Crafts on "Goldilocks & the Three Bears"

Paper bags are easy to turn into bear puppets.

“Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is a classic children’s tale of caution and consequence. The cherished story provides ample inspiration for craft projects. Using crafts to help explain and explore the story helps kids gain a greater understanding about the moral message. The crafts also provide kids with physical tasks to keep their hands busy.

Goldilocks’ Face

Paper plates, construction paper and crayons are all any child needs to create Goldilocks’ face and golden curls. Young children can draw a face on the paper plate with crayons and cut yellow construction paper to glue on as hair. Older kids can cut separate strips of construction paper and curl each one around a pencil to create “curly locks” for the face. Older kids can also cut eyeholes in the plate and tie yarn on each side to create a Goldilocks mask.

Felt Bears

Filling felt shapes with newspaper is an easy way for kids to create their own stuffed bears for a re-enactment of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Kids cut two large circles and two small circles from brown felt. The children then glue the matching circles two-thirds closed, stuff them with newspaper and glue the circles completely closed. Instruct kids to glue the small circle to the top of the large, add felt ears and limbs and draw a bear face. Kids can also use yarn and a plastic needle to sew the circles closed and puffy paint to give the face dimension.

Bear Puppets

There are two easy ways for kids to create bear puppets – one with paper bags and the other with an empty toilet paper roll. Young kids can color and cut out a bear picture, and then glue it to the cardboard roll to create simple puppets. The task is easy enough for kids to create all three bears from the story. Older kids can draw a bear face on the bottom of a paper bag, positioning the mouth at the fold, and a bear body on the side of the bag to create a puppet for a “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” puppet show. They can also cut out paper or felt shapes to give the puppet ears and limbs that stick out from the bag.

Porridge Magnet

Air-dry clay comes in many colors and is easy for kids of all ages to use. Instruct kids to create a half-moon clay shape for the bowl and top it with a smaller half-moon of cream clay to create the porridge. Kids glue a small magnet square to the back of the dried decorations and let dry. Older children can make magnets for the entire “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” story, including bear head magnets, a Goldilocks’ head magnet, a chair magnet and so on.