How do you play "Here Is a Bunny"?

With two hands. One hand is the bunny — a fist with two fingers raised as his funny ears; the other is cupped to make his home in the ground. When the bunny "hears a noise", his ears prick up, and then he jumps to his home — the bunny hand popping into the cupped hand.

What is "Here Is a Bunny" good for?

Coordinating the two hands and reacting on cue. Perking the ears and then hiding the bunny gives toddlers a small, satisfying sequence to perform, with a little surprise at the end.

Who wrote "Here Is a Bunny"?

No author is recorded. The source used here, a parents' booklet of songs and finger plays from a Minnesota school district's early-childhood programme, prints it under the title "Ears So Funny" with no author, date or origin, so this page leaves its country unknown.

Unknown · sung in English

Here Is a Bunny

"Here Is a Bunny" is a short finger-play in which one hand is a bunny with funny ears and the other makes his home in the ground; when the bunny hears a noise, he pricks up his ears and jumps to his home.

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Lyrics

Here is a bunny with ears so funny. And here is his home in the ground. When a noise he hears, he pricks up his ears. And he jumps to his home in the ground.

Country of origin: 🌐 Unknown
Sung in: English
Words by: Traditional
First known: author, date and country not documented in the sources consulted
Best for ages: 2–7
Mood: playful, traditional
Last updated: 27 August 2026

How to sing it

Make a bunny with one hand — a fist with two fingers up for the funny ears.
Cup the other hand to make the bunny's home in the ground.
On "he pricks up his ears", perk the two fingers up; on "jumps to his home", pop the bunny hand into the cupped hand.

Meaning and origin

This is a two-handed finger-play, and its whole story is told by the hands. One hand is a bunny, a fist with two fingers raised for his funny ears; the other is cupped to make his home in the ground. The bunny sits happily until he hears a noise, at which his ears prick up — and then, quick as anything, he jumps to his home, the bunny hand popping neatly into the cup the other makes.

It is a finger-play with no known author. The booklet it is taken from — a collection of favourite songs and finger plays that a Minnesota school district put together for parents — prints it as “Ears So Funny” and says nothing about where it came from, so this page does not guess. Its appeal is the little jolt of the ending: after the calm of the sitting bunny comes the sudden perk of the ears and the dash into hiding, a tiny piece of suspense that toddlers love to perform again and again — and a neat exercise in getting two hands to work together.

Common questions

How do you play "Here Is a Bunny"?: With two hands. One hand is the bunny — a fist with two fingers raised as his funny ears; the other is cupped to make his home in the ground. When the bunny "hears a noise", his ears prick up, and then he jumps to his home — the bunny hand popping into the cupped hand.
What is "Here Is a Bunny" good for?: Coordinating the two hands and reacting on cue. Perking the ears and then hiding the bunny gives toddlers a small, satisfying sequence to perform, with a little surprise at the end.
Who wrote "Here Is a Bunny"?: No author is recorded. The source used here, a parents' booklet of songs and finger plays from a Minnesota school district's early-childhood programme, prints it under the title "Ears So Funny" with no author, date or origin, so this page leaves its country unknown.