Easter Science Holiday Camp activities: Noisy Bunnies (2025 Update)
Educational and Fun Activities
Written by Alex Stone
29 April 2024
🕓 10 min
Hop Into STEM Fun with Noisy Bunnies!
This Easter, children aged 5–12 are invited to jump into the world of sound and science with our playful and creative Noisy Bunnies activity at the Science of Sound Easter Holiday Camps! This engaging session blends movement, sound, and imagination, allowing kids to design their very own bunny puppets that make fun noises when they hop, bounce, or wiggle.
At Science of Sound, we’re passionate about turning play into powerful learning. With vibrations, sound waves, and crafty construction, Noisy Bunnies introduces children to core STEM principles in a format that’s fun, festive, and memorable.
From bells that jingle to beans that rattle, kids will explore how sound is made and transmitted—then bring that learning to life by hopping their handmade bunnies across the camp floor. It’s a celebration of creativity, curiosity, and science in action!
1. What Are Noisy Bunnies?
Noisy Bunnies is a hands-on activity where children build their own bunny puppets that make sounds as they move. Using simple, accessible craft materials, kids explore how motion can create sound, designing bunnies that bounce, hop, and jingle in all sorts of fun ways.
✅ Materials Used:
- Cardboard or sturdy paper for the bunny body
- Craft supplies like markers, stickers, and cotton wool for decorating
- A small bell, dried beans, or paper clips to create sound
- Straws or craft sticks to build a movement mechanism
✅ The Challenge: Kids are encouraged to experiment with how different materials and designs produce different sounds. Some may go for jingle bells in the tummy, while others might explore crinkly paper or rattling beads.
✅ Creative Expression: Each bunny is uniquely decorated, giving children a chance to bring their imagination to life—from rainbow ears to cotton ball tails.
This activity encourages inventiveness, trial and error, and sensory engagement, all while introducing the basics of sound-making through vibration. And best of all—it’s packed with hopping good fun!
2. The Science of Sound: How It Works
Behind every hopping bunny bell jingle is a bit of brilliant science! In this part of the activity, kids get to understand the STEM principles that make their Noisy Bunnies come to life.
✅ Vibration: Every sound begins with a vibration. When children make their bunnies bounce, the added sound elements—like bells or beans—vibrate rapidly, producing sound waves.
✅ Sound Waves: These vibrations create waves that travel through the air and eventually reach our ears. Kids will begin to grasp that sound needs a medium (like air) to travel through.
✅ Material Matters: The sound quality depends on the materials used. Bells give a high-pitched jingle, while beans or buttons offer a soft rattle. Kids learn that different materials create different vibrations and tones.
📍 Learning in Action: As children tweak their bunny designs, they’ll notice how even small changes can affect sound—like the difference between tightly packed beans versus loosely placed beads.
This section introduces children to physics through play, building an intuitive understanding of how movement and materials combine to produce sound.
3. Creating Your Noisy Bunny: Step-by-Step Fun
This is where the magic of making comes alive! In the Create Your Noisy Bunny station, children take all their knowledge of sound, movement, and materials and put it into practice with their very own sound-producing bunny puppet.
✅ Step 1: Design the Bunny
Kids start by cutting out a bunny shape from cardboard or thick paper. With markers, stickers, cotton wool, and more, they personalise their bunny with fluffy ears, wiggly noses, and colourful tails.
✅ Step 2: Add the Sound Element
Children choose from bells, dried beans, foil, or beads, testing out which ones make the most interesting or silly sounds when their bunny hops. These materials are placed inside or attached to the bunny’s body.
✅ Step 3: Build the Bunny’s Structure
Using straws or craft sticks, they construct a simple support system to help their bunny stand and bounce. Some kids may even create a bunny on wheels!
✅ Step 4: Hop and Experiment! Once built, it’s time to hop the bunny around, observe how it moves, and listen closely. What sound does it make when it jumps? What happens if they change something in the design?
