A Teddy Bear Picnic birthday theme can be so much fun. Kids will enjoy activities revolved their favorite friends. Don't forget to state that each party guest needs to bring their favorite stuffed animal in the "Special Instructions" section of the invitations.
Invitations
Printable invites are below. Print on regular paper or cardstock. Cut along the outer dotted lines and fold the inner dotted lines to form the invite. Fill in the appropriate information.
Decorations
- Have a checkered tablecloth with red and white plates, cups, napkins, and utensils.
- Have a picnic basket filled with play food somewhere in the party room.
- Hang a sign to the entrance of the party that reads, "You're Here," with an arrow pointing to a picnic bench that you either cut out or can draw yourself.
- Have stuffed animals all around the party room. Fashion them to look like they are talking to each other and doing other picnic activities. You may even construct a teeter-totter with teddy bears on it.
- Tie a brightly colored helium balloon behind each party guests chair.
- Play music including songs such as Bare Necessities, Teddy Bear's Picnic, and House on Pooh Corner. You can purchase, download, and burn these songs to a CD.
- Hang up a Teddy Bear Picnic poem that is nice and big for the kids to see.
Craft
This adorable Teddy Bear puzzle is a great craft for the party guests to make. You can find all the directions for making this craft at the website.
Activity
Teddy Bear Dress Up
Before the party, cut out Teddy Bear shapes (using a cookie cutter as a guide) for the party guests to decorate. Use brown cardstock paper to trace and cut out the Teddy Bears. Also cut out various outfits of dresses, shorts, shirts, purses, bows, etc. that the children can use to dress up their bear. You can use fabric or construction paper. At the party, give each child a glue stick, wiggly eyes, a red mouth, and a brown pom-pom for the bear's nose. Let the children decorate their bear to take home.
Cake and Food
You can probably find a bear shaped cake tin at a party supply store. Another idea would be to bake a sheet cake and decorate it with brown icing. Use plastic Teddy Bear figures to decorate the cake. You can make grass spots with green icing and sand with sprinkled brown sugar.
Serve Teddy Bear shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches using a cookie cutter to get the bear shape, along with a fruit and veggie tray with various fun dips. Don't forget the Teddy Graham Crackers!
Goodie Bags
Goodie bags can include Teddy Bear coloring books, crayons, a snack bag of Teddy Grahams, Teddy Bear stickers, gummy bears, squiggly straws, drinking cups with a bear on them, and Teddy Bear hair accessories.
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