We love sharing activities and crafts for toddlers with you and today’s post is perfect for a bit of winter crafting!
This easy polar bear craft for toddlers is suitable for preschoolers and older kids too but the materials it uses mean that it’s a great fine motor activity for little hands.
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Raid your craft cupboard or kitchen for materials and lets make this easy polar bear collage craft!
Using our free polar bear template this simple activity is perfect for arctic animal crafts or as an easy winter craft and with using up old materials and scrap paper you can also use it as an excuse to talk about the environment too.
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This polar bear paper bag puppet is so simple to make and to make it even easier I’m sharing two different designs with you today.
This would be a great polar bear craft for preschool as so you can choose the one that’s more suitable for your child’s age but it would also work for older kids too and of course it’s always important to go with your child’s interests – my daughter liked the simpler one more as she said it was cuter!
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Did you know that 8.30pm on March 25th is Earth Hour? It’s the world’s largest demonstration of support for action on climate change and this year will be it’s tenth anniversary. WWF challenged me to come up with some crafts that kids could make to help raise awareness of some of the animals that are the most affected by climate change and I think making these would be a great way to have a bit of relaxed family time with your kids while also making sure that they are aware of why Earth Hour is so important for our planet so I’ve included some information about each animal from the WWF. As a mum myself I know that my own kids are always really interested when I talk to them about matters I think are important, although pro tip here, don’t do as I did once and start these chats at bedtime as the discussion we once had around apartheid in South Africa put bedtime back by a long time! I’ve tried to embrace the spirit of Earth Hour by using craft materials that I found in my recycling bin rather than buying anything new. I prefer to do this anyway but it really made me think this time about how much packaging we go through, recycling is great but less packaging will be even better! If you make any of these crafts with your kids I’d love to see them just hashtag them #MakeClimateMatter on Twitter or Instagram and if you tag me @craftsonsea I’ll share them for you too. Make sure you sign up to Earth Hour here and turn your lights out for an hour on the 25th March!
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