| A great teddy bear party is not a difficult thing to | | | | sandwiches and watch for all the |
| pull of with a little creativity and some things that | | | | smiles! Mix some honey and yogurt together for |
| you can find round your house! Here are some | | | | a great dip for cut fruit and your |
| quick ideas for making the party "beary" | | | | menu is complete!Bear Party - Activities and |
| fun!Invitation ideasBuy some inexpensive rubber | | | | craft ideasCrafts with a bear theme abound but |
| stamps with bear images and let your little one | | | | here are some quick ideas for your bear |
| make | | | | birthday party. Make a paper bear chain (paper |
| homemade invitations. Or cut a piece of | | | | dolls) that the kids can color and |
| cardstock into the shape of a bear and | | | | decorate. Use paper plates to make paper bear |
| write your invitation on that. Free clipart can be | | | | masks. Bead a bear collar |
| found for this purpose in many | | | | (necklace). Take a picture with all the kids and |
| places on the Internet. Make sure you include the | | | | their own bears and decorate a |
| request for all the guests to bring | | | | simple scrapbook page to honor the occasion. |
| their own bear to the party too!Decoration | | | | Decorate teddy bear cookies with |
| ideasWhen kids think of bears they usually think | | | | colored icing and various decorations.Bear Party - |
| of honey and bees, so a big hit for | | | | Game ideasPin the honey pot on the teddy bear - |
| decorations is LOTS of yellow and black balloons | | | | if you have an artist in the family, draw a |
| and streamers. If possible have | | | | large teddy bear on poster board and cut out |
| various teddy bears all around the room as well | | | | honey pots. Blindfold each child |
| to tie in the theme.Menu ideasWhen you're hosting | | | | individually and see if they can put the honey pot |
| a bear event even your menu should be centered | | | | into the teddy bear's hand.Hot Teddy Bear - like |
| on teddy. | | | | hot potato only pass the teddy bear to the music. |
| Here is a cute way to turn Peanut Butter and | | | | When the |
| Jelly sandwiches into a beary fun treat! | | | | music stops, the person with the teddy bear is |
| Spread your peanut butter and jelly onto eight | | | | out.Toss the honey pot - draw a large bear head |
| whole-wheat hamburger buns. Now | | | | with an open mouth on poster board |
| the fun begins. Cut four of the eight buns in half. | | | | and lay it on the floor. Using yellow beanbags as |
| On a large tray or covered cookie | | | | the "honey" each child throws the |
| sheet, arrange the buns into a shape of a teddy | | | | bag to see if it will land in the bear's mouth.Take |
| bear. For the tummy, put one whole | | | | home gift ideasPurchase yellow lunch bags |
| bun and surround that with 4 half buns. Another | | | | (available at party stores) and decorate with bee |
| whole bun becomes the head/ | | | | stickers. Fill with gummy bears, teddy grahams, |
| face, with two half buns on the topsides of the | | | | miniature stuffed teddy bears and |
| head for the ears. Two whole buns | | | | fun bear jewelry. Or if you want to go all out, |
| become the legs and the final two half buns turn | | | | hire a stuffed animal party planner to |
| out off of the body to make arms. | | | | come and have each child make their own |
| Garnish the face/head bun with raisin eyes and a | | | | stuffed animal as part of the party.Annette Yen |
| strawberry slice mouth and you've | | | | throws great birthday parties and other fun kid's |
| got a bear! Use a separate tray for additional | | | | events. |