Polar Bear Craft

This polar bear craft is so easy you can have the whole class working on them at once. Glue together circle shapes to create a simple animal that kids will love to make.

Finding crafts to get you through those long winter months can be a challenge. This easy craft is a great way for kids of all ages to create during the winter season.

Sometimes the most basic craft is all you have time for. This simple animal craft is perfect for little crafters.

Grab some construction paper and scissors to make the basic pieces. Then glue them together. Finish it off with some paint snow dots and you have an adorable winter polar bear.

You’ll be amazed by how easy this craft is. Plus it sneaks in some important skill-building. Like fine motor skills and cutting practice.

You can use this easy winter craft in several ways.

• Hang them in your playroom or classroom.
• Display several cute polar bears on your classroom bulletin board.
• Put them on the front of a winter card.
• Decorate your front window.
• Add them to your fridge.
• Create them at your local library to go with a fun winter-themed book.
• Create them during a winter-themed unit or arctic animals unit
• Make them on International Polar Bear Day (February 27th)

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Why do we love crafting with construction paper?

Why do we love paper crafts? Because they secretly teach so many important skills for kids.

• Fine motor skills
• Cutting practice
• Following instructions
• Colors
• Counting
• and more!

If you’re looking for more ways to inspire your kids, check out our construction paper book!

No time to make this polar bear art project? Pin it for later!

If you’re currently in planning mode, that’s ok! Pin this to your favorite Pinterest board. That way you’ll be able to grab instructions when you’re ready!

Yield: 1 Polar Bear

Circle Polar Bear Craft

Print

Grab some white and black construction paper and get ready to create this adorable polar bear paper craft.

Active Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• Paper - White, Black, & Background Color (ours is blue)
• White Paint

Tools

• Pencil
• Glue Stick
• Scissors
• Black Marker
• Cotton Swab

Instructions

1. Start by drawing circles onto the white paper. You need one large circle just a touch smaller than half the sheet. One medium circle. Two small circles.
2. On your black paper (you can use scraps for this) Draw two small circles and one oval for the polar bear's nose.
3. Have the kiddos cut out all of their circles. Then glue the large one down on your background first. You will only need a half sheet of paper for each background.
4. Next, add on your small white circles as ears. Glue these on and tuck them under the edge of the head a bit.
5. Glue your black oval onto your medium white circle. Use your black marker to finish his mouth.
6. Glue on your two little circles for the eyes.
7. Now to make the snout 3D. Take a scrap from your white paper and trim it to a rectangle. Fold in the edges to create a rectangle shape.
8. Glue one side of your rectangle to the back of the snout.
9. Then add on your head. Make sure to press the glue tabs down.
10. Last, come back with a bit of white paint and a cotton swab to add snow!

Notes

If cutting out the eyes is too difficult for your little ones you can easily just draw these on with black marker.

More preschool crafts you will love!

If you loved this cute polar bear craft, you’ll love these other ideas.

• Pig – A friendly 3D paper pig craft
• Turtle – Quill a cute turtle using this kid-friendly technique.
• Basic Shape Crafts – use more shapes to create fun classroom crafts.

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Construction Paper Tulips

Tulips have to be my favorite spring flower. This craft is perfect for lots of great April preschool themes.

And, you guys all know how much we LOVE construction paper crafts for kids. And these fun spring tulips are the perfect addition to our collection.

What I love about creating with paper, is that with a little tweak, you can create a fun 3D project, and let’s face it, kids feel super proud when their projects can pop from the page.

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No time to make this flower craft now? Pin it for later!

If you can’t make this flower craft now, pin it to your kids’ crafts ideas board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready.

Tips for making this construction paper craft:

• If you are crafting with a large group of kids, you may want to cut out as many pieces beforehand as possible.
• Let your kids pick what color of tulips they want to make. It’s part of the fun!
• Prompt your child to count to ten when gluing, so that it has enough time to really stick.

How to make a tulip out of paper

Below is our step by step tutorial for creating this easy craft project. Feel free to print it for easy reference.

Yield: 1

How to Make a Paper Tulip Scene

Print

Grab some construction paper and make a beautiful tulip scene that pops off the paper!

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• Construction Paper - Blue, Green, and Flower Color of Choice

Tools

• Scissors
• Pencil
• Glue Stick

Instructions

1. Start by folding your flower color so that you have 4 layers. Draw on a teardrop shape.
2. Cut out the teardrops and start to layer them. Place the first row to create a wide V and glue.
3. Take a third petal and place right in the center. Glue down.
4. Flip the flower over and place the fourth petal slightly to the side so that the tip shows.
5. With your green sheet of paper, cut two strips the short length of the paper for stems. Then fold the paper in half so it is long and skinny. Cut out two leaves.
6. Next, use a zig-zag cut down the rest of the green sheet.
7. Cut the seem on your grass. You will have 4 pieces of grass when done.
8. Start layering two pieces of your grass on the bottom of the blue sheet. Alternate where the points go.
9. Add on your flower stems.
10. Then place another layer of grass. You can roll the layers forward a bit so it pops off the page.
11. Flip over the blue paper and trim off any grass that hangs over the edge.
12. Now add on your flowers!
13. And last your leaves.
14. You can fluff your flower petals too to help them pop off the page!

