Dress-Up Bears

What would your favorite teddy bear wear if it could dress up? Here’s your chance to put on fancy or funny clothes!

1. Throw a teddy bear party. Ask your friends (and their teddy bears) to a Teddy Bear Party. Read books about teddy bears’ adventures. Tell about your bear’s origin and favorite activities. With your friends, arrange your bears from smallest to largest. Dance with your bears to "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around." Have a teddy bear picnic.

2. Draw your bear. With Crayola® Construction Paper™ Crayons and Multicultural Crayons, draw and color your bear on paper. Look at the shapes and sizes of its head, body, arms, and legs. Tear out your bear. Glue it to more construction paper with Crayola Glue Sticks. 

3. Dress your bear. Decorate construction paper scraps to make clothes. Tear paper into shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, hats, and even shoes. Glue clothes to the bears if you wish, or make several outfits. Now tell your friends about a new adventure with your bear.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

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Crafts

crayola supplies

• Multicultural Crayons
• Construction Paper™ Crayons
• Glue Sticks
• Construction Paper

"After making bears, children hung them near their cots in the nap area. They love having their friends nearby."
Yanitza A., family child care provider.

"All year long, we use these beloved bears to count, sort, make patterns, and for many other math activities."
Jamie O., kindergarten assistant.

Everybody loves teddy bears! The first teddy bear, named for President Theodore Roosevelt, was stuffed with fine wood shavings, covered with mohair, and had eyes made from shiny black boot buttons. Mississippi has chosen this lovable stuffed animal as its official state toy and, in 2002, the United States issued official teddy bear postage stamps.