Black paint in a squeeze bottle (fabric
paint works well) or fine tip black
permanent marker
White glue
Toothpick
Flatten the bottom of your 2 1/2"
Styrofoam ball by pressing it gently against
your work surface.
Dip one end of a toothpick in white glue
and stick the toothpick in to the top of the
2 1/2" Styrofoam ball. The 2 1/2" ball
is the bunny's body.
Put a little glue on the other end of
the toothpick and slide the 2" Styrofoam
ball on to it for the bunny's head.
Cut an oval or egg shape out of pink
craft foam or felt and glue in the center of
the body (the 2 1/2" ball) for the belly.
Using wire cutters, cut one bump off a
bumpy pipecleaner. Fold it in half keeping
the center of the bump somewhat rounded.
Twist the ends together. Stick the
twisted end into the Styrofoam ball on one
side of the pink "belly" and bend the
pipecleaner downward. This is one arm.
Repeat with another pipecleaner bump for the
second arm.
The feet are made the same way as the
arms except you stick them into the bottom
of the 2 1/2" ball. They should be
stuck in close to the front so you will see
them stick out from under the bunny.
Make a tail in the same way you made the
arms and legs. Stick it in the back of
the 2 1/2" Styrofoam ball near the bottom
and then bend it upwards. In our
sample, we used a larger chenille bump for
the tail but either size is fine.
To make the ears - for each ear - cut a
piece of bumpy pipecleaner so that you have
2 bumps together. Cut a piece of
regular pink pipecleaner to the same length
as the 2 bump piece. Fold the pink
pipecleaner in half. Fold the white
bumpy piece of pipecleaner in half around
the pink pipecleaner. (The pink
pipecleaner should be inside the fold of the
white one.) Insert the ends of the
white and pink pipecleaners into the top of
the 2" Styrofoam ball. Repeat for the
second ear. Bend the ears to desired
position.
Cut several strands of black button
thread to approximately 2 1/2" or 3" long.
Holding all strands together a one, tie a
knot in the center of the strands.
These are the whiskers. Glue the knot
with either white glue or hot glue to the
center of the bunny's face. Trim the
whiskers. Glue the pink pompom on top
of the knot for the nose. Glue two
wiggly eyes above the nose. Draw on a
mouth with either paint in a squeeze bottle
or a black permanent marker below the nose.
