Gathering for a picnic is a wonderful experience for toddlers, full of new sights, sounds, and sensations. To enhance these outdoor moments, we’ve curated a selection of charming picnic-themed songs perfect for the youngest listeners. These songs celebrate the joys of eating outdoors, playing in nature, and spending time with family and friends. Featuring simple lyrics and lively melodies, they are ideal for engaging toddlers in sing-along fun. Whether used during a real picnic or as part of a themed activity in a classroom setting, these tunes help develop language skills and a love for music. From songs about sunny skies to tunes about tasty treats, these picnic songs offer a cheerful soundtrack for toddlers’. outdoor adventures.
Picnic Packing
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “A Tisket-A Tasket”
A-tisket, A-tasket,
Let’s pack a picnic basket.
We’ll fill it up with food to munch.
What’s in our picnic lunch?
Ants at the Picnic
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Skip to My Lou”
Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do?
Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do?
Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do?
Guess I’ll eat real quickly!
The Picnic Basket
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Pop! Goes the Weasel”
Put salad, soda, and sandwiches in,
Forks and plates and cups.
Our picnic basket is filled to the top.
But I can’t pick it up I’ll eat some salad and sandwiches, too.
I’ll drink some soda pop.
Now my baskets not so full, And I can pick it up!
Here We Go on a Picnic
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mulberry Bush”
Here we go on a picnic today,
A picnic today, a picnic today.
Here we go on a picnic today,
On such a beautiful ________________(day of the week)
This is the way we spread our cloth,
Spread our cloth, spread our cloth.
This is the way we spread our cloth,
On such a beautiful _______________.
This is the way we eat our lunch…
This is the way we play our games…
This is the way we clean it up…
After a delightful picnic.
We had fun on a picnic today,
Picnic today, picnic today.
We had fun on a picnic today,
On such a beautiful ____________.
The Picnic Basket
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “The Mulberry Bush”
Here we go round
The picnic basket,
The picnic basket,
The picnic basket.
Here we go round
The picnic basket,
So early
In the morning.
Picnic in the Park
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
Yes, we’ll all go on
A picnic in the park.
Yes, we’ll all go on
A picnic in the park.
Bring some lunch
And bring a ball.
There will be
Such fun for all!
Yes, we’ll all go on
A picnic in the park.