5 Warm Mittens: A Winter Rhyme with FREE Printables

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5 Warm Mittens: A Winter Rhyme

📝 This post, 5 Warm Mittens, was originally published in 2012 and has been updated with new information and a FREE printable.

I really wanted a mitten rhyme to add to our collection, but I couldn’t find quite what I was looking for—so I wrote my own!

I call it 5 Warm Mittens. Clever, huh?

This simple winter rhyme is perfect for practicing counting to five while having a little fun with a familiar winter theme. Read the rhyme together, add some movement, or use paper mittens to act it out as you read.

5 Warm Mittens

Five warm mittens hanging on the line,

First one said, “We sure look fine.”

Second one said, “It sure is cold.”

Third one said, “I am getting old.”

Fourth one said, “I hear someone near.”

Fifth one said, “Soon we will be warm—there’s nothing to fear!”

Then “pluck” went the mittens and in through the door

and 5 little mittens were hanging no more.

© Boy Mama Teacher Mama. Please do not reproduce or republish this rhyme without permission.

Act Out the Mittens Rhyme

Want to make the rhyme a little more interactive? Children can make their own paper mittens, or you can use the mittens included in the FREE printable below.

Hang the mittens from a piece of yarn to create your own little clothesline. Count the mittens together and read the rhyme aloud. When you reach the end and the mittens go “pluck,” children can take them down from the line and bring them “inside.”

It’s a simple way to combine the rhyme with counting, movement, and a little hands-on fun.

5 Warm Mittens Printable

I’ve put together a FREE printable to make using the rhyme even easier!

The printable includes a teacher rhyme page, a student take-home page children can color, and larger mittens that children can color, cut out, and use to act out the rhyme. 

💚 Grab the FREE 5 Warm Mittens Printable

Print, color, cut, and you’re ready to enjoy 5 Warm Mittens with your students or kiddos!