Polar Bear Scarf or Banner
Polar bears aren’t cold in the winter—and neither should you be! Here are directions and printable templates for making a cute scarf to keep you warm, or—if you’d rather—a banner to warm up your room.
Supplies
- Printable Polar Bear and Igloo Template
- 1 Strip of blue fleece 4 ½ feet long x 7 inches wide for the scarf
- 1 Piece of blue scrapbooking paper for a banner
- Pieces of white, black, blue, and purple fleece or scrapbooking paper to make the polar bear, igloo, snowflakes, and ice floes.
- String or twine for banner
- Scissors
- Fabric or paper glue
Directions for Scarf
To make the fringe at each end of the scarf
- Make 7 cuts about 4 inches long
- Tie a knot at the top of each fringe section
To make the pieces for the scarf or banner
- Trace the polar bear and igloo sections from the Printable Template onto white fleece and cut out
- Trace the two ice floes onto blue fleece and cut out
- Trace the door of the igloo onto blue fleece and cut out
- Trace the polar bear’s scarf onto purple (or any color) fleece and cut out
- Cut out round snowflakes
- Cut out a small circle from black fleece for the Polar Bear’s nose
On one end of the scarf
- Glue the smaller ice floe on one end of the scarf
- Tie the bear’s scarf around its neck before gluing the bear to the scarf
- Glue the polar bear onto the scarf with its feet on the ice floe
- Glue on the polar bear’s nose
- Make a small dot for the polar bear’s eye with a marker
- Glue snowflakes above polar bear
On the other end of the scarf
- Glue the bigger ice floe to the scarf
- Glue the three pieces of the large igloo to the scarf, leaving a little space between sections
- Glue the small white door of the igloo on top of the last two igloo sections
- Glue the small blue door onto the white door
- Glue snowflakes above the igloo
Directions for Banner
- Cut a point at the bottom of your banner
- Follow the directions above to trace the pieces of the polar bear and igloo from the printable template onto scrapbooking paper
- Follow the directions above to glue the pieces of the polar bear and igloo to your banner
- Attach string or twine to back of banner to make a hanger