The Happy Hippo Song

This one is fun!  All the actions to do along with the song are in brackets.

What can make a hippopotamus smile?  (shrug shoulders, trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom, (bump your neighbours gently).

What can make her walk for more than a mile?  (shrug shoulders, hike action)

Not parties with their paper hats (arms over head as a party hat)

Nor candies nor cakes that make her fat (stuff mouth with food, hold belly)

That's not what hippos do!  (shake finger "no")

What do they do?  THEY--- (hands on hips, on "THEY", cup hands to shout)

Ooze in the goo without any shoes (play with invisible mud in your hands)

And they wade in the water 'till their lips turn blue  (dribble fingers on lips)

That's what makes a hippopotamus smile! (trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom (bump your neighbours gently).

What can make a hippopotamus smile?  (shrug shoulders, trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom, (bump your neighbours gently).

What can make her walk for more than a mile?  (shrug shoulders, hike action)

Not swooshing down a slippery slide (slide action with hands)

Or going for a bicycle ride (bike on the spot)

That's not what hippos do!  (shake finger "no")

What do they do?  THEY--- (hands on hips, on "THEY", cup hands to shout)

Ooze in the goo without any shoes (play with invisible mud in your hands)

And they wade in the water 'till their lips turn blue (dribble fingers on lips)

That's what makes a hippopotamus smile!  (trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom (bump your neighbours gently).

What can make a hippopotamus smile?  (shrug shoulders, trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom,  (bump your neighbours gently).

What can make her walk for more than a mile?  (shrug shoulders, hike action)

It’s not a tune on the old violin (play an imaginary violin)

Or listening to the whispering (whisper in your neighbour's ear)

That's not what hippos do!  (shake finger "no")

What do they do?  THEY--- (hands on hips, on "THEY", cup hands to shout)

Ooze in the goo without any shoes (play with invisible mud in your hands)

And they wade in the water 'till their lips turn blue  (dribble fingers on lips)

That's what makes a hippopotamus smile!  (trace a smile)

Boom, boom, boom (bump your neighbours gently).

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