Bear Wants More — Book Activities

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I have fallen in love with the Bear books by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.  With the start of spring this week, I wanted to have a little fun with book activities for Bear Wants More .

 

book activity for bear wants more

 

Not familiar with this one?  In it Bear wakes up from hibernating and he is HUNGRY!  His friends all find him things to eat, but “Bear wants more.”  At the end of the book he is too big to fit inside his house for the party they planned, so they have the party outside.

What did we do?

I prepped ahead of time by cutting a small hole in a paper plate to be the entrance to Bear’s cave.  Then we used one of the kid-sized sock puppets we made a few weeks ago and acted out the story.  At the beginning, Bear had no problem getting through the cave’s entrance.

 

bear wants more activities

 

Then he ate.  And ate.  (My kids had fun stuffing our little Bear full of cotton balls while they named the foods he ate.)

When he got back to his house, he couldn’t fit through the door.

 

Bear Wants More activity

 

I originally planned to picnic outside, like Bear and his friends did.  But the weather did not cooperate.  (30 degrees is NOT picnic weather!)  So we had an indoor picnic instead.

And then we made flower chains, like the animals did in the book Bear Wants More.

We don’t have fresh daisies yet…but we do have plenty of construction paper.  I had a variety of flowers waiting.  I punched 2 holes in each of them ahead of time so they would be threaded onto green yarn and worn as a headband or necklace.

craft activity for Bear Wants More

 

Now, if we could just get the spring weather!

 

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Comments

  3. So cute! I love the paper plate activity! It also reminds me of the Winnie the Pooh story where he eats too much at Rabbit’s house and gets stuck in Rabbit’s rabbit hole. 😉

    • Yes! That is exactly what I thought of when we first read the Bear Wants More book! I need to find my Winnie the Pooh story book and start reading some of them to the kids.

  7. What a good dog to let himself be decorated! Cute sock puppet and easy to make too!

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  8. We just discovered Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and it has become a new favourite thanks to the lovely rhyme and Jane Chapman’s wonderful illustrations. I wanted to read more Bear books – thank you for the recommendation. I love your flower necklaces too!

    • Oh, we just got Bear Snores On from the library! Another great Bear book! 🙂

      Our flower chains are now decorating the doors; a lovely reminder that it’s spring, even if the snow on the ground says otherwise!

  9. I love the activities you did to tie along the book. Very creative!

    Thanks for sharing your favorite post at Raising Imperfection! We feature our favorites on Friday, make sure to come back and check.
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    • Oh, I hope we will be making them with real flowers soon! I’m tired of snow!
      Thanks for the invite to the hop — off to check it out!

  12. Hi
    Found you at Teach Beside Me. I loved the bear book and activities. We used to love to read bear books too. One favourite was The Fourteen Bears – in Summer and Winter.
    I have written a book about a turtle called Tadeo. Hope you take a look.
    Blessings,
    Janis

  13. Love this – what fun! I’m so glad you shared this with the Cozy Book Hop. I am going to try this soon.

    Thanks

    Marissa

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