First apply a good amount of school glue all over the paper plate. Have your child place their cotton balls on top of the wet school glue, until the paper plate is completely covered and resembles the "fur" of the polar bear.
While they are doing that part of the craft - cut out the eyes, nose, mouth and ears out of the two sheets of colored cardstock.
Once your child is done adding the cotton balls, glue on the facial features to give the polar bear life. Then staple the ears onto the back of paper plate.
Now display your paper plate and cotton ball polar bear friend proudly for all to see!