Wooden Bunnies

I have really enjoyed making these adorable wooden bunnies this week and I hope you will too. I'm sure there are many mom's out there looking for a project to do with the kids while we're all on lock down due to COVID-19. As you can imagine, you can get very creative with these. 

I made this one with my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter and he turned out great. I did have to do some prep-work beforehand but you can decide what aspect of this project you want to involve your child in. 

These guys start out as a block of wood. I find 2 x 4's and 4 x 4's every year when I'm out junkin' so I always get what I can. I've used these to make snowmen, Frankenstein's, ghosts, dogs, cats and pumpkins over the years. You can cut your wood as long or as short as you want. Don't worry about nails (unless they're protruding of course, then remove) or imperfections in the wood. You'll want to do a light sanding. Depending on the child, it's never too early in my opinion, to put a sander in one's hand! 

The next thing I did was paint two coats of white paint that was mixed with a good pour of glaze to thin it down. I didn't want the paint to be thick because I planned on covering these with stickers and a layer of spray paint. If it's too thick the stickers can peel up the paint when you remove them.

Next I cut out some designs on my silhouette. This step is optional. I made various shaped eggs, bunnies facing both left and right, carrots, chicks and flowers. For projects like these, I truly don't like to waste my vinyl. I keep a nice stock of contact paper that I get from the Dollar Tree to use for my sticker designs. It works great!

Spray paint any color. If you do use contact paper for your stickers, and they pop up, just stick them back down. Once you get your second coat of paint on, they will start peeling up, but at this point it's o.k. It makes it easier to remove them once the paint is dry.

There are many ways that you can make these, so if you don't have a silhouette or cricut machine, you can always use regular stickers or skip this step and just paint them a solid color. I am always looking for an excuse to use my silhouette!

To make a bunny tail, I used the bottom of a bucket that I got at the Dollar Tree as my circle template, but use whatever you can find. The size worked great for both the 2 x 4 and 4 x 4 bunnies. I happened to have a small piece of faux white fur that I used as a tail, but a pom pom or even felt would work too. Remember, when cutting out faux fur, you only want to snip through the backside of the fabric- not through the fur itself. Hot glue it onto the back.

Using a piece of white felt, doubled over, I simply drew the shape of an ear and cut them out. Make a smaller one in pink for the inside of the rabbit's ear. 

Hot glue both pieces together and then glue them to the back of the rabbit's head.

Now you can get creative and give your bunny a face. You can use googly eyes and pom poms like I did or use whatever you can find in your craft room. Have fun with this!