{"id":5505,"date":"2022-05-07T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com\/blog\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2022-05-07T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T10:10:43","slug":"possum-songs-for-kids-to-sing-along-with-a-possum-puppet-or-plush-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/possum-songs-for-kids-to-sing-along-with-a-possum-puppet-or-plush-toy","title":{"rendered":"Possum Songs for Kids to Sing Along with a Possum Puppet or Plush Toy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funstra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funstra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs-960x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs-960x818.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs-320x273.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs-640x546.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/possum-songs.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Children can play, dance and sing along with their <a href=\"\/..\/.\/possums\">possum toys<\/a> to these fun catchy tunes about possums. With some classic Australian songs like, &#8216;Possum&#8217; by Don Spencer and new nursery rhymes like &#8216;Oh, No Mister Possum&#8217;, these possum songs are sure to delight and entertain preschoolers and children, both young and old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These entertaining possum songs are great to help children develop confidence, enhance motor skills and communication as they role play and perform along with the music with their cherished possum <a href=\"\/..\/.\/stuffed-animals\">stuffed animal<\/a>. A song can be an enjoyable and amusing way for children to have their possum <a href=\"\/..\/.\/puppets\">puppet<\/a> sing along to the song lyrics as they practice and develop their puppeteer skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7kNGk5a7usc\">Oh, No Mister Possum!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>When Mister Possum and his greedy family refuse to change their diet of luscious New Zealand trees a plan is hatched to return these hungry visitors to their native Australia. Oh , No Mister Possum will have children singing along with their cherished possum puppet or plushie friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p>Who&#8217;s that climbing up my tree?<br>\nWho&#8217;s that eating my leaves?<br>\nWho&#8217;s that gobbling on berries?<br>\nCome down, come down, please!<br>\n<br><br>\nIt&#8217;s something with a tail<br>\nIt&#8217;s long and busy too<br>\nIt&#8217;s a very greedy rascal<br>\nCome down, come down, you!<br>\n<br>\nOh, mister possum! No no no no!<br>\nDon&#8217;t eat my trees, don&#8217;t eat my leaves<br>\nOh, mister possum! No no no no!<br>\nDon&#8217;t eat my trees, I beg you please\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oh, No Mister Possum! Song\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kNGk5a7usc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WTb4r3zaLl0\">Possum<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Don Spencer is an Australia children\u2019s songwriter and guitarist and sings the children song titled, Possum, which amusingly tells the story of a possum that visits at night. Kids will love to sing along with their favourite possum puppet or stuffed animal and perform the catchy possum tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p>Who taught the possum how to climb?<br>\nIt\u2019s puzzled me for a long, long time<br>\nPossums wild, possums free<br>\nBut he likes to visit me<br>\n<br>\nPossum, possum, watch him go<br>\nHow he does it I don&#8217;t know<br>\nHe can run right up a tree<br>\nAnd defy the laws of gravity<br>\n<br>\nI see him in the back porch light<br>\nHe comes to visit me at night<br>\nSo I give him his favourite treat<br>\nThe biscuits that he loves to eat<br>\n<br>\nPossum, possum, watch him go<br>\nHow he does it I don&#8217;t know<br>\nHe can run right up a tree<br>\nAnd defy the laws of gravity<br>\n<br>\nI can hear him now and then<br>\nRunning &#8216;cross the roof again<br>\nRattling on the garbage tin<br>\nThere&#8217;s no better friend than him<br>\n<br>\nPossum, possum, watch him go<br>\nHow he does it I don&#8217;t know<br>\nHe can run right up a tree<br>\nAnd defy the laws of gravity\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Possum\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTb4r3zaLl0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uK96DrpZEks\">Opossums Are Awesome<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carsoncole1.bandcamp.com\/track\/opossums-are-awesome-feat-beau-cooter\">Opossums Are Awesome<\/a> is a fun children&#8217;s song about possums by Kristina Ritschard and Carson Cole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p>You know them possums? Nastiest critter around<br>\nNow hold on, let me tell you somethin&#8217;<br>\n<br>\nPossums are awesome<br>\nPossums are awesome<br>\nPossums are very awesome<br>\n<br>\nI like how they eat lots of trash<br>\nI like how cars make them into smash<br>\nI like how they smell really bad<br>\nPossums don&#8217;t make me sad (no way!)<br>\n<br>\nI like how they have beady eyes<br>\nI like how they attract lots of flies<br>\nI like how they have silky fur<br>\nSometimes they even pur<br>\n<br>\nI like how they hang upside down<br>\nI like how they never seem to frown<br>\nI like how they play in the dirt<br>\nI want a possum shirt\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KIDS POSSUM SONG || Opossums Are Awesome || Carson Cole\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uK96DrpZEks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children can play, dance and sing along with their possum toys to these fun catchy tunes about possums. With some classic Australian songs like, &#8216;Possum&#8217; by Don Spencer and new nursery rhymes like &#8216;Oh, No Mister Possum&#8217;, these possum songs are sure to delight and entertain preschoolers and children, both young and old. 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