Sunday, March 6, 2011

Easter Bunny Egg Holder-Tutorial

Hi everyone! I know Easter is late this year, but it's never too early to get started on some crafts for it. Especially such a cute one! Kids love these and you can fill the egg with whatever you'd like.
I found this little bunny made out of plastic canvas at a craft show years ago and I've made many. 
They do take time because of trimming the outer edges with yarn. 
I thought I'd try making them with foam, it worked great and is much quicker.
I added a duckling in 2012 and piggy in 2013.

You'll need:
Foam in your choice of colors, 10MM wiggle eyes, 1/2" white poms (or bigger), smaller pink poms 
and something for whiskers, I use quilting thread. Glue that works with foam, I use a hot glue gun.

If you're making several you'll want to make some templates out of cardboard, the sizes are:
1 1/4" x 7 3/4" for the body-cut 1
1 1/4" x 5 1/2" for the head and ears-cut 2
1 1/4" x 4" for the feet-cut 1
After you cut out all of the pieces cut the ears and feet in half lengthwise.

For each piece except the body, run a bead of hot glue close to the skinny end and glue the piece together:
You'll want to use a little more glue for the body. If you wrap it around the egg you should see that about 1/2" of foam will overlap, use enough glue to hold the overlap together.

Insert the egg and glue the feet to the underside of the body.
Glue the head to the top of the body and the ears to the top of the head.
Add eyes, whiskers, nose and don't forget to add...
Have a happy day:@)

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32 comments:

  1. Hello Lynn,
    they are oh so cute.
    Thank you for this tutorial.
    Greetings, Johanna

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  2. What a cute bunny! I will surely have to make these and have them ready for my little nieces and nephews...Thanks for sharing.

    Irma :)

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  3. What a darling bunny and the tutorial is very easy to follow. Thanks.

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  4. Wow! These are REALLY CUTE!! I'd love to make some of these for the kids at church! Thanks for sharing how to make them! ~tina

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  5. That is very cute and a clever idea.

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  6. Hi Lynn,

    Just hopping by and delighted to see your cute little bunny craft. I think these would be so much fun hiding behind trees for our annual egg hunt. Thanks for a great idea!

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  7. That bunny is just to cute, and looks fairly easy, I going to try!
    ~Jo
    LazyonLoblolly

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  8. I'm going to try, excuse my typo.
    ~Jo
    LazyonLoblolly

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  9. How cute! What a great project to do with kids!

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  10. Very cute! And they would make cute napkin rings too!

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  11. They are so cute. Would be a fun projects to do with my Grandchildren. ~~Sherry~~

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  12. So cute! I will have to show this to my daughter for my grandchildren! Happy week!...hugs...Debbie

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  13. Hi Lynn! This is just darling! Now you've got to figure out how to make a little piggy! :)
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  14. Lynn,
    What a great idea! Very cute. Love the purple too. Purple and yellow are my favorite spring/Easter colors.

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  15. Now this is way too cute. I'm going to have to give this a go.

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    Hope to hear from you soon. Keep up with great posts!

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    Candy, Cake, & Crafts
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  16. What a cute project! But won't your pigs be jealous?
    xo Yvonne

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  17. I love these. Will make some for the little boys that I take care of. Thanks for sharing. Love & blessings from NC!

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  18. Those are so cute! I see some in my future days here. They will be so cute in an easter basket! Thanks for sharing!

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  19. They are so adorable and do not look hard to make. Thanks for sharing the project. V

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  20. This is beyond adorable! Thank you for sharing.

    I am having a hilarious Linky party with prizes this Wednesday. Details are on the blog today.
    I hope you'll join in on the fun.

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  21. So cute. My guys are all grown up but this would still be cute on the table.

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  22. Cut project Lynn! I love bunnies for Easter.
    Sherry

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  23. Lynn this bunny is so cute! I'm saving this post in a file I started for crafte ideas to do with my grandson when he gets a little older. Thanks!

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  24. Oh Lynn, these are adorable. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  25. These are so adorable, what a fun idea!!

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  26. Aw... these are soo sweet!
    I alway make something special for my girls,even tho they are 19 and 13 they always expect it lol.
    I will have to give these a try!
    Thanks for sharing.

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  27. What a great tutorial and I can honestly say that BIG kids (like me) love them too.

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  28. Those are so adorable Lynn! We just loved having you share them with us at our Easter edition of Sister Saturday! :-)
    Vanessa

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  29. WOW so in love with these. I love working with foam and your bunny tutorial is now priority on my to do list.
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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