An easy teapot craft for kids with a free printable teapot template. Tell someone they are tea-riffic and let them enjoy a nice relaxing cup of tea with this easy paper craft. Simply decorate the teapot template and add a teabag. This teapot craft would make a perfect Mother's Day teapot card or it could be used as a thank you teachers appreciation card for a special teacher or childminder. Babies and toddlers could personalise their teapot with paint or by adding fingerprints, whilst preschoolers may enjoy glueing on sequins or adding stickers.

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This paper frog craft doubles up as a cute frog gift bag. It would be fun to make as a spring craft for kids or with toddlers and preschoolers after singing the nursery rhyme 5 Little Speckled Frogs. Whatever your reason for making this cute craft simply grab the frog template and follow the step-by-step directions below to make your own frog paper craft. 

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If you're a parent, grandparent, aunt, or pretty much any person with ears - you've heard a nursery rhyme a time or two. They seem so simple, but do you know the importance of nursery rhymes for young children? You'd be surprised just how much brain development is happening as we repeat these repetitive rhymes. I'm going to break this down with not only the benefits of nursery rhymes, but also a list of nursery rhymes, how to make nursery rhymes more fun, and even some nursery rhymes activities to enjoy. Keep reading!

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This frog puppet craft is the perfect rainy day activity for preschoolers and toddlers! You can have lots of fun singing the 5 little speckled frog nursery rhyme using this frog craft as a prop. We have included a free template to make it easy to put the craft together. Just follow the step by step directions below to make your own frog puppet craft!

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Not only is this duck craft a great spring craft for kids, but it is also fun to make alongside singing the "Five Little Ducks Go Swimming One Day" nursery rhyme. To make this paper bag duck craft, grab the free printable duck template and follow the step-by-step directions below.

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Water play for babies is easy to set up and lots of fun for little ones. Combine water play with a nursery rhyme or song, and you are onto a winner! Today, we are sharing a fun '5 Little Ducks' activity that babies and toddlers will love. Finding baby activities that are easy to set up and keep your little ones' attention for more than a minute or two can be hard, but this baby activity ticks all the boxes! Scroll down to see 3 fun ways for babies to play with rubber ducks.

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This school bus craft is a fun back to school craft idea for kids that  also works really well as a 'Wheels on the Bus' nursery rhyme activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Kids will have so much fun as they get to make a DIY notebook just in time for school. This school bus craft is the perfect addition to transportation themes and goes along brilliantly with other transportation activities. We've even included a printable school bus template to use as you follow along. Just follow these easy step by step directions to make your very own DIY notebook!

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Upcycle bottle tops and use them to make an adorable bird puppet kids craft. Toddlers and preschoolers will love making these easy, but very cute birds. We loved using our puppets for imaginative play and to sing the nursery rhyme 'Two Little Dickie Birds". 

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Make soldier pegs for the nursery rhyme 'The Grand Old Duke of York'. A simple craft that can be used for working on fine motor skills. Use the soldier pegs as a prop by moving them up and down the hill as you sing the nursery rhyme. 

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Today is the start of world nursery rhyme week.  A different nursery rhyme has been chosen each day from the 9th- 13th of November.  Have you signed up for all the free resources and nursery rhyme activity ideas? 

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Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick sick sick.  This pretend play activity is perfect for acting out the nursery rhyme "Miss Polly had a dolly" and role playing doctors and nurses. The kids loved using stickers to make our dolly sick. 

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Horsie, horsie don't you stop, just let your feet go clippety clop. For this weeks rhyme time we have made a simple hobby horse. Using cardboard tubes and our FREE PRINTABLE this craft is simple to set up and perfect for all ages from toddlers upwards.  

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Make a handprint spider to frighten Little Miss Muffet away.  This 5 minute nursery rhyme craft can be used for re-enacting the nursery rhyme 'Little Miss Muffet'. Spider activities are always fun for kids to make especially during Autumn and Winter. 

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Humpty Dumpty Egg Weebles are a quick and fun accompaniment to the nursery rhyme  'Humpty Dumpty'.  Will you be able to knock your Humpty Dumpty weeble off his wall or will he stand back up again? 

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Do your kids like playing with their food? This yummy spider snack is great for re-enacting the nursery rhyme 'Incy Wincy Spider'.

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This process art activity is a fun, messy accompaniment to the popular nursery rhyme 'The Wheels on the Bus'. 

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Inspired by the nursery rhyme 'Five Little Ducks' we recycled an egg carton and turned it into a pond small world. This simple craft was great for encouraging Harry to re enact the nursery rhyme and engage in imaginative play. 

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This fishing number game is a perfect activity to accompany the nursery rhyme '1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive'.  Kids will have fun singing, counting, and ordering numbers as they catch the fish. 

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Make farm animal story stones to accompany the popular nursery rhyme 'Old MacDonald had a Farm'.  Print off the free printable farm animals, stick them to stones and use them to help toddlers and preschoolers choose which animal to sing about in the nursery rhyme or to help them make up simple farmyard stories.

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This bakers shop imaginative play activity is based around the nursery rhyme, 'Five Currant Buns'. Children will love becoming bakers to make their own pretend currant buns to sell in a bakers shop. It is a great song for helping children learn to count and for introducing them to the concept of money. 

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