More flower crafts you will love!

• Mess-Free glitter tulips – A fun art project that isn’t as messy as you would think!
• Tissue Paper Flowers – Strengthen fine motor skills while creating a fun tissue paper flower.
• Rainbow Paper Flowers – One of our most popular flower crafts!

When to make tulip art

Sometimes you see a craft and think, oh that’s cute! But then you don’t know when you will make it. Here are some ideas for this fun art project!

• Create this tulip art during a class party or before a picnic.
• When you’re practicing scissor skills. Learning to cut can be tricky, but projects like these help kids master the skill.
• Create cards with this craft and send them to loved ones.

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Sun craft for preschoolers

This simple sun craft is perfect for a group of kids. Use all yellow construction paper for an easy yellow day craft. Or mix orange and yellow for the perfect summer craft.

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No time to make this simple summer craft? Pin it for later!

If you’re just browsing for a yellow craft for kids, pin this to your kids’ crafts ideas board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready.

Tips for making this summer craft for preschoolers.

• If you need to save time you could have the shapes drawn ahead of time for the children to cut.
• They can also cut multiple sheets at the same time or even be precut.
• This sun can be created in many different sizes by simply adjusting the circle and triangle sizes.
• If you want to display against a wall, finish your sun with a full circle instead of the second set of half circles.

How to make these 3D suns

Below is our step by step tutorial for creating this simple summer craft. Feel free to print it for easy reference.

Yield: 1

3D Hanging Sun

Print

Using simple shapes create a fun 3D sun to hang!

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• 3 Sheets Yellow Construction Paper
• 3 Sheets Orange Construction Paper
• Yarn or String

Tools

• A Circle Shape to Trace
• Pencil
• Glue Stick
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Fold each sheet of paper in half. Then trace a circle onto one side of your paper.
2. Draw a triangle on the other side of the paper. Make sure to have the opening at the bottom of the paper.
3. Fold 2 more sheets of construction paper and add underneath. Then cut out the circles and triangles. Repeat with the second set of paper.
4. This should leave you with 12 circles and 12 triangles. Fold one circle in half like a taco shell. Then add glue.
5. Place the opposite color on top and fold to match the taco shape.
6. Continue the pattern until you have used half, 6, of your circles.
7. Then repeat. So you have 2 taco stacks.
8. Place one stack to the side. Open one stack so the inside is facing up. Add in 4 triangles. One in each direction.
9. Then place 4 more triangles, in the opposite color in between each.
10. Place your string using glue.
11. Then, using the matching triangle pieces, cover the string with glue and 2 triangles to secure in place.
12. Now take your second stack of tacos to finish your sun.
13. Fan it out and attach it with glue.
14. Lift and fluff the backside of your sun before hanging.

More summer crafts for kids you will love!

• Giant paper sunflowers – Decorate your classroom with these fun paper flowers.
• Summer Checklist – Don’t miss any of the fun of summer break with this free printable.
• Summer Party – These fun party ideas are perfect for those dog days of summer or a special birthday.

When to make a yellow craft for kids

Sometimes you see a craft and think, oh that’s cute! But then you don’t know when you will make it. Here are some ideas for this fun art project!

• These yellow suns are perfect for a yellow day celebration.
• Use them to decorate for summer school.
• Bring a little cheer to a shut-in.
• Decorate a summer party.
• Use them in your VBS craft time.
• They make a fantastic playroom or classroom decoration.

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Kandinsky Art For Kids

We love this papercraft because it involves all sorts of skills – from cutting to folding and gluing, kids will get to work on their fine motor skills and is a basic shape craft.

Kandinsky art for kids can be created using all sorts of art supplies. We’ve seen oil pastels, chalk pastels, paints, tissue paper, and more!

This variation of Kandinsky-inspired circle art is much easier and less messy because it uses paper.

It gives art teachers a great opportunity to teach about the Russian painter, Wassily Kandinsky who was the father of abstract art.

Using construction paper makes it great for 4-year-olds and older children alike and your young artists will love displaying their works of art.

Rainbow crafts are perfect any time of year. This construction paper craft creates a fun 3D effect by folding the petals just slightly.

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No time to make this rainbow flower craft? Pin it for later!

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Why do we love crafting with construction paper?

Why do we love paper crafts? Because they secretly teach so many important skills for kids.

• Hand-eye coordination
• Fine motor skills
• Cutting practice
• Following instructions
• Colors
• Counting
• and more!

If you’re looking for more ways to inspire your kids, check out our construction paper book!

Tips for making these circle flowers

• If you are crunched for time, you could cut the circles ahead of time and let your child cut the petals, and glue the layers together.
• Instead of making rainbow flowers, let your kids pick out different colors or alternate between two colors.
• Try using different shapes. How does this project look with square flowers or triangles? Let your kids experiment.
• When bending the flowers, it helps to hold the center of the circle. If little fingers can’t make this work, you might try holding it for your child as they bend the paper.

