Sleeping Bears

This week we made bear caves out of boxes.

My favorite part of this activity was listening to the fun comments the kids made as they painted:

"I'm doing snow on top."

"Brown can be sticks."

"Sometimes the wind blows snow inside."

"Bears can decorate with flowers or leaves."

"There's a little bit of moss growing on my cave."

The caves were the perfect size for these teddy bears. 

We tucked them in for a long winter's nap.

The bears need to sleep through the winter until it's spring again, so we are going to count down the weeks until it is time to wake them up.

Our classroom might not be the most quiet place for them to sleep, but it will definitely be warm!

(Thanks to Teach Preschool for the inspiration behind this idea!!)