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DLTK's Easter Crafts for Kids
Easter Bunny Doorknob Hanger

Young children can make it (it's easier for them to do the paper version), but even pre-teens through adults will enjoy creating this cute doorknob hanger.  Use fun foam to make the project more challenging.

 

Materials:

bullet2 pieces of ribbon (any pastel easter-ish color would work)
bullet1/2 inch to 1 inch wide 
bulleteach piece should be about 1 1/2 to 2 feet long
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  1 sheet of white, 1 sheet of pink, 1 sheet of blue and 1 sheet of yellow fun foam and a piece of cardboard
bulletyou can make the leaves from green paper or just skip them
bulletyou can also skip the fun foam and just make a paper version of the craft
  
bulletwiggly eyes
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  substitute a small pink pom pom for the pink nose template piece
    
bulletblack marker
  
bulletglue  (white school glue or tacky craft glue)
  
bulletscissors
  
bulletscotch tape
  
bulletprinter and paper
  
bulletsomething to color with (if making the B&W paper version)

Instructions - paper version:

bulletprint out the template of choice and color if necessary.
  
bulletcut out the template pieces
  
bulletGlue Easter Bunny together as follows:
bulletthe oval piece is the face
bulletGlue the hat to the back of the face
bulletGlue the ear centers to the ears
bulletGlue the ears to the back of the hat
bulletGlue the paws to the sides of the face
bulletGlue the pink bow shapes to the bottom of each edge of the hat
bulletGlue the flowers to the brim of the hat
bulletUse a black marker to draw on a mouth 
bulletGlue on the nose and wiggly eyes
 
  
bulletWhile the Easter Bunny is drying, lay the two pieces of ribbon out on the table and tie a bow in the top to attach the pieces together.
  
bulletTake the three HOP pieces and glue them to the ribbons.  Make sure you leave lots of room at the top for the bunny and for the ribbon to slip over the doorknob.  You might want to look at the photo at the top of this page to see exactly how this works.
  
bulletYou may want to use a bit of scotch tape to hold the HOP HOP HOP pieces in place while they dry
  
bulletGlue the Easter Bunny to the top of the ribbons... again, make sure you leave enough room at the top so the ribbon will slip over the doorknob.  You can use the scotch tape again to hold the bunny in place

Instructions - fun foam version:

bulletprint out the B&W template
  
bulletglue the B&W template onto a piece of thin cardboard (old cereal boxes or the back of a paper pad work well)
  
bulletlet dry a bit  (not necessary if you used a glue stick or just a thin layer of glue)
  
bulletcut out the template pieces -- you'll end up with cardboard templates
  
bullettrace around your cardboard templates onto the fun foam
bulletthe oval (face) shape, two small paws, and ears should be traced onto white
bulletthe ear centers, the nose, two bows, two flowers and one HOP should be traced onto pink
bulletthe two flowers, two flower centers and one HOP should be traced onto yellow
bulletthe two flowers centers, the hat and one HOP should be traced onto blue
  
bulletFollow the directions from the paper version to assemble the whole thing
  
bulletRather than trying to cut the centers out of the craft foam O's and P's in the HOP HOP HOP, we just cut out white centers and glued those on  the colored fun foam
  
bulletkeep in mind when gluing fun foam together that:
bulletwhite school glue doesn't soak in like it does with paper, so don't glob too much on
bullethot glue guns for carpentry melt fun foam.  Crafting low-temp hot glue guns work ok
bullettacky craft glue is my favorite for fun foam projects and is not much more money than white school glue.

 

Template 1    (color)    or    (B&W)

Template 2    (color)    or    (B&W)

Template 3    (color)    or    (B&W)
(two extra HOP's... only required if making the paper craft)

 

 

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