Yield: 2 Flowers

How to make beautiful Kandinsky Inspired Rainbow Flowers

Print

These rainbow flowers are inspired by the painter Wassily Kandinsky, this construction paper craft is perfect for young children.

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• Construction Paper (One sheet for each color of the rainbow)
• White Cardstock
• White Glue
• Buttons

Tools

• Scissors

Instructions

1. Start with the purple paper and cut the first circle freehand. Then cut little slits to form the petals.
2. Glue the purple circle on top of the blue paper using a glue stick. Cut the blue paper into a circle, leaving enough space to cut petals in the blue paper.  Repeat this step of gluing and cutting the remaining papers in order to form a rainbow: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
3. After you’re finished, make a second flower in the same way, only with reversed colors. This time, make the smallest circle red and the largest purple.
4. Fold petals a little bit to add dimension. Hold the center of the flower to make folding easier.
5. Pick a button and, using white glue, glue it in the center of the flower. 
6. Cut green paper strips for stems. Glue the stems onto white paper along with the rainbow paper flowers to finish this simple paper flower craft for kids.

How to use this Kandinsky craft.

paper crafts are great for all kinds of occasions!

• Teach children about famous artists
• Teach about geometric shapes.
• Learning about the colors of the rainbow.
• Create them to decorate your classroom.
• Make them at a birthday party as an inexpensive party activity.
• Glue them onto the front of a card for Mother’s Day.

More rainbow crafts you will love!

• Rainbow String Art – Grab some paints and create these unique pieces of art.
• 3D Paper Heart Mobile – Hang these in your classroom or playroom!
• Rainbow Paper Flowers – One of our most popular posts! These pair well with the Kandinsky circles!

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3D Rainbow Art

We have had a new ongoing obsession with rainbow art in our house…

We are constantly singing the colors of the rainbow song over and over… and over.

We’ve made everything from Flowers to Spheres with rainbow construction paper.

When I saw this cute post from Teach Preschool I knew I needed to do something like it with V. She has an amazing tip for gluing with your little ones.

The only problem was V wanted to make a “real rainbow” she wanted that perfect arch.

Since creating a 3d paper rainbow can be challenging for a preschool craft,  we tweaked it a bit.  This 3D rainbow art project is designed to make it easier for her to accomplish the “perfect rainbow”.

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No time to make this construction paper rainbow? Pin it for later!

If you’re currently in the middle of planning craft time, save this pin and come back to it when you’re ready to create. That way you’ll be able to grab all the fun crafts when you’re ready!

Why do we love crafting with construction paper?

Why do we love paper crafts for kids? Because they secretly teach so many important skills for kids.

• Fine motor skills
• Cutting practice
• Following instructions
• Colors
• Counting
• and more!

If you’re looking for more ways to inspire your kids, check out our construction paper book!

Tips for making this rainbow craft

• Make sure to check out the video to see how we trimmed the paper strips.
• Let your child play around with how they want to apply the glue stick. Some kids like to add the glue to the base, some kids prefer to add it to the paper strip. Both ways work!
• If you are crafting with a large group, you may want to cut all the paper first. Or you can grab our rainbow template to make it super easy!
• The key to making the paper stick is to hold it down for the appropriate amount of time. Have your kids sing a quick song or count to 10.

Yield: 1 Rainbow

How to make a rainbow with construction paper

Print

Check out the step-by-step instructions for creating 3D rainbow art.

Active Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• Construction Paper. ( A sheet for each color of the rainbow and white)
• Glue Stick

Tools

• Paper Cutter (optional)
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Start by cutting a 1″ strip of each color the long length of the paper. Then line them up; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, starting with red on the bottom leaving about a 1″ gap between each color of the rainbow.
2. Next, flip up the back end and trim off along the red edge. You should be cutting off the most purple, then blue, etc. You will not cut off any red.
3. Now fold the whole end over to create a tab.
4. Even out the other end and fold a tab there as well.
5. Starting building your 3D rainbow art with purple, add glue to your tabs so they fold out from under your arch.
6. Use Teach Preschool’s tip here to make sure to get a good bond! Continue this with each color.
7. V switched halfway through to adding the glue to the paper then pressing her strips into the glue. Whichever way works best for your kiddo!
8. Once you glue on your red strip you’re finished with your 3D rainbow craft!

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How to use this easy craft for kids

Rainbow are a great craft for kids. This construction paper craft is perfect for loads of situations.

• Summer Camps
• Use this craft in Sunday School or VBS to remember God’s promise.
• Create them in your preschool or kindergarten classroom to help teach about the colors of the rainbow.
• Make them at a birthday party as an inexpensive and interactive party gift. (our favorite kind!)

More rainbow crafts you will love!

• Rainbow Flower – another easy and colorful construction paper craft.
• Rainbow Bookmarks – kids will love creating and giving these bookmarks.
• Heart Mobiles – Hang this mobile in your classroom or playroom!

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