Keiki Craft: Whiskers, the Bunny

Hippity, hoppity, Easter is on its way! In addition to coloring eggs and going on Easter egg hunts, here’s a simple keiki craft to create your own Easter Bunny.

Whiskers the Bunny

Supplies:
• One 3½-inch-by-3½-inch pink cardstock
• Two 3½-inch-by-2½-inch pink cardstock
• Two 2-inch-by-1½-inch “darker” pink or white cardstock
• Two 15 mm moving eyes
• One white chenille stem (pipe cleaner)
• One ½-inch white pompom

Tools:
• Large Mega Round Scallop Punch (pink-colored Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Craft Punch)
• Wire cutter
• Craft glue
• Scissors

Whiskers, the Bunny

Directions:
1. Print, trace and cut out pieces for the bunny’s ears according to pattern (below). Tip: Enlarge pattern to create a larger bunny.
2. Create a face for the bunny using the round scallop punch.
3. Assemble the bunny’s ears by gluing the light- and darker-colored pink pieces together. The smaller, darker-colored cardstock should be glued on top the larger light-colored piece of cardstock.
4. Glue the ears to the top of the bunny’s head (the round scallop circle).
5. Cut the white chenille stem into six equal pieces and glue them to the bunny’s face to create whiskers.
6. Create the bunny’s nose by gluing on a white pompom. Glue on the bunny’s eyes.
7. Present your bunny to your loved one, teacher or classmate as a gift. Happy Easter!

Ear Template

Photos: Sherie Char

Stop by your local Ben Franklin Crafts store for even more ideas and inspiration. You can also pick up your copy of Island Family Magazine at any of the Oahu Ben Franklin stores!

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