Easter is around the corner and along with it ALL THE CHOCOLATE. We are trying to steer away from a pile of sugar that will last well into July. So a cute alternative is making Easter-ey gifts without all the tin foil.
This little sand bunny is easy and fun to make. The squashy sand means that the kids can play with the shape of it. You could even make a large one to act as a door stop. Nothing like a useful bunny.Â
What you need
- Scissors, embroidery thread and needle
- Felt
- Plain fabric scraps
- A tiny amount of poly-fill for the tail
- Clean sand (you can get it from Bunnings)
- The pattern below (click to download the PDF)
- Sewing machine
What to do
- Download and print the pattern
- Cut the “face/body” twice from felt, the ears twice from felt and twice from fabric, the tail once from fabric
- Embroidery the face on however you like. This gives the rabbit it’s personality so go crazy. If you are using lighter coloured felt, you can even try putting a little make-up blush on the cheeks – this can look super cute.
- Sew one fabric ear piece to the felt ear piece, with the fabric facing the wrong way. Leave the end unsewn so that you can turn it inside out. Repeat so that you have two ears. I made one slightly longer so that I could fold it down – but you don’t have to.
- Sew the ears onto the top of the bunnies face, with the fabric facing inwards.
- Sew the two face pieces together, leaving a large gap on one side and making sure that you avoid the ears. The gap should be about 2cm up from the corner of the lower seam.
- At the bottom seam, squash the seam so that you can sew down either corner, creating a box shape in the same way explained in this post.
- Turn inside out and fill with sand.
- Close the gap with needle and thread.
- Loosely thread around the edge of the circle of fabric for the tail. Place some poly-fill inside and close it up and sew to the back of the bunny.
- Enjoy your bunny
I can’t sew for nuts but this is gorgeous! What a great gift idea!
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It’s a good learn-to-sew project 🙂
Well that’s cute!
I think so 🙂
Oh, this is so cute, I think this would make a great door stop! How I wish I could sew!
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid recently posted…Easy and Healthy Lunch Box Ideas for Grown Ups
They would make a great door stop – would just have to increase the pattern size a bit.
Much to my sadness, my own children are far to old, or cool, for craft anymore. That said, I have just sent this post to my daughter who is an au pair in London, because I this looks so easy and fun to do! Thank you. x
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Oh I hope they enjoy it xxx
very cute. Aren’t you a talented woman
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Not sure about talented – just a wide variety of hobbies 😉
Adorable idea! I really must dust off my sewing machine. I have so many patterns and craft books.
Thanks for sharing!
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I love sewing when I can squeeze it in.
No Easter crafts here! But this looks good and easy for people who don’t have crafting skills (like me!)
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It’s an easy sewing project to get going – that’s for sure.
So cute I can’t sew but we are on holidays at the beach so will make Easter Bunny sand castles instead!
They sound even better.
Oh my goodness the cuteness !! I love it
They are pretty cute. Thanks for popping by.
I’m so not a crafty person! This looks really cute though 🙂
It’s not a bad learn to sew option
I have 7 unfinished sewing projects but this I would do for sure, so adorable!! Hope you had a great Easter break xx #teamIBOT
I have a few of those too – started with great enthusiasm, then got a little trickier than expected.