Have a Teddy Bear Picnic While Reading “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” 

Pull out a blanket or towel and have the kids gather some of their teddy bears and bring them to the picnic blanket. The little ones will love doing all the activities described below while reading, “Teddy Bear Picnic.”

“Teddy Bear’s Picnic” is a delightful padded board book that brings the  beloved song to life for young children. This enchanting book features vibrant illustrations and simple, rhythmic text that invites children to join the teddy bears on their magical picnic adventure. 

The soft padded cover and sturdy pages are perfect for little hands, ensuring durability for repeated readings. “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” promotes early literacy skills, imaginative play, and a love for classic songs and stories.

1. Make Teddy Bear Sandwiches:

To make your Teddy Bear picnic extra special use teddy bear cookie cutters when cutting the sandwiches, serve honey chicken strips, honey cake, and Teddy Grahams teddy bear shaped cookies. 

Try making Teddy Bear Pancakes as well!

To make the teddy bear sandwiches pictured above use a large circle cookie cutter to make bread into a circle. Spread peanut butter on the bread. Cut out three 3/4-inch to one-inch banana slices horizontally from the banana. Put two banana slices on the bread to look like ears and one on the bottom of the bread to represent the nose. Put two raisins, nuts, berries, or chocolate chips in between the ears to look like eyes and one raisin, nut, berry, or chocolate chip on the bottom banana to look like the bear’s nose.

2. Make Teddy Bear Masks:

Simply print and cut out this simple bear mask and allow the kids to color the mask. 

3. Teddy Bear Puzzle:

Print out this teddy bear puzzle and let the kids color it and cut it and put it back together again and again.

4. Sing and Act Out “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear” Song:

While you sing this song be sure to turn around, touch the ground, jump, take a bow, reach up high, and wave good-bye. Click here for the song.

“Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Turn around
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Jump up now!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Take a bow

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Arms up high
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Wave good-bye.”

5. Bear Charades:

List and discuss the things bears do such as: catch fish, get honey from a hive, sleeping in a den, and climbing a tree. One person acts out a bear activity without saying anything and everyone else tries to guess what activity the bear is doing.

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