Paper Plate Paddington Bear
Supplies
- 1 paper plate
- Paint: honey brown tan, brown, black, white
- Black marker
- Plastic fork
- Red and blue construction paper
- 2 blue buttons
- Tools: paintbrush old toothbrush, scissors, glue
- Patterns
Instructions
- Turn the paper plate upside down.
- Paint the back of the paper plate with honey brown paint.
- When dry, paint a circle with tan paint.
- Use tan paint to drag the top of the circle higher, like a pear shape.
- Paint an almond shape for the eyes with white paint.
- When dry, use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in brown paint to add the circles for the eyes.
- Paint the nose using black paint in the shape of a bean.
- Add nostrils and center of the nose.
- When eyes are dry dry, use the handle end of a paintbrush to dot black onto the brown.
- Paint eye lids using honey brown.
- Add a smile with black marker.
- To add the details to look like fur, first paint some more honey brown onto the face so that the paint is white.
- Dip the tines of the plastic fork into brown paint and drag them through the honey brown.
- Continue this process all around the face.
- Use the patterns to cut the hat pieces from red paper, and the coat pieces from blue paper.
- Use a toothbrush dipped in white paint to add snow to the red hat.
- Glue the hat pieces together and trim any excess.
- Note: you may need to trim the hat more to make it fit the paper plate properly.
- Glue the hat to the top of the bear’s head.
- Assemble the coat and glue the buttons in place.
Expert Tips & FAQs
Instead of painting the eyes, younger kids can glue on googly eyes.