R is for Rabbits: Themed Activities

If Rabbits are the Theme...Here are ten ideas including several famous rabbits for you to consider with the child(ren) in your life.

1. The tales of Peter Rabbit was covered in Thursday's blog. This story led to the story of Peter Cottontail who is best known as the Easter Rabbit. A song about him was recorded by Gene Autry in 1950 called "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" Listen to it as part of an Easter tradition.

2. Find out more about the Easter Bunny and follow up by enjoying a Cadbury bunny to eat after learning more about the story of chocolate and how it is made. A trip to the Cadbury factory in Toronto can provide a wonderful tour and great memories! My children all loved it!

3. Remember the 'Wasscally Wabbit' that Elmer Fudd goes after? Did you know 'wabbit' means weary or exhausted which is how he feels after chasing Bugs Bunny around?

4. Explore how the Energizer Bunny powers up your child's toys. Complete a fun science experiment to learn about batteries as energy sources. Perhaps you can see if Energizers really do last the longest!

5. Learn about time with The White Rabbit in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." and talk about how a spark of curiosity can lead you on wonderful adventures.

6.Talk with your child about friendship and use Buster Baxter and Arthur as the examples of friends. Or perhaps consider the Velveteen Rabbit and how the power of love between the boy and rabbit made him real to talk about the importance of bonding and building close relationships with others.

7. For a physical activity, you could try ice skating and read the story of how Thumper tried to teach Bambi how to skate.   

8. Sing 'See the sleeping bunnies' song and have fun hopping along or sing about Peter cottontail hopping down the bunny trail.

9. Play a game such as adding the cottontail to the rabbit like 'pin the tail on the donkey'.

10. Try bunny related crafts like bunny ears on headbands, face painting whiskers, or using cottonballs to paint a cutout of a rabbit

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