Silhouette Bunny Art

Here's a fun and easy Easter project for the kids to do! Cut out a bunny shape and tape it to white paper. Use Do-a-Dot markers to stamp around the bunny, making sure to overlap onto the bunny's edges. Feel free to add some dots "floating free" around the bunny as well.

Peel off the black bunny and you are left with a beautiful bunny silhouette!

I only taped the black paper in two spots so it would be easy to take off, but that means some of the ink got under it. Maybe using a thicker paper would help. I used black construction paper and white cardstock paper. When I had some kids do this project I had to remind them to make dots all around the bunny shape so you can see an outline when you take the black paper away.

They did a good job, but I helped them fill it in a little.

Quick and cute!

Marble-Painted Bunnies

These adorable bunnies will definitely add some Spring color to your home or classroom!

I traced my bunny template onto white cardstock and the kids marble-painted it with bright colors.

I used a colored marker to outline the bunny so when I cut it out it would have a border. But it also helped me see where to cut when the paper was covered in paint!

The kids picked out a little pom pom to glue on for the tail.

They would also look good glued onto another piece of paper, either a bright color or even black.

But I decided to leave them alone. I did, however, end up using the rest of the marble-painted paper because it was too pretty to throw away. I glued it onto another piece of paper and added a cotton ball for the tail. This way each child had 2 bunny crafts!

Just be sure to cut the bunny out carefully, only making one small cut on the bottom that can easily be hidden.

Bunny Card and Easter Wreath

Our Easter crafts are in full swing! Here are the first two:

For the card, I painted the palm and four fingers of each child's hand. Then I separated the first two fingers from the last two fingers (Star Trek style) and made a print on the front of the card.

I got the idea to make a bunny this way from Fun Handprint Art. I also painted a little bit of pink on the ears. This helped cover up any gaps between the fingers.

And I wrote, "Some bunny loves you..." When it was dry the kids wrote, "ME!" on the inside of the card, decorated it and signed their name.

Then they glued neon wiggle eyes and a button nose to their bunny print. They also drew in whiskers and a mouth.

They turned out so cute! I will send them home later this week so the kids can give them to their parents.

We also made Easter/Spring wreaths. I was just planning on cutting the entire middle out of a paper plate, but then I thought it might be cute to have a little bunny peeking out. So I drew a simple bunny shape (with a marshmallow Peep in mind) and cut around that. We used small paper plates. First the kids decorated the bunny with markers, then they scrunched up tissue paper squares and glued them around the plate.

When dry, I added a little bow at the bottom with some ribbon that was donated to our classroom. It was the perfect touch!

I hope to have more Spring and Easter crafts for you later in the week!

Roly Poly Bunnies

In the past I've made Roly Poly Penguins and Roly Poly Birdies. So it only seemed natural to make Roly Poly Bunnies!

I cut construction paper into 2"x 6" strips, rolled them up and stapled them. Then I stapled two rolls together. The kids picked the color they wanted and drew a face on the top roll.

This was a bit tricky because if they pushed too hard with the marker, the roll would flatten and crease. I told them to stick their fingers inside the roll to have something hard to write on. You could avoid this by letting the kids draw on the faces before you roll them up. I just wanted as much of the prep work to be done beforehand. I also cut out some bunny ears and the kids decorated those before gluing them to the back of the head.

We had some very creative ears, which you'll see in a moment. Instead of feet, which I tried making but they just looked funny, I cut out a little hole in the bottom of the second roll of paper, so the kids could use it like a finger puppet!

And we even drew tails on the back!

It would be cute with little pom poms for the noses and tails, too!

Fluffy Bunnies and Stamped Eggs

Here are a couple Easter/Spring crafts that we did last week. For the bunny, I traced a template onto white construction paper. The kids painted it with puffy paint (Elmer's white glue and shaving cream) that I mixed with fluorescent paint.

Then they glued on a cotton ball for the tail. (It probably would have stuck right to the paint since there is glue in it, but we used more glue just to be sure.)

When they dried, I cut them out and used a glue gun to attach a jelly bean for the nose!

I think the jelly bean nose would be cuter on a front-facing bunny. I'll have to remember that for a craft next year.
We also used bottle caps to make designs on eggs cut from construction paper.

I had shown the kids that they could overlap the circles to get a really cool design!

It was a fun way to paint! And both crafts added a lot of "spring" to our room!

Hand and Footprint Bunny Craft

Since I had such a small class on Friday, I decided to have the kids make a craft that involved both hand and footprints. And with Spring finally here and Easter not too far off, bunnies seemed like the perfect thing to make.

I've seen these kinds of crafts all over, but since it was a last-minute craft I needed to do it from memory, so it might be a little different than what's already out there. I started by painting both feet of each child. I painted the outside and toes white and used pink for the middle. Once that was all done, I painted both hands of each child. Again, I painted the outside and finger tops white and painted the palm and a little bit up each finger pink. I decided not to paint their thumbs.

We made our prints on white construction paper so the white paint didn't show up great, but you could still tell they were hand and footprints. When they dried I cut them all out. In the meantime, the kids made bunny faces out of mini paper plates. They drew on a mouth and whiskers with markers and then glued on neon wiggle eyes and a pom pom for a nose (if they wanted to -- one girl drew the nose).

For the body of the bunny, I used an egg shape. I already had a few cut out that were leftovers from a different project so it was perfect.

I cut out little front paws and outlined them in pink so they'd stand out more. The kids glued those onto the bunny body.

Then they glued on their hand prints on the bottom, kind of slanting out. These become the bunny's feet, as if he was sitting on his bottom with his legs out in front of him.

When the bunny faces were dry, the kids used double stick tape to attach the head to the body and the footprints (ears) to the head. I imagined them all with ears sticking up, but some kids wanted floppy ears, and those turned out so cute!

Aren't they both adorable?! I hung them up right outside our door.

I missed all the spring/easter crafts last year because I was on maternity leave. So this year it's really exciting to be decorating our room. I love this time of year!