Pete the Cat Movement Activity Inspired by His Four Groovy Buttons

Pete the Cat is a bright and colorful book series that children are drawn to. We’re sharing a fun Pete the Cat movement activity to go along with one of our favorites written by Eric Litwin called Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.

Child Playing Pete the Cat Movement Game with Sidewalk Chalk and Pete the Cat Hat Craft Idea using Construction Paper

Once you get moving you can enjoy 10 more Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Button Activities your kids will LOVE!

Pete the Cat Activities for Kids

Take a moment to read Eric Litwin’s Pete the Cat Books, the first 4 books in the series. The creative way the play with words and join with music can be so much fun with kids.

Here are a few videos we featured on our site of his books and songs. Click here to watch

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Pete the Cat Books by Eric Litwin

Now we’re sharing a playful way to interact with the story Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons. You can also watch this animated story book of this adorable book below.

After we read the book, we created a Pete the Cat Headband. Click here for a tutorial.

Then we even took a moment to watch the Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons Video I wanted to be sure we had the song in the story down just right.

My buttons, my buttons, my ____ groovy buttons. Trust me yours will be singing along too.

Pete the Cat Movement Activity for Kids inspired by Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons

Then we added colors and numbers to the mix to create a playful movement game outdoors.

Pete the Cat Movement Activities for Kids

Materials for Pete the Cat Game

construction paper
chalk
glue
scissors

Pete the Cat Movement Game with girl using sidewalk chalk to draw buttons.

Directions for Pete the Cat Activity

1. Write down with your child action words that a cat can do.

2. Create large paper buttons for the game.

3. Encourage your child to draw with chalk buttons on the sidewalk outdoors make them different colors and different sizes and different amounts of each.

4. Have your child sort the buttons by calling out ways to find them, color, size, number.

5. The way to sort is by jumping onto the button being called.

6. Then use the Pete the Cat Action buttons and encourage your child to act out the movement activities.

Pete the Cat Plush Doll

Action Words inspired by Pete the Cat

hop
jump
run
crawl
wiggle (tail)
meow
many many more!

Watch the video below for ideas!

You could follow up this activity with Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Printables with your child.

Pete the Cat Dancing Video

This outdoor activity for Pete the Cat became my daughter’s favorite and was so easy to host when we had our friends over for a playdate too.

This activity would be fun to follow up with button cookies and several of the activities listed below by our Virtual Book Club for Kids Co-hosts. So many fun ideas inspired by Pete the Cat.