Rachel

Rachel is a Mother Goose Club producer and former teacher based in Las Vegas, Nevada. She enjoys hosting celebrations for all ages centered around crafts and activities. Rachel is excited to share her favorite things with you, and hopes to inspire your family to get creative!

I needed another activity for my Easter party, and literally whipped up this Pin the Tail on the Bunny craft in 15 minutes. The kids had fun playing it (more than once) and I think I like it enough to roll it up and bring it out next year! It’s also just a really fun spring/animal themed game in general, so even if you don’t celebrate Easter, it might be a fun one to try (this bunny was easier to paint than a donkey, let me tell you)!

Materials are below, and you can definitely improvise here to make it simpler or more eggstravagant (see what I did there?)! I hope you have a wonderful time creating and playing with your kids this spring and #mothergooseclub when you do so we can all join in the fun!

Materials

• Butcher/mailing paper, or backside of some wrapping paper
• Paper plate
• Permanent marker
• Scissors
• Cotton balls
• Masking tape
• Glue gun
• Paints

Tips

I quickly drew some puffy cloud shapes for tails – about three to a plate and cut them out. Then, I glued on my cotton balls for some fun texture and put a ring of masking tape on the back so it will stick to my bunny poster when the kids try to pin the tail.

I used my trusty acrylic paints from Michael’s again for the poster. Two circles for the body and head, two long shapes for the ears and two short shapes for the feet and you have a cute bunny backside! I didn’t worry about making my lines perfect, and am happy with my cute shabby chic result.

I added some text (I’ve been practicing my hand lettering lately – maybe that’s a blog post for another day) and daisies to give a cheerful spring feel.

Rachel

Rachel is a Mother Goose Club producer and former teacher based in Las Vegas, Nevada. She enjoys hosting celebrations for all ages centered around crafts and activities. Rachel is excited to share her favorite things with you, and hopes to inspire your family to get creative!

I’m hosting a small Easter celebration with some of my favorite people and kids this weekend. This playful dessert is sure to delight them and work as festive decor! I really enjoyed making these because piping the grass frosting isn’t hard and you can have kids help each step of the way if you want (we’ve got lots of other activities planned for this gathering, so I’ll keep the baking to a minimum day of – I’ll have kids who want to feel involved add their own jelly bean eggs).

I’ve outlined some tips below! Be sure to use #mothergooseclub on social media to share pictures and videos of your Easter baking adventures – can’t wait to see what you come up with!

• Place your stencil at the top fold and when you cut out your bunny, make sure the ears stay connected at the top, giving you two sides -front and back (though I just opted for doing bunny backs on each side since a tail is easier to draw than a face!).
• Use a crayon in a slightly darker shade to outline your bunny and add a tail – the outline really makes them pop and the tail is just so cute.
• Use hot glue to attach your craft stick between each side of your bunny and then add a few small dots to connect the paper bunny edges completely.

• Bake chocolate cupcakes with your favorite recipe – I just used a box from the supermarket.
• Add drops of food coloring to your frosting until you get your desired shade of green – I wanted mine to feel a little pastel and used about 12 drops.

• I placed the plastic frosting tip in the piping bag first to see where the frosting would come out, made a cut across the bag there and squeezed to get the tip in place.
• Spoon/spatula your frosting into your bag and frost.
• As you gently squeeze the piping bag, pull up and away to get the frosting to disconnect and create the grass effect.
• Finish with a few colorful jellybeans for Easter eggs!

This bunny ears craft is a great way to develop fine motor skills with cutting, coloring and gluing! The finished costume piece is also fantastic for sparking creativity and imaginative play – wear your hat and bring your inner bunny out when you watch, sing and dance along to “The Bunny Hop” and “Little Bunny Foo Foo”!

Both versions of “The Bunny Hop” will get you moving and playing – exercising muscles and imagination!

And what would bunnies be without a little magic and mischief? “Little Bunny Foo Foo” is a very bunny story indeed – engage your kids in some springtime silliness!

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We hope you enjoy crafting and watching bunny videos with us, and that you’ll share your artwork and dance moves on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub!

Happy Easter!

Practice Lowercase Letters:

A lot of videos and toys focus only on uppercase letters, but it’s never too early to start on lowercase. Gain exposure to lowercase letters with “apple to zebra“. This silly animation takes us inside the pages of a lowercase alphabet book featuring bright and happy characters, lowercase letters and two-syllable vocabulary words. Since the song features a call and response style, it’s easy to model how to sing along for your child.

Practice Uppercase Letters:

Practice your uppercase letters with “ANT BAT CAT“, featuring a group of beautifully designed, texture-rich animated characters. The song video’s lyrics introduce each letter and a one syllable word that’s repeated five times.

Practice Phonics:

Practice consonant sounds in “Letters Do Things“. This animation features a catchy tune and a silly cast of characters that call themselves the “letter crew”. Watch B bake, J jump, T tap and much more. Talk about what else the letter crew can do!

Learn With Movement:

“ABC Dance With Me” features an adorable conga-line of characters, each with a fun and unique dance for every letter of the alphabet. Music and movement are proven to inspire deeper learning and boost memorization. Show us your best bunny hop, robot and ninja kicks!

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition:

“ABC Song With Eep the Mouse” takes us through the alphabet song four times with lowercase and uppercase letters. Repetition is so important for early learners and absolutely essential to their understanding that letter names represent symbols with sounds. Wherever your child is in their journey to understanding the alphabet, they can’t go wrong singing along with Eep in this fun and colorful video!

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What are your tips and tricks for teaching the alphabet? What other Mother Goose Club videos have helped your early learner? Reach out on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub!

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you three chances,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you two more chances,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you one more chance,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I gave you three chances,
And you didn’t behave.
Now poof! You’re a goon!”

And the moral of the story is:
Hare today, goon tomorrow!

View on YouTube!

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump like a joey, jump jump jump.

Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap like a froggie, leap leap leap.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

View on YouTube!

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you three chances,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you two more chances,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you one more chance,
And then I’ll turn you into a goon.”

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.

Down came the blue fairy, and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
I gave you three chances,
And you didn’t behave.
Now poof! You’re a goon!”

And the moral of the story is:
Hare today, goon tomorrow!

View on YouTube!

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump like a joey, jump jump jump.

Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap like a froggie, leap leap leap.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

View on YouTube!

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump like a joey, jump jump jump.

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap like a froggie, leap leap leap.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

View on YouTube!

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump jump jump like a joey.
Jump like a joey, jump jump jump.

Deep in the green wood animals play,
Hopping and jumping the day away.
Follow the animals in their game.
Here we go now, let’s do the same.

Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap leap leap like a froggy.
Leap like a froggie, leap leap leap.

Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop hop hop like a bunny.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.

Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.
Hop like a bunny, hop hop hop.