Keep that empty juice box out of the trash, and use it to make a super cute spring friend!
Supplies:
Empty juice box
Scraps of fabric
Scraps of felt
1 cottonball
Small piece of thin cardboard
Double-sided tape
White glue
Scissors
Fake flower (optional)
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Here’s How:
1.) Start by laying the empty juice box on a scrap of fabric to estimate how much will be needed to cover the box. Use scissors to cut the fabric so it reaches around the box with an extra inch or two to spare.
2.) Then, wrap the box like a present, using double-sided tape to adhere the fabric to the box, first around the circumference of the box and then to secure the sides.
3.) Use scissors to cut two ears from the thin cardboard of a cereal or cracker box.
4.) Cover one side of an ear with double-sided tape, and then smoothly adhere a small piece of fabric onto it.
5.) Use scissors to cut the extra fabric from around the cardboard ear shape.
6.) Repeat the last two steps until both sides of both ears are covered in fabric and then attach the ears to the back of the bunny with double-sided tape.
7.) Now, cut cute features from felt for the eyes, nose and mouth.
8.) Use small amounts of white glue to attach the face to the bunny.
9.) Don’t forget to glue on a cottonball tail and, if desired, add a paper or fabric flower. Now the bunny is done and ready for an Easter or spring celebration!
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More ideas:
• Make the bunny with only one color or print of fabric for a simpler look.
• Recycle old clothes, towels or baby blankets for fabric material.
• Make a “wild” rabbit by using leopard print or zebra striped material.
• Cover and decorate the bunny with paper, felt or craft foam instead of fabric. Fake fur would make a very fuzzy bunny!
• Create a more rustic bunny by covering it in burlap material or a brown paper bag and by adding rock, stick and raffia embellishments.
• Use buttons, googly eyes or pom-poms for eyes instead.
• Turn the box vertically before decorating it for a different-shaped rabbit.
• Decorate one or more boxes to build a body for the bunny.
• Try this project with other types and sizes of boxes or containers.
• Make a whole family or parade of bunnies, all the same shape, or all different.
• Give a girl bunny a bow on her head and a boy bunny a bow tie.
• Add a small straw hat or other doll accessories to dress up the rabbit.
• Cut the top side of the juice box out before covering it to make a bunny basket favor for holding jelly beans or other treats.
• Make a really big bunny basket to hold flowers for a table centerpiece.
• Try this project to make Halloween and Christmas characters, too.
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Pamela Maxwell is an artist, author and mother of two busy little boys. Her craft and scrapbooking projects have appeared in numerous books and magazines. Her most recent book is “Memories in Miniature.” Photo by Pamela Maxwell.
