Tools and Materials
Bunny How-To PDF
Yarn
Waxed thread
Scissors
Felt
Felt glue (such as Beacon's)
Hemostat
Tiny black beads
Pink embroidery floss
Needle
Heavy thread
Chenille stem
Paper cupcake liners
Pinking sheers
Ribbon
Vintage flowers (optional)
Small circle of wood
Off-white paint
Paintbrush
Pink paper
Pom-Pom Bunny How-To
1. Print Bunny How-To PDF to follow along with when creating the pom-pom bunnies. Make two separate pom-poms of equal size by winding yarn around two fingers. Tie pom-pom tightly in middle with waxed thread.
2. Use scissors to clip loops and create frayed ends. Trim a larger pom-pom into an oval for the body. Trim a smaller pom-pom to create a head.
3. Cut ears out of felt. Fold and glue the bottom of each ear to give it dimension, and hold into place with a hemostat until dry.
4. Glue ears into the head with felt glue.
5. Glue bead eyes into place.
6. String pink embroidery floss through the space where the nose should be. Trim.
7. Knot a double-threaded needle with heavy thread; pull through and clip long for whiskers.
8. Open a space in the body for the arms and legs made of chenille stems. Glue chenille stem into pom-pom body.
9. Fold chenille stem in half so cut end gets hidden inside the pom-pom for both the arms and legs. Fold legs vertically, and arms horizontally. For the legs, fold them so the bunny becomes the desired height.
10. Glue head onto body.
11. To make the bunny's skirt, cut the circular bottoms of two paper cupcake liners with pinking sheers.
12. Glue the two pieces together at the waist.
13. Tie a bow around bunny's neck using ribbon.
14. With glue, tack the skirt onto the bunny on the front, back, and under each arm. Dab small dots of glue around the top of the skirt and attach.
15. Bend the bunny's arms. Glue on vintage flowers for decoration.
16. To create a base, paint a small circle of wood off-white. Trace the circle on pink paper.
17. Cut just inside line with pinking sheers and glue onto the wooden base.
18. Bend the bunny's feet at the ankle. Glue feet onto the wooden base.
Resources
All supplies used in this craft can be purchased from your local crafts store.
Special Thanks
Thanks to Jennifer Murphy
I use wool yarn or a wool cotton blend. It is also fun to make pom poms with wool roving. Those turn out very soft and fluffy
Making these has become addictive. After the first , they become a lot easier. So far I have made more than a dozen. Will send in photo if I can figure out how to do it.
Having fun making some. Wondering what yarn to use..I've tried acryic, cotton, cotton blends...none look like picture. However, they are very cute. Any ideas?
make this one!
Very cute. My 9 yr. old granddaughter would love these. She loves to raid my craft supplies and particularly loves my bag of multisized pom poms and glues them together to make fantastical little animals.
Wow She should charge more for these. 1st one was difficult but gets easier after that. I shortened the ears and used gray wool and came up with a mouse.