The Owl & The Pussycat Nursery Rhyme Craft for Kids

We have the cutest nursery rhyme craft for kids of all ages using wine corks. Wine corks are a great recycled craft supply for simple and quick crafting. We are taking our nursery rhyme crafting to a new level with storytelling! This preschool nursery rhyme craft is fun to do at home or in the classroom.

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Owl and Pussycat Nursery Rhyme

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!’
-The Owl & the Pussycat Nursery Rhyme

Nursery Rhyme Craft

Let’s make an adorable visual version of the nursery rhyme using simple craft supplies.

Related: More wine cork crafts

If you want to cut down the crafting time of this nursery rhyme craft, you could prepare with pre-painted corks and boat template already cut out.

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Supplies Needed for Owl & Pussycat Craft

2 wine corks
acrylic paint (we used brown, white and orange paint)
craft foam
permanent markers
pencil
scissors
hot glue or glue dots

Directions to Make Nursery Rhyme Craft

Step 1

Just paint the wine corks with base coats – if you use acrylic paints just one coat will do.

Step 2

Then, with a black sharpie marker, draw on the little owl and pussycat details…. don’t forget the eyelashes!! Very important in this house!

Step 3

For the pea green boat:

Cut the simple shapes for the base and sides out of green craft foam.
Glue together with a glue gun for instant results, or you can even use glue dots!

finished wine cork crafts for storytelling by Michelle McInerney of mollymoocrafts for KidsActivitiesBlog — Our nursery rhyme craft is now finished.

Finished Nursery Rhyme Craft

The pussycat does look quite pleased with himself!!

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How did you make your nursery rhyme crafts?