Bunnies on the Bus: ideas and activities

Our friends at PlayTalkRead have come up with some great crafting activities to help you get the most out of Bunnies on the Bus by Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle, which is in the Bookbug Explorer Bag.

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How to make cardboard roll bunnies

You will need:

• Two cardboard rolls
• Sticky tape
• Coloured pens or pencils 
• A pair of scissors (adult supervision required)

Instructions

1. Make your own bunnies to go along with the story! Use a cardboard roll for the body and use the second roll to cut out ears, arms, and bunny feet.
2. Use sticky tape to attach them and add other details with coloured pens.

How to make hand shape bunnies

You will need:

• Coloured card
• Coloured pens
• A pair of scissors (adult supervision required)
• Cardboard roll or lolly stick (optional)

Instructions

1. Draw around your hands and cut out the hand shapes.
2. Cut off the middle finger to give our bunnies two ears and two arms.
3. Add details to the bunnies with pens and stick them to cardboard rolls and lollipop sticks to make bunny puppets to play with.

PlayTalkRead is the national programme and roadshow campaign for the Scottish Government’s Parent Club(this link will open in a new window) initiative. It showcases, demonstrates, and delivers key messages to support parents and families with young children to play, talk and read together more from birth. Our team travels around Scotland to provide storytelling and play activity sessions for children to enjoy along with their parents or caregivers.

For more inspiration and ideas, or to find out where our vehicles are travelling to next, you can follow us on X @playtalkread(this link will open in a new window). PlayTalkRead is a project delivered by Smart Play Network, a charitable organisation supporting play opportunities in Scotland www.smartplaynetwork.org(this link will open in a new window)