“Wanna wear shorts! Don’t wanna wear jacket! Nooo hat!”

Sounds familiar? Then you probably have a toddler! They’re adorable, funny, and very, very stubborn.

We offer only weather and age-appropriate outfits, give them choice within those boundaries, and still, it is ten degrees below zero and your toddler wants to wear sandals!

We created a paper doll project that helps young children understand and choose weather-appropriate clothing in every season.

Materials

  • templates (you could also use photographs)
  • markers/crayons/pencils and stickers/glitter/etc.
  • scissors
  • laminate paper
  • adhesive Velcro strips

Instructions

1. First, print out the templates.  There are a number available but we went with these. You could also draw additional clothes (my daughter wanted a tutu for her bear).  Another option would be to use photographs of your children and their own clothing.

2. Color and decorate the bear and the clothes. It is interesting to notice that, even though we do not do a lot of coloring sheets, my daughter has internalized the rules for coloring in the lines and filling the white space whereas my son has not.

3. Cut out the shapes.

4. Laminate.  You can use the adhesive clear contact paper or, we headed over to The UPS Store and asked them to laminate for us.  The laminate process they use produces a nice, stiff, sturdy plastic.

5. Add velcro to the front of your bear and to the back of the clothes.

6. Dress your bear to match the weather!

Books to Help Toddlers Dress for the Day and the Weather

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?: One of our favorite storybooks about getting dressed features the playful Jesse Bear. Throughout the day, from pajamas to playtime to lunch to bath to bedtime again, Jesse Bear shares what he’ll wear in fun, engaging rhymes.

Clementine’s Winter Wardrobe features a cat imagining all the clothes she will need for the winter–I think she has almost as many clothes as my daughter! The color pencil drawings give the book a sweet, dreamy look.

More Educational Laminating Fun

—GIVEAWAY!—

The UPS Store would like my readers to have the opportunity to experience the convenience for themselves. They have given me $250 worth of gift cards to give away!

Prizes:

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Disclosure: I am writing this post in part as a paid The UPS Store Brand Ambassador and in conjunction with the Lovin’ Logistics campaign at Collective Bias. All opinions stated here are my own and are not affected by compensation.

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120 thoughts on “Jesse Bear, Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear (And The UPS Store Giveaway)”

  1. i love the UPS store because it is fast, easy, and one stop. plus people are friendly unlike usps…

  3. We like to share books between the kids and the family. This would be great for shipping ours to the rest of the family.

  4. My favorite thing about The UPS Store is that they are able to take care of all my shipping needs. Thanks.

  6. My favorite thing about the UPS Store is the personnel. They usually come to the door and help me with large packages. The post office would never do that. The UPS Store always has a Notary Public in the store also, and that has been very handy for me several times.

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  7. I can mail off books that my children no longer read to my bestfriend’s children who are younger.

  9. I love that the UPS store has mailboxes for rent with a street address.We live out in the country and have had a few thefts form our mailbox.

  15. I like the cards our UPS Store has – they usually have fun pop-up cards in stock – great to grab at the last minute and put in whatever package I’m sending (usually to family).

  17. Our local UPS is wonderful. They have great personalities and offer the kids the chance to weigh in packages (providing there isn’t a huge line!). Anyway, one of our clerks will put a cap onto a wee one and ask them to take over – one day, she says, you may have my job!

  23. I love that you can rent post office boxes with a real address instead of a po box address.

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  24. I have a UPS store a block away that I adore. It is run by a sweet family — everyone is cheerful and helpful. Mostly, I get copies made there, but I have also sent care packages to family from the UPS story. Always a nice experience.

  25. I love how clean the stores are – I know it seems minor but thats a huge deal to me.And the associates are always so helpful

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  26. my favorite thing aoub the ups store is the ease and convenience. its close to my house and quiet and fast

  28. They are very handy; we have a shop right down the way from our house. Beats the USPS in many ways.

  29. I ship packages from their store about once a week..plus the delivery people are friendly and have no complaints about them

  32. My favorite thing about going to the UPS store is that the employees are very helpful and that I usually don’t have to wait very long to get helped.

  46. I love the UPS store because of the good customer service and the fact that you can track your shipments easily!

  49. My fave thing about The UPS Store is that they give you free insurance on packages you mail with them

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