This building session turns children into inventors and sound scientists, fostering engineering confidence, design thinking, and joyful experimentation.
4. Sound Exploration Through Play
Once the bunnies are built and bouncing, it’s time to play—and learn even more through active sound discovery. This stage of the activity is designed to help children connect movement with sound and explore cause-and-effect through experimentation.
✅ Cause and Effect – As kids hop their bunnies, they’ll begin to recognise how movement causes different types of sound, linking action with reaction.
✅ Experimentation – Children can tweak the materials or structure of their bunny to see how it changes the sound. For example:
- What happens if they use a larger bell?
- Does adding more beans make it louder or softer?
✅ Collaboration – In pairs or small groups, kids can test each other’s bunnies, share feedback, and build new ideas together, creating a collaborative and social learning experience.
📍 Observation Station: Facilitators encourage children to describe what they hear, compare different bunny designs, and ask questions like:
- Why does that one sound higher pitched?
- What makes this bunny louder than the others?
- Through play, children gain a deeper understanding of how design and physics interact—all while giggling their way through a room full of bouncing, noisy bunnies!
For more fun sound-based activities, check out our post Fun Sound Activities for Kids Aged 5-12: Safe and Educational Play at Home.
5. Educational Benefits of the Noisy Bunnies Activity
The Noisy Bunnies activity is more than just adorable crafts—it’s a multi-sensory STEM learning experience designed to support children's development in a number of key areas.
✅ STEM Learning – Children explore vibrations, sound waves, and material science, using trial and error to better understand cause-and-effect.
✅ Creativity and Imagination – From design to decoration, kids are free to express their unique personalities and invent new ideas through open-ended creation.
✅ Fine Motor Skills Development – Drawing, cutting, assembling, and manipulating small materials strengthens hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
✅ Collaborative Problem Solving – When working in groups or sharing feedback, children learn how to communicate, collaborate, and experiment together.
📍 Integrated Learning: Noisy Bunnies blends physics, engineering, and creative play, reinforcing concepts in a way that’s active, tactile, and joyful.
It’s the perfect Easter activity for children who love to make, move, and discover—all at once!
6. Try the Noisy Bunnies Challenge at Home
Want to bring the sound-filled fun home? The Noisy Bunnies Challenge is easy to recreate with basic craft materials, giving children the chance to apply what they've learned at camp and continue exploring sound through play.
✅ Materials You’ll Need:
- Cardboard or sturdy paper
- Craft materials (stickers, markers, cotton wool)
- A small bell, dried beans, foil, or buttons
- Straws or craft sticks for support
✅ How to Build It:
1️⃣ Have your child design and decorate their bunny shape.
2️⃣ Add the sound-making element securely inside or onto the bunny.
3️⃣ Attach straws or sticks to create a hopping or bouncing structure.
4️⃣ Test how it moves—and more importantly—how it sounds!
📍 Extend the Challenge: Encourage kids to build multiple bunnies with different sound elements, then compare them. Ask:
- Which one is the loudest?
- Which sound do you like best?
- Can you guess what materials were used just by listening?
This take-home challenge reinforces the STEM concepts of vibration, material properties, and sound transmission—all in a way that’s festive, hands-on, and bunny-approved!
Final Thoughts: Bounce into STEM with Noisy Bunnies!
The Noisy Bunnies activity at the Science of Sound Easter Holiday Camp is the perfect blend of imagination, experimentation, and sound science. From building creative bunny puppets to exploring how movement generates sound, kids walk away with a deeper understanding of physics and a stronger sense of confidence in their ideas.
Whether children are decorating, testing materials, or hopping bunnies across the room, they’re engaging with core STEM skills like problem-solving, collaboration, and hands-on exploration. Plus, it’s all done in a way that’s joyful, playful, and perfectly themed for Easter.
Want to keep the momentum going? Discover more interactive learning experiences through our STEM workshops, after-school clubs, and holiday camps.
This Easter, let your child hop into a world of learning with the Science of Sound’s Noisy Bunnies—where science is always in motion!
