Things You'll Need:
- Art Sets
- Rubber Stamps
- Teddy Bear Fabrics
- Blank-inside Greeting Cards
- Invitations
- Crayola Crayons 48-packs
- Fresh Flowers
- Glues
- Vases
- Lemonades
- Popsicle Sticks
- Scissors
- Tablecloths
- Scissors
- Children's Scissors
- Construction Paper
- Ink Pads
- Doll Clothes
- Plastic Tea Sets
- Teddy Bear Clothes
- Teddy Bears
- Rubber stamps
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Step 1
Decide who you'll invite to the picnic.
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Step 2
Design teddy bear-themed invitations by hand or with a computer program. Indicate that each invitee must bring a favorite teddy bear.
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Step 3
Send or hand-deliver the invitations to your guests.
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Step 4
Find a tablecloth or blanket to spread on the ground under a tree. A red-and-white checkered cloth is classic. You can also find teddy bear print fabric that works well.
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Step 5
Set places for each guest and teddy. Use a child's china tea set for the teddies and plastic plates and cups for the humans.
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Step 6
Collect wildflowers for a centerpiece and display them in the middle of the picnic cloth.
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Step 7
Make or buy cupcakes decorated with bears, or bake some bear-shaped cookies.
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Step 8
Mix up some lemonade or other beverage.
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Step 9
Create party favors. Doll clothes or hats make nice gifts for the teddies. Small throw pillows in teddy bear prints make lovely gifts for the humans.
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Step 10
Pick out a story about bears to read at the picnic.
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Step 11
Give prizes for the oldest bear, silliest bear, fanciest bear and so on. Be sure that each teddy will win a prize.
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Step 12
Plan a craft project such as making bear puppets by gluing bear cutouts on Popsicle sticks.
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Step 13
Welcome your guests and their bears when they arrive, and show them where to sit.
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Step 14
Pay a proper amount of attention to the bears since the picnic is for them, after all.
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Step 15
Play the song "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" and sing along.
