The Best Loved-Bear by Diana Noonan, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller is a Kiwi classic picture book. First released 23 years ago, this book, like the bear it is named after, has withstood the test of time and was re-released this month.
Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors – and have crafty fun with Fifi: make your child into a giant teddy-bear.
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1. What you need
![what you need teddy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_c454bf60f64c4e56a3dd7acac745e7e5~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_583,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_c454bf60f64c4e56a3dd7acac745e7e5~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg)
2. Download and Print the Template
3. Trace the Template
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4. Fancy folding
![fancy folding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_5e996fdb786649fb9c486630c8b323c8~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_583,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_5e996fdb786649fb9c486630c8b323c8~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg)
5. Snipping and Stapling
![take him for a walk](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_d731d3d04c3d4eb8becf989f3b966037~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_583,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_d731d3d04c3d4eb8becf989f3b966037~mv2_d_4961_2953_s_4_2.jpg)
6. Paint your Bear Mask!
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7. Finishing touches
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Find out more about The Best-Loved Bear, by Diana Noonan and Elizabeth Fuller (Scholastic NZ) here.
Never be stuck for something to do! Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors – and have crafty fun with Fifi!
![Fifi Colston](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_6ecd39280f1349ad9f0f2690d455b530~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_837,h_924,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/09ef90_6ecd39280f1349ad9f0f2690d455b530~mv2.jpg)
Fifi Colston
Fifi Colston is a freelancer with fingers in many creative pies. She is a published junior fiction novelist, children’s book illustrator of more than 30 titles, poet and a long standing television presenter of arts and crafts on firstly TVNZ’s What Now and then The Good Morning Show. Fifi is a veteran of Wearable Arts; a finalist and award winner over 21 years with 23 entries in show. She also works in the New Zealand film industry as a costumier, puppet maker and illustrator.
When she has a moment, Fifi visits schools and community groups, inspires budding artists and writers and runs workshops in creative process. You can find her at http://fificolston.blogspot.com.
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