Teddy Bear Tote

Reinforce the concept of shapes and sizes while making these cute spring tote bags.	Safety Tips Kids 8 years and younger should use child-safe scissors. Watch out for this sign . It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Materials Paper bowl Pipe cleaner Construction paper Compass or any object to make a circle Pencil Scissors White glue or tacky glue Black marker or crayon Buttons or wiggle eyes (optional) Ribbon (optional)

Steps

	1.	Find a paper bowl to turn into your tote or basket. A smaller bowl makes a cute tote and is more manageable for little kids to work on.
	2.	Create a bear following either instructions below. In both options, take special note to define the size of the bear's head by tracing around the bowl's lip. a.) Drawing and cutting various-sized circles from construction paper and gluing them together to make a bear's head. Step-by-step instructions are outlined in our Circles Bear craft.
		b.) Drawing a bear on construction paper, then coloring and cutting it out. These series of photos suggest an easy way of drawing a bear using circles.
	3.	Trim off an inch or so from one side of the paper bowl.
	4.	Punch a hole on each corner of the bowl's trimmed edge.
	5.	Glue the bowl at the back of the bear's head. The opening on the bowl should be facing up.
	6.	Make a pipe cleaner handle. Fasten the pipe cleaner ends around the pair of opposite holes on the bowl.
	7.	You may accent the handle with a ribbon. Once the glue dries, you can use your Teddy Bear Tote to collect candies or spring time blooms.

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