No specialty supplies are needed to make this adorable paper plate Christmas bear craft with your child today! Keep scrolling for the full how-to and make your holiday craft plans even sweeter, with the help of Glued To My Crafts!

Today’s kids Christmas craft project tutorial will show you how to make a holiday themed paper teddy bear from a simple paper plate, craft paint and colored cardstock. Really simple materials that you can probably raid from your craft stash right now!

And although we made our holiday themed bear friends hold a paper candy cane cutout in between their paws, you can switch this element out with a paper tree, gingerbread man or even a simple ornament cutout, if you like. So many different ways to take this fun paper Christmas bear craft idea and I really hope you run with it {psst – you could even put your child’s picture in between it’s paws as a quick picture frame!}

So without further ado – I’ll let you get to it! You can find ALL the details in the full paper plate Christmas bear tutorial below. It’s a fun engaging hands-on project that is fun for the whole family and even in the classroom. I highly encourage you to tell your friends and family & share pictures of your finished creations with us on our Facebook page!

Happy crafting, my dear friends! Let’s high five together, to a hassle-free craft idea for the holidays! I really hope we inspired you today and that you make it your own in a festive way! #gluedtomycrafts

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Paper Plate Christmas Bear Craft Supplies:

* Small Paper Plate {one paper plate makes TWO teddy bear crafts}
* Basic Craft Scissors
* Brown Craft Paint
* Foam Paint Brush
* Brown/Kraft Colored Cardstock
* White Cardstock
* Black Sharpie Marker
* Red Sharpie Marker
* Wiggle Eye Stickers
* Glue Stick or School Glue
* Felt Santa Hat Sticker {Michaels}
* Hand-Held Office Stapler
* Embellishments like holiday stickers, glitter glue, rhinestones etc.

Directions:

* First cut your small paper plate in half. Straight up the center to make TWO equal sized pieces.
* Reserve one paper plate half for today’s holiday teddy bear craft and save the other for a rainy day!
* Now grab your brown craft paint and foam paint brush.
* Squirt some paint in the center of the plate.
* Use the paint brush to paint the paper plate half until it’s completely brown.
* Set aside the paper plate, in an undisturbed area, to allow it to dry completely.
* Now grab all your cardstock paper and scissors.
* Out of the brown colored cardstock cut out a head for the bear, along with TWO short, rectangle legs and a little circle for his tail.
* Use the black sharpie marker to draw on a face, on the head paper cutout you just made.
* Go ahead and adhere the wiggle eyes in place, as well, so he can see.
* Out of the white cardstock cut out a large candy cane shape {you can always look for pre-cut store versions or cut one out using your Cricut machine.}
* Use the red sharpie marker to give your white candy cane cutout it’s iconic red stripes.
* Now it’s time to adhere ALL your paper pieces you just made, to the painted paper plate half from earlier.
* To finish off the Paper Plate Christmas Bear kid craft – start off my stapling {and/or gluing} the paper head cutout, to one end of the painted paper plate piece.
* Follow that up with the rectangle legs, his circle tail and finally the candy cane cutout between his arms & legs.
* Add other embellishments to really give it that Christmas-y look {like a Santa hat sticker on his head!}
* Then display your paper holiday creation proudly for all to see!
* Don’t forget to snap a few pictures with your phone, to share with us on your various social media sites!! #gluedtomycrafts

At Glued To My Crafts we hope to inspire MERRY MAKERS everywhere! Not just the kids but the adults too!

So before you click away to recreate this awesome paper plate Christmas bear craft idea, we want YOU to click on over to our popular Paper Plate Christmas Fairy House, Brown Paper Bag Gingerbread House and Woofing You A Merry Christmas – Santa Paws Keepsake posts! This way you can keep the crafty fun going even longer in your home!

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