You can tell your own stories with this Friendly Storytelling Bear Craft! Use the templates and/or make your own expressions to make up great stories or as a way to talk about different feelings! You can also play a game to collect all the parts of the bear’s face to win.

Supplies

• Printable Bear Head Template
• Printable Eyes and Noses Template
• Printable Eyebrows  and Ears Template
• Light brown felt or fleece (or color of your choice), 8 ½ x 11 inch piece
• Dark brown felt or fleece(or color of your choice), 8 ½ x 11 inch piece
• White felt or fleece, 8 ½ x 11 inch piece
• Black felt or fleece, for pupils
• Scissors
• Glue
• 1 playing die (optional)

Directions

1. Print templates
2. Cut bear head from light felt or fleece
3. Cut eyes from white felt or fleece
4. Cut nose and inner ears from dark brown felt or fleece
5. Cut pupils from black felt or fleece
6. Glue pupils onto white eyes

Alternatively: Color and play with the paper set

For a Fun Story Time

Give the bear different faces and make up stories of why he looks that way!

To Play a Game

Roll the die to collect parts of the bear’s face. The first player to create a full face is the winner.

• Die dots correspond to:
• 1—one eyebrow
• 2—second eyebrow
• 3—one eye
• 4—second eye
• 5—nose
• 6—inner ears

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