Recycled Bunny Craft
A fun Easter Craft for kids using materials you already have on hand – these Cardboard Easter Bunnies are super easy to make thanks to our free printable template!
Easter Bunny Craft for Kids
While I’m no stranger to splurging on craft materials, I love when a craft costs me nothing more than time!
These cardboard bunnies were such a fun project with my daughter and daycare kids and they just used some cardboard we had in the recycle bin and some bits of glue and paint.
Each kid had so much fun making their own unique bunnies – bunnies with polka dots, bunnies with purple fur, and of course, bunnies with paws where their ears should be. Why not?! When the craft materials are free, let the kids be as creative or silly as they want. They can even use craft odds and ends like acrylic flowers or pom poms to make their bunnies even more unique.
My crew is pretty young, so I cut out all of the bunny shapes before we got started using our free printable template. Older kids can cut out and trace the shapes themselves, although cardboard can be tricky to cut so you may want to step in with some sharper scissors.
You can turn this cardboard bunny craft into a card, attach a length of string to the back to hang, or even add magnets to make a fridge magnet.
Adjust the scale on your free printable to make your bunny bigger or smaller, depending on the size of the cardboard that you have available.
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This Easter Bunny craft is one of the 32 recipes, crafts and decor ideas included in our free Easter Planning Ebook available to our e-mail subscribers:
Bunny Craft Materials
- Flat Cardboard
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Acrylic Paint
- White glue
- Kid-safe scissors <– these are the ones we use and they’ve lasted us for 6 years. I find kids have a hard time with some safety scissors but these we have no issues with
- Scrub Sponge, optional
- Printable Cardboard Bunny Template
Tip: adjust the scale on the printable template to make smaller or bigger bunnies depending on the size of your cardboard.
How to Make a Cardboard Easter Bunny
Print out and cut your printable template for the Easter Bunny craft.
Trace the template onto the cardboard, as shown in the picture below.
Use your paints to paint each piece of cardboard. You can use any color template you’d like. We used:
- Pink paint for the bunny’s inner ears, the pads of their paws and the belly
- Red paint for the nose and center of the flower
- Green for the flower’s leaves
- Yellow for the flower’s petals
- Blue for the bunny’s bow tie
- White on all remaining pieces (main ears, main bodies and paws)
Allow the paint to dry completely before assembling your bunnies.
(If you want the “rough” effect that our bunnies have, allow the paint to mostly dry and then take a clean scrub brush and gently slough away some of the tacky paint.)
Glue the inner ear onto the main ears and then secure on the back of the bunny’s body.
Glue the pads of the bunny’s paws onto the rear paw pieces.
Glue the bunny’s belly onto the bottom of the main body piece and then glue the rear paws on top.
Glue the front paws just above the belly, with the pieces coming just past the outside of the main body.
Glue on the facial features and bow tie or flower. Paint on additional details, as desired.
Allow the glue to dry completely before hanging or displaying.
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Recycled Bunny Craft
A super simple Easter craft for kids using repurposed cardboard, this Easter Bunny craft is super easy to make thanks to our free printable template and can be made into an Easter card, wall hanging or magnet.
Materials
- Flat Cardboard
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Acrylic Paint
- White glue
- Printable Cardboard Bunny Template
Tools
- Kid-safe scissors
- Scrub Sponge, optional
Instructions
- Print out and cut your printable template for the Easter Bunny craft.
- Trace the template onto the cardboard, as shown in the picture below.
- Use your paints to paint each piece of cardboard. You can use any color template you'd like. We used:
- - Pink paint for the bunny's inner ears, the pads of their paws and the belly
- - Red paint for the nose and center of the flower
- - Green for the flower's leaves
- - Yellow for the flower's petals
- - Blue for the bunny's bow tie
- - White on all remaining pieces (main ears, main bodies and paws)
- Allow the paint to dry completely before assembling your bunnies.
- (If you want the "rough" effect that our bunnies have, allow the paint to mostly dry and then take a clean scrub brush and gently slough away some of the tacky paint.)
- Glue the inner ear onto the main ears and then secure on the back of the bunny's body.
- Glue the pads of the bunny's paws onto the rear paw pieces.
- Glue the bunny's belly onto the bottom of the main body piece and then glue the rear paws on top.
- Glue the front paws just above the belly, with the pieces coming just past the outside of the main body.
- Glue on the facial features and bow tie or flower. Paint on additional details, as desired.
- Allow the glue to dry completely before hanging or displaying.
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Apple Barrel PROMOABI Matte Finish Acrylic Craft Paint Set Designed for Beginners and Artists, Non-Toxic Formula that works on All Surfaces, Assorted Colors 1, 18 Count
I hope your kids love getting to make their own Easter bunny crafts as much as mine did!
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