Zoo Animals Bear Butterfly Start with hand spread around nose, then move hand downwards into fist, to cross at wrists in front of other wrist Cross both hands so that thumbs are linked and hands are both flat, palms facing chest. Simultaneously wave fingers of both hands. Camel Crocodile With flat hand, palm down, curve up and down like tracing two humps With arms and hands out, fingers curved in like teeth, move apart and together like jaws, twice Echidna Elephant Place a spread open hand on fist of other hand and swivel spread fingers forward and up slightly. Starting with fist, thumb towards nose, draw hand downwards in an arc, making a small circle on the way down. Topic: Zoo Animals Page : 1
Elephant Emu Starting with fist, thumb towards nose, draw hand down and outwards in an 'S' shape. Move bunched hand forwards and backwards (like a pecking emu beak) Giraffe Gorilla Move cupped hand from neck up and out as if tracing a long neck Hippopotamus Kangaroo Bounce downward cupped hands forward in a arch three times. Topic: Zoo Animals Page : 2
Koala Koala bear Cross arms and hold arms with claw like hands. Form a large nose with a clawed hand and rotate hand slightly. Then cross fists at wrists, in front of chest. Kookaburra Lion With thumb, pointer and middle fingers extended and apart, place thumb near corner of mouth and move hand forward in a two small arcs. With both hands spread, fingers slightly bend, at temples, palms towards head; move hands down to shoulders, wiggling fingers. Lizard Monkey Flick pointer finger out from fist, near mouth once or twice. Cupped hands move up and down sides of body as if scratching Topic: Zoo Animals Page : 3
Owl Owl Circle hands in front of eyes with either pointing fingers or thumbs Circle hands in front of eyes with either pointing fingers or thumbs Panther Penguin With flat hands out and arms straight at sides, like flippers, move body from side to side as if waddling Platypus Rhinoceros With fingers bend forward and thumb extended, but not touching fingers, move hand from chest up towards chin slightly. With little finger and thumb extended from fist, thumb starts touching nose. Hand is then drawn upwards in an arc. Topic: Zoo Animals Page : 4
Seal Snake Start with both hands flat, wrists touching, fingers apart. Then clap hands twice at waist height. From closed hand in front of mouth (facing out), straighten two fingers and move away from face. Like striking fangs. Tiger Tortoise Claw hands move forward one after the other. Can be followed with second part of C shaped hand drawing stripes across chest, to distinguish from lion Place hands on top of each other, palms down and thumbs extended. Form circles with thumb, like swimming limbs of the turtle. Wolf Zebra Clawed hand in front of nose, move hand away while closing. Like tracing the snout Draw lines across chest with extended pointer and middle fingers. Topic: Zoo Animals Page : 5