Bunny Business!

Around here, the business of bunny building is a serious one. We need those little critters to decorate our kids' table for Easter Sunday dinner. We also need an appealing "make it and take it" to teach to mommies and daddies that day - one that will yield an even bigger bunch of bunnies - and miles of fond smiles in the years ahead each time they reemerge from springtime storage bins!

Hand wound yarn bunny making isn't new. I fended off my own pet cats ages ago while mother taught me how to wind and snip and glue. The floppy, fuzzy, felt-eared, button-eyed results delighted me in those early years, well before aisles of wiggle eyed choices and wee ribbon spools popped up a hop away from the crafty kids of today, making this project easier and cuter than ever!

I'm excited to sponsor an advance "grandkids only" workshop to practice our crafting and sharing skills. The parents we'll instruct a week or so later won't have to worry about a thing, especially counting to "100 wraps" by themselves - we've got one little lady who just perfected that art and will be "hoppy" to take the lead! All that'll be left for grandma to do is ready the supplies and be on hand to coach from the sidelines when the business of bunny building opens its doors!

Here's my palm-sized version of easy-to-make, easy-to-teach fun!

For each 4" x 4" bunny, you'll need:

• Yarn, white or pastel. Lily Sugar 'n Cream preferred
• Felt scraps, white and pink for ears
• Pom pom, pink, 1/2" (1) for nose
• Pom poms, white, 1" (3) for tail and front paws
• Wiggle eyes, 15 mm (2) 
• Ribbon, pastel, 3.75" wide x 8" long
• Foam board or cardboard:           
• 2.5" x 10" (1) for body template            
• 1.5" x 8" (1) for head template
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Craft glue or hot glue gun                                           

1. Mark a 1.5" area near top of head template as shown. Wrap yarn around board 100 times, keeping it all between those lines.

2. Cut a 6" length of yarn, slip wrapped yarn off template, and pinch tightly at center. Tie yarn tightly at center to hold. (see photo)

3. Cut all loops open, yielding a 1.5" pom pom. Fluff it up and trim until round. 

4. Glue eyes and nose to center front for face.

5. Cut two 1" x 2" pieces of white felt for ears. Cut two 1/2" x 1.75" pieces of pink felt. Trim the white pieces so they are rounded at top and slightly taper towards bottom. Trim the pink pieces the same way. 

6. Place pink pieces, centered, on top of white and glue together.

7. Separate yarn at top of head and glue ears inside.
8. Mark a 2.5" area near top of body template as shown. Wrap yarn around board 100 times, keeping it all between those lines.

9. Repeat steps 2 and 3, yielding a 2.5" pom pom
for body.

10. Glue head to body.

11. Glue a 1" white pom pom to lower center back for tail. Glue two 1" white pom poms side by side below head for front paws.

12. Tie ribbon into a bow and glue to side of head.

• Bunnies are not toys for kids under 3 due to small parts. 
• This is not a sponsored post. I personally like the texture of this yarn but you can use any brand you prefer, of course! 

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