How to Make a Valentine Bear Card Holder
Valentine's Day is synonymous with Valentine's Day cards, little notes sent to friends and loved ones to express your affection for them. A Valentine's Day card holder is a nice craft to make for this holiday, and it acts as a place to keep the cards you receive leading up to the big day. A card holder made to look like a friendly bear is holding on to it can be a good project for kids to work on and is easy to complete with a few materials.
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Instructions
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Draw a bear shape onto a piece of brown construction paper with a pencil. The bear should be about 8 inches tall and have a rounded body, rounded arms and feet, a circle head and two half-moon ears.
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Cut out the bear from the paper using scissors.
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Draw a bear face onto the cutout using crayons. The bear should have two circular white eyes with black pupils, a pink upside-down triangle nose and a big smile.
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Cut the top of a small paper lunch bag so that the bag is about 5 inches tall.
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Write the name of the recipient of the cards onto the front of the bag with a marker.
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Glue the bear to the back of the bag so it looks like the bear is holding on to the bag.
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Tips & Warnings
Let kids help decorate the bag with hearts and stickers.
Thoroughly wash hands if any glue gets on your fingers.
Resources
- Photo Credit valentine image by Amjad Shihab from Fotolia.com
