The best part about these bear art ideas is you can eat them when you are done.
Sugar Cookie Paws
You will need:
Sugar cookie dough
Cookie sheet
Chocolate or white frosting (optional)
You can either make your own sugar cookie dough using a classic sugar cookie dough recipe or chocolate sugar cookie dough, which does not require frosting. You could also buy sugar cookie dough at the grocery store. But half the fun of this activity is making the dough with your child.
Show your child how to roll the cookie dough into a ball. You will need five smaller balls for the toes and one larger one to make the bear paw print.
Place the larger ball on the cookie sheet and flatten it down with your hand or the end of a glass cup. Then place each of the smaller balls next to each other just above the large ball. Flatten the smaller balls. Then cook the cookies according to the directions in the recipe.
You can frost your paw prints with chocolate (brown bear) or white (polar bear) frosting.
Popcorn Ball Bears
You will need:
1 square butter or margarine
1 c brown sugar
½ c light Karo syrup
4 quarts popped popcorn
butter for your hands
chocolate chips (optional)
Put the butter, brown sugar, and Karo syrup in a heavy saucepan. Stir it over medium heat until it boils. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes, until all of the sugar crystals are gone.
Place the popcorn in a large bowl. Pour the caramel sauce over the popped popcorn. Let the sauce cool for a few minutes. Lightly butter your hands. Pick up some popcorn and form a popcorn body, head, arms, and legs for your popcorn bear. You can use chocolate chips for the eyes and nose if you want. One recipe makes 6-8 small bears.