10 Easter Songs, Finger Plays & Rhymes for Preschool & Kindergarten

Inside: 10 fun Easter songs, finger plays and rhymes for kids with bonus printable song cards.

This collection of ten simple Easter songs and finger plays is perfect for use at home, preschool, kindergarten, or in your music, library time or physical activity program.

Why sing finger plays and nursery rhymes at Easter? Nursery rhymes, action songs and finger plays are fabulous for literacy, motor skill and social development, and they’ve been captivating young children for generations. They are a handy tool for settling a group of children or soothing an individual child, which makes them invaluable in playgroup, preschool and kindergarten settings. And they are part of our shared heritage, with many traditional rhymes and songs being handed down through the generations -especially with regards to holidays and special days, like Easter.

10 Easter Songs & Rhymes for Preschool and Kindergarten

Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny
(Sung to: Eensy,Weensy Spider)
The Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny is coming straight at me,
(create a bunny by making a fist and raising two fingers)
Closer and closer he hops up on my knee,
(place bunny on one knee)
Up to my shoulder the Bunny’s much too near,
(hop bunny to one shoulder)
Happy Easter, he whispers in my ear.
(pretend to whisper in on ear)

Bunnies on a Hill
There were six little bunnies a-sitting on a hill,
(hold up six fingers)
Six little bunnies were oh, so still,
(sit or stand really still and stiff)
They sniffed the air, and one hopped away,
(sniff the air and then move one finger away)
How many bunnies were left to play?
(shrug shoulders)

Ten Fluffy Chickens
Five eggs and five eggs that makes ten,
(hold up ten fingers)
Sitting on top is Mother Hen,
(place one hand on top of the other)
Cackle, cackle, cackle,
(clap three times)
What do I see?
Ten fluffy chickens,
(hold up and wiggle all ten fingers)
As yellow as can be

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See the Easter Bunny

(Sung to: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

See how the bunny hops along,
 hops along, hops along,
(children crouch and hop)
See how the bunny hops along,
On an Easter morning.

This is the way he wiggles his nose,
 wiggles his nose, wiggles his nose
(children wiggle nose)
This is the way he wiggles his nose,
On an Easter morning.

This is the way he flops his ears, etc.

This is the way he wiggles his tail, etc.

Hop Little Bunnies
See the little bunnies sleeping,
(children lie down still)
Till it’s nearly noon,
Come and let us gently wake them
With a merry tune.
Oh, so still.
Are they ill?
Hop little bunnies…hop, hop, hop
(children jump up and hop on the spot)
Hop little bunnies…hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies…hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies, hop and stop!

Easter Bunny Hippity Hop
(Sung to: Pop! Goes The Weasel)
Easter bunny, hippity hop,
(children pretend to be hiding by making their body into a small shape)
Hide ’til Easter morning,
Easter bunny, hippity hop,
UP! Pops the bunny.
(children jump up)

Bunny Pokey
(Sung to: Hokey Pokey)
Start with all children standing in a circle.
You put your bunny ears in
,
(place hands on head to make ears and lean in)
You put your bunny ears out,
(lean out)
You put your bunny ears in,
(lean in)
And you shake them all about.
(shake head)
You do the Bunny Pokey,
And you hop yourself around,
(hop around on the spot)
That’s what it’s all about!
(clap once for each word)

Additional verses:

• You put your bunny nose in.
• You put your bunny tail in.
• You put your bunny paws in.

I’m a Little Chicken
(Sung to: I’m a Little Teapot)
I’m a little chicken,
(crouch down)
Ready to hatch,
Pecking at my shell,
(make a pecking motion)
Scratch, scratch, scratch,
(make a scratching motion)
When I crack it open,
Out I’ll jump,
(jump up)
Fluff my feathers, chirp, chirp, chirp.
(pretend to ruffle feathers)

Little Peter Rabbit
Little Peter Rabbit,
(form bunny ears with hands)
Had a fly upon his nose,
(pinch together the thumb and forefinger of one hand, circle it like a fly in flight and land it on your nose)
Little Peter Rabbit
(form bunny ears with hands)
Had a fly upon his nose,
(repeat flying action with hand)
Little Peter Rabbit,
(make bunny ears)
Had a fly upon his nose
(repeat flying action with hand)
And he flipped it and he flopped it
(bat at your nose with your open hand)
And it flew away.
(buzz fly away from nose)

Repeat but do not sing the featured word, just do the action
Verse 2. Do not sing ‘rabbit’ but do action.
Verse 3. Do not sing ‘rabbit’ and ‘fly’ but do action.
Verse 4. Do not sing ‘rabbit’, ‘fly’ and ‘nose’ but do actions.

We Shake Our Eggs Together
(To be sung with musical egg shakers)
We shake our eggs together, together, together,
We shake our eggs together,
Because it’s fun to do.

• We shake our eggs up high
• We shake our eggs down low
• We shake them in the middle
• We shake our eggs so slowly
• We shake our eggs so fast
• We shake them to the right/left.