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How to Fold a Felt Bunny

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I am absolutely gushing over these adorable felt bunnies! They are super easy and take less than 15 minutes to make if you are looking for a simple Spring or Easter craft.

Bunny Pouch Tutorial - These adorable felt bunnies are a great way to store loose candy and treats as well! They are super easy and take less than 15 minutes to make if you are looking for a simple Spring or Easter craft.

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They are the cutest solution to what to do with loose Easter candy in baskets or treats for an Easter party. As a kid, my mom used to divvy up the loose candy (like M&Ms, Robin’s Eggs) between the kids and tossed them in the basket intermixed in the grass. It looked cute, like little eggs hidden in the grass. But here’s the thing – we always used the same grass every year and no one washes plastic grass. Think about that for a second….yeah….a little gross.

Craft Supplies:

  • a square piece of felt but I imagine a napkin would work well too. I used an 8×8 piece of felt for mine that was 29 cents a piece at Micheal’s.
  • candy of choice
  • googly eyes
  • ribbon
  • rubber band
  • glitter glue (multiple colors)

How to fold a napkin or felt bunny. Great easter idea to hold loose easter candy.

Steps to Making a Folded Bunny

Step 1- Lay a square piece of felt out flat. Put a small toy or handful of candy in the center if you choose.

Step 2 – Fold the top corner down half way to the center.

Step 3- Fold/Roll the folded end TWO MORE TIMES.

Step 4 – Bring the sides together that will be your ears.

Step 5 – Pinch the middle where the base of the ears will be. Adjust ears as necessary.

Step 6- Tuck the corner in and then pinch with the thumb to put in position. The picture may suggest it but I can’t do this one-handed.  Someone had to hold down the camera button.

Step 7 – Pull the front sides up and back to smooth out the face area. Adjust ears again if necessary.

Easter Candy Holder Rabbit

8. Secure with a rubber band (I used a hair band since I didn’t have one). The front face area will come just above the rubber band. Tie your ribbon underneath the rubber band, making sure it is tight enough to be secure but it doesn’t have to be super tight. My bows are made using the fork method.

How to make a felt bunny tutorial

9. Gently remove the rubber band if you want to. I used hot glue to adhere the rabbit’s eyes and glitter glue to make the mouth and nose. (I am a huge fan of stickles from ranger). You can mess around with the ears until you get them how you like them.

Bunny Easter Craft

On Friday, I will share with you how I used these little guys during my Easter entertaining. Oh and one last thing. If this is going to a child, might I suggest wrapping the loose candy in a small baggy or the candy will most likely end up all over your floor. No fun. And these bunnies are all about the fun! Thank you for joining me today! Have you made any spring or Easter crafts? I would love to see and hear about them! You can always send them to my Facebook page and maybe get featured on the feed!

Have a great day,

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    • haha, that is part of the point since the candy is kind of like a secret. The kids and can play with them and then when they are done with that…bam! candy, lol.

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    • haha, that is part of the point since the candy is kind of like a secret. The kids and can play with them and then when they are done with then…bam! candy, lol.

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  7. Just popping over to let you know that we will be featuring your adorable How to Fold a Felt Bunny on the Brag About It Link Party which goes live Monday at midnight! Congratulations!
    ~Laurie

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    • It took me a few times to get it down but after the first one, it was so easy and fast! The only tricky part was figuring out how to get the front fold to look like a face. That’s why I took such detailed pictures. My son loves them too!

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  14. These are super cute, I wonder if you could wrap a plastic egg full of candy in them, that would be so much cuter than just plastic eggs in a basket. Going to try to encorporate this into the kiddo’s Easter basket this year! I love co-hosting the Spring Craft Blog Hop with you! #SCBH2015

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    • I think it would be fine, especially if you used a slightly larger piece of square felt. I have small hands but I used about a handful of candies in mine which were 8×8. A plastic egg might even make the face a bit more like a real rabbit because of the shape.

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