A different Easter wreath with moveable bunnies

I have always loved cardboard and the endless possibilities it has for craft projects .
So I decided to play around with it and see what I  could come up with for Easter.
Here is a different kind of wreath with moveable bunnies I made of card-board plus handpainted eggs.
 I will show you the steps so you can make your own .
I first started with looking for a bunny shape- you can hand draw or use a non-copyrighted silhouette .

       

Decide which silhouette  you want to go with, then enlarge by hand or on the photocopier.

Draw or trace on a piece of paper and cut out with scissors so you have a template.

                                

Decide which silhouette  you want to go with, then enlarge by hand or on the photocopier.
Draw or trace on a piece of paper and cut out with scissors so you have a template.
                                 Split the bunny up in moveable bits, like back legs, front paws, etc .
Make sure the bunny looks like it makes sense- just use your judgement.Just fiddle around till it looks right.

 

Use these separate and move-able bits of the bunny and trace them on sturdy cardboard from a card-board box from a grocery store.

        Then trace on the cardboard -

and cut out and put together so it looks right..

And then attach the legs  and paws and tail to the main body using those pins you can use in a stationary store .You need to look for  a pin with a head, which splits in two with two legs, so you can fold one leg through the hole ,then  to the left, and one to the right, so you attachthe one piece of card board to the other.

Here some more pictures.
You see here two already complete bunnies, and one in the making.You can give the bunnies a white tail and an eye if you like.

You can use these bunnies around the house, on the breakfast table, as decorative bunting around the room, or on Easter wreaths.

Now for your wreath.

To make a standard wreath , go about it as follows :

Get some branches  or twigs from a tree that are flexible, and some string from a hardware store.
You can also use some bits form an old-fasioned broom, which is what I did.

Make a long garland, tied the together with string, at intervals, then fashion this into a circle and attach the end to the beginning. This  will give you your basic wreath.
                    

Give the bunnies some cheerful coloured ribbon around their necks, and attach the bunnies to the wreath with a glue gun.                                          

Add some ribbons and some coloured Easter eggs, and also attach these with your glue gun.

No cats were harmed in this production by the way, not sure about the eggs though!

How the eggs were made and decorated, I will cover in my next blogpost.

That is also quite fun and super simple.

 Happy Easter preparations and happy crafting !!

And enjoy the Spring sunshine!

This was featured on the Italian craft website Pane amore e creativita

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Maud and Millie.

                                                           Millie

                                                      Maud

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