60+ Free Peter Rabbit Activities: Books and Movies Lessons

FUN Peter Rabbit activities and Tale of Peter Rabbit lesson plans and craft ideas — great for Easter learning activities, Spring lesson ideas, Read Across America ideas, summer reading programs / reading together or theme learning units! Also makes learning fun with compare and contrast for kids books and movies (like Peter Rabbit 1 and Peter Rabbit 2).

Best Peter Rabbit Activities for Classroom and Home Learning

Use these ideas for a Peter Rabbit unit study or cute theme crafts, kids activities, and Peter Rabbit exercises any time of year!

How do you teach The Tale of Peter Rabbit?

Fun Activities for Teaching Peter Rabbit:

Make a McGregor’s Garden map and practice map skills.
Compare and contrast the books and movies for Peter Rabbit literacy activities.
Color C for carrot Peter Rabbit worksheets.
Make a cooked glazed carrots recipe.
Host a Beatrix Potter tea party.
Make Peter Rabbit crafts. (See our craft list!)
Plant a mini McGregor’s garden in a planter. (Great for all ages from Peter Rabbit activities for preschool and up!)
Use Peter Rabbit cutouts or felts for writing prompts or storytelling.
Have a costume party and dress up as your favorite Beatrix Potter character or favorite Peter Rabbit clothes.
Grow a carrot from an old carrot top for Peter Rabbit STEM activities. Use an observation journal to track science results!
Play some Peter Rabbit educational games. (Get Peter Rabbit game ideas below).
Make a McGregors Garden sensory bin for little hands fine motor skills to play after reading the book.
Have a Peter Rabbit Puppet Show: Set up a small stage and create puppets of the characters from the book. Encourage the children to participate and act out the story.
Do a Vegetable Garden Scavenger Hunt: Hide small plastic vegetables around the classroom or outside area and have the children search for them.
Make paper rabbit ears or a paper rabbit mask.
Have a Mr. McGregor’s Garden Relay Race: Set up an obstacle course or relay race with various tasks related to the book, such as jumping over a “garden fence” and retrieving a “carrot” before running back to the starting line.
Do a Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-Tail Cooking Lesson: Talk about healthy eating (like bunnies) and teach the children how to make a healthy snack or meal inspired by the book, such as carrot sticks with ranch dressing, carrot smoothies, carrot salad, or vegetable soup.
Create a Peter Rabbit Art Project: Provide the children with paper and paint, and encourage them to create their own illustrations of the characters and scenes from the book.
Do a Peter Rabbit Math Game or Math Activity: Create a math game inspired by the book, such as counting how many carrots are in a basket, adding up the number of vegetables on a plate, or doing rabbit multiplication.
Have a Peter Rabbit Outdoor Adventure: Take the children on a nature walk and encourage them to observe the plants and animals around them, just like Peter Rabbit does in the book.
Visit a local farm with rabbits and learn all about real rabbits.

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I’ve loved the Peter Rabbit story since I was a kid and I first read The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

I still have that tiny Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter picture book (now falling apart) from my childhood.

(Of course, I think I called him Peter Cottontail. They are the same, aren’t they??? The Peter Cottontail story is the Peter Rabbit story?)

It’s one of the earliest books that I remember reading and loving and then doing all sorts of fun Peter Rabbit activities and imaginary play.

So, you can imagine my — ahem, hesitancy — when I first heard that they were doing a Peter Rabbit movie (and now a Peter Rabbit 2 movie!). I mean, how could they possibly improve upon that beloved little rabbit in the blue coat?

But, the movies are actually pretty cute and can be paired up with the books for great theme units or activities for kids!

Before we get to the activities for teaching Peter Rabbit, let’s talk about the Peter Rabbit movies in case you want to include those in your learning projects.

Learning With Peter Rabbit Movie

Peter Rabbit Trailer

If you want to check out the Peter Rabbit movie trailer (for Peter Rabbit 1 and Peter Rabbit 2), go here:

Peter Rabbit Movie #1 Trailer

(Watch the first Peter Rabbit online now.)

Peter Rabbit Movie #2 Trailer

(Watch second Peter Rabbit full movie online.)

Is Peter Rabbit movie OK for kids?

The Peter Rabbit movie is rated PG for some “some rude humor and action.”

You’ll also have fun with:

Lyle Crocodile Lessons and Kids Activities for Movie and Book

What age is Peter Rabbit movie appropriate for?

Most parental reviews and family sites are listing the movie as appropriate for ages 7+.

Want more info on the movie?

Read the Common Sense Media review.

TIP: Did you know that there is a Peter Rabbit TV series that you can watch online?

(FYI: You can no longer Watch Peter Rabbit on YouTube, but you can get the Peter Rabbit cartoon online streaming!)

Whenever a new book or movie of interest comes out, I often figure out how to incorporate it into our learning with awesome lesson plans or activities to pair up with the movie (and/or book).

Check these Peter Rabbit activities, Peter Rabbit printable activities, The Tale Of Peter Rabbit exercise lessons out and HAVE FUN!

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables, Classroom Activities, and Crafts For Kids

These are Peter Rabbit worksheets and fun Peter Rabbit activities for preschool (pre-K pages) / rabbit activity kindergarten and up — bunny preschool activities, rabbit art project ideas, and more rabbit ideas to go with this theme lesson!

Printable Peter Rabbit Activities and Lesson Ideas:

Read a FREE online version of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter for your Peter Rabbit read aloud

TIP: Check out The World of Peter Rabbit (The Original Peter Rabbit, Books 1-23) in a Keepsake Presentation Box! Also They now have a copy of the original 1902 book available! It’s so cool! Check it out!

Watch a Peter Rabbit video cartoon as part of your fun activities for rabbits

Compare and contrast the movie versus book with this packet

Do a Peter Rabbit science project

Do a Spring Lesson Unit

Build literacy skills with Peter Rabbit

Answer what is the moral lesson of Peter Rabbit? (use these prompts)

Work on Peter Rabbit character traits with Peter Rabbit activity sheets (Grades 3-5)

Get a study unit and lapbook printable

Visit author Beatrix Potter’s website to learn more about the author