Polar Bear Mask

Hooray for winter!  We made some polar bear masks.  To make this project, you will need 2 paper plates per person, one old applesauce or fruit cup container, white paint, hot glue gun, black paper, white tissue paper squares, glue stick, and either some yarn or some elastic lace.  We used elastic lace, but yarn is shown above.

Prepare your paper plates ahead of time to save time.  Cut out two eye holes.  Cut out two ears from another paper plate and staple them into place.  Finally, use a hole punch to punch a hole on each side of the plate for elastic lace or yarn.  Now you are ready!

Have the kiddos paint the outside of the fruit cup white.  We use Crayola washable paint. It has a nice thick consistency.  You could glue white paper onto it if you don't have any paint.  When the outside is covered, set it aside to dry.

Next, time to glue on some polar bear fur.  We used white tissue paper squares.  Encourage the kids to ball or wrinkle up the papers so it looks like fur. 

Let them glue as many or few pieces as they like.  Encourage them to fill the plate.

When they have finished gluing tissue papers, use a hot glue gun to glue on the painted cup where the snout should be.  Have the kids glue on a construction paper nose.  We cut ours to look like hearts. Now the mask is ready to dry.  We let them dry for a few hours.

Add your elastic sting or yarn and then watch out for bears!  This project was a hit for sure, and it took up some time.  I'd give yourselves at least half an hour, not counting dry time.  Happy Monday!

We enjoyed our sloppy rain walk to the bus this morning!  Song for today is Stand In The Rain by Superchick. ♥♥♥