Circle Time Activities For Children:

Purple People Eater - Preschool Circle Song

I was walking in the jungle one fine day,

When I saw a purple people eater come my way.

He took me and he put me in a great big pot,

Man oh man, was it ever hot!

We're makin' a purple stew,

Whip-a, whip-a, whip-a.

Makin' a purple stew,

Scooby, dooby, dooby doo.

With purple potatoes, and purple tomatoes,

And

(Child's name), (child's name) and (child's name) too!

Preschool Song & Circle Time Activity For 'Purple People Eater':

When you call the children's names, have them crouch

down into a ball in the middle of the circle (the pot).

Continue the song until the entire class is in the "pot", 

calling 4-5 names at a time if necessary depending on 

the size of your class.

Once all the children are in the pot ask them if they 

can find the purple eater in or under different areas in

the room.

When they say no, then, tell them to close their eyes

and ask the purple people eater to play his song.

When all their eyes are closed and they "ask", play

the purple people eater song,  allow them to dance

in the pot with their purple people eater puppets.  

You can print off a picture of the purple people 

eater that the children can color and paste on 

popsicle sticks as their own puppet.

*The picture is available in our coloring pages 

section and will be named 'purple people eater.' 

Also, be sure to view the video to the 'left' in 

gives an example of this preschool song and 

activity for kids.