I just love crafting for spring! There is so much joy that comes with realizing that those happy days of new beginnings are right around the corner. Today I’m showing you how to make a vintage cardboard bunny and man is he cute!
This vintage cardboard bunny is really simple to make and probably uses materials you already have on hand! In the video below I show you step by step how to make this sweet spring decoration and it only takes me 20 minutes. A quick project like this means that you can make several if you want to! You can put them in different rooms or make one for you and one for a friend.
Vintage Cardboard Bunny
This is little bunny is such a fun project to make! I love the way it turned out and I love that it uses so many supplies that I already have on hand. I grabbed the cardboard right out of my recycling bin! If the cardboard you have isn’t corrugated, no worries. All you have to do is spritz it with water to dampen it and then let it sit for a few hours. After that, the top layer will peel right off. You may want to put something heavy on the cardboard while it’s soaking so that it stays flat.
Bunny Variations…
There are so many different ways that you can make this project! Obviously mine is meant to be vintage but yours doesn’t have to be. You could swap out the cardboard and book page for bright cardstock. The burlap could be replaced by raffia, drop cloth, or a spring patterned fabric. And the embellishments you use to decorate it can be anything you want! I just want to inspire you with the project idea so you can make it any way you like.
Finding your bunny template is simple to do too. You can just search for “bunny silhouette” online and you’ll get lots of options to choose from. Then you will just need to print it in the size you want and cut it out. I like the side shot because I can add a cute little tail to it but you could go with any angle you like.
Supply List
- Bunny silhouette
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Blush (I used packed blush, not the loose kind)
- Box cutter
- Corrugated cardboard
- Cardboard scrap
- Large book page
- Burlap
- Buttons (or skeleton keys, cabinet keys, square head nails, broaches…whatever you want to decorate your bunny!)
- Brown coffee filters
- Small doilies, paper shreds, paper mache egg (optional)
- Hot glue gun
Step by Step Instructions
- Start by cutting out your bunny. Then rip a piece of cardboard to be your rectangular backdrop.
- Next take a large book page and rip the edges of that too.
- Then use a box cutter to cut a piece of cardboard (any kind) in a smaller rectangle than your back drop, this will be added to the back to give the piece more stability.
- Now lay your bunny on the book page and trace it. Then take the edge of your pencil and roughly shade the edge of the bunny. Then take your finger and smudge the line to soften it. Add in some whiskers and an eye if you want to.
- Next use hot glue to attach the stabilizing cardboard to the back of the corrugated cardboard and the book page to the front.
- Now use your finger to apply a little bit of blush to the inner ears and nose of the bunny.
- Next it’s time to decorate the piece. Add doilies so they poke out from the back. Cut a patch of burlap and add that to a top corner of the piece. Add your buttons and keys to the burlap.
- At a bottom corner glue down some paper scraps then add the egg on top of that.
- Next, take 2 brown coffee filters and scrunch up their bottoms together. Then cut about half of them off from the bottom. They glue them down where the tail of thee bunny would be. Fluff that out and you’re all done!
The Wrap Up…
And that’s it friends! I love the way this turned out. The look of the brown coffee filters is just what I wanted but you could absolutely use regular ones if that’s what you have or prefer. And don’t be afraid to try different things with your bunny. It’s just paper, if you don’t like it you can always try again. I can’t wait to see what you come up with, have fun crafting friends!
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