Activities: The bunny hop is always fun this time of year. I have found the music on several cds.
Crafts: Bunny Ears are popular. This is the easiest way I have found to make them. Use a two inch strip construction paper ( your choice of colors) Fit it to the child’s head and staple it in a circle to fit. Have the child draw and cut out the two ears. Staple or glue them to the band.
Decorations: Since carrots are bunnies favorite food, make a carrot for decorating the table by making cone from orange paper. Put green tissue in the cone to make the leaves. Each person can make one to decorate the table.
Food: Bunny buns
2 1/2 to three cups all purpose flour
2tablespoons sugar
1 package (1/4 ounce)dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1cup(8 ounces) sour cream
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg
Put the butter, the sour cream and water in a small saucepan and heat, but do not cook. Cool to tepid then add the remaining ingredients. Knead. If thick add more water. Let rise until double in size. Cut into 16 equal parts. Shape to round or egg shape. cut dough with scissors to shape ears. poke eyes with chopstick or sharp stick. You may stick pepper corn in if you like. Place on baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Literature: Here are some books your little ones might enjoy.
Runaway bunny–Margaret Wise Brown
bunny hop–Slater
Bunny Bunny– Kirsten Hall
Tale of Peter Rabbit– Beatrix Potter
Bunny’s Noisy Book–Margaret Wise Brown.
A little older child Might enjoy
The Velveteen Rabbit –Spirin
Poems: Five Little bunnies sitting by the door
One hopped away and then there were four.
Four little bunnies under a tree;
One hopped away and then there were three.
Three little bunnies looking at you;
One hopped away and then there were two.
Two little bunnies resting in the sun;
One hopped away and then there was one.
One little bunny left all alone;
He hopped away and then there were none.
Music: LITTLE BUNNY FOO-FOO
HERE COMES PETER COTTON TAIL
Extras:
Little Peter Rabbit Song
Tune –Battle hymn of the republic
Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear.
Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear.
Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear.
And he flicked it and it flew away.
Repeat the song, leaving out the nouns.
Little Peter Rabbit had a _____ upon his_____.
substitute a clap for each noun.
Here is the bunny
Here is the bunny with ears so funny
and here is the hole in the ground
When a slight noise he hears,
He pricks up his ears, and jumps in the hole in the ground.
Rabbit Ain’t Got—tune Mary Had a Little Lamb
Rabbit ain’t got not tail at all, tail at all, tail at all, Rabbit ain’t got no tail at all,just a powder puff
Same song, second verse, A little bit louder and a little bit worse.
I found a bunch of poems on bunnies at www.childfun.com/holidays/383-bunny-songs