order to spell the child’s name, and glue them together.
  • Take the glued blueberry name and glue it to the middle of the bear's belly.
  • Finally, glue the arm pieces to both sides of the neck so the bear looks like it is holding the blueberries.

Notes

To make the letters look like the example, download the free font Lexend before opening the PDF in Adobe Reader.