CRAFTY MINI TERRA COTTA EASTER RABBITS

Boy, is Easter ever just around the corner! I suppose with the holiday falling in March this year, it seems it is coming up faster than usual. I don't even have young ones to prepare for! I send the grandkids Easter cards with a message and a few dollars from Grandpa and I (which we do most holidays).

I do have a few Easter items out but I have been putting less holiday decor out the past couple of years. Some of it might be due to my cancer treatments and the fatigue that the meds cause me. Maybe I find my time to be more of a premium these days. Whatever it might be, I do still like to put a few items out.

I made these cute Terra Cotta Bunnies a few years ago and taught a craft class in making them at our church. I do put these out each year with the Easter decor.

Since this one is taller, I refer to her as the "Mama" lol.

This one is the "baby" 😊

MATERIALS NEEDED:

4.75" ROUND WOODEN BEADS WITH FLAT BOTTOM (FOR HEAD)

ONE TERRA COTTA MINI POT FOR EACH BUNNY (2.25" BASE FOR MAMA; 1.75" BASE FOR BABY IS WHAT I USED)

ACRYLIC PAINT COLORS OF YOUR CHOICE

 PAINT BRUSHES OR PAINT SPONGES

A DOTTING TOOL OR A PENCIL WITH A BALL-HEADED SEWING PIN STUCK IN THE ERASER (YOU CAN USE THE ROUNDED END OF A PAINT BRUSH, A SHARPENED PENCIL LEAD, ETC.)

SATIN RIBBON FOR BOWS 

SMALL AMOUNT COTTON OR MUSLIN WHITE OR CREAM COLOR (EARS)

SMALL STRAW HAT AND RIBBONS, FLOWERS, OR BUTTONS FOR ADORNMENT

HOT GLUE GUN AND STICKS

FINE TIPPED BLACK SHARPIE

SCISSORS

1. Start by dusting off the pot to make sure no dust or bumps or on pot. Place newspaper or parchment paper on the work area and paint the main body color with 2 to 3 coats; allow to dry in between coats.  You can also use a primer as a base coat but not necessary.

When paint is dry, use your dotting tool *see below* to make dots in a coordinating paint color as shown in photo. Use your imagination to make starbursts or flowers if you like (but I suggest practicing on a piece of paper first).

Use the marker to make dashes on the lip of the pot and as shown in photo. This is YOUR bunny so you don't have to!

2. Using the fine point black Sharpie or marker, make 2 dots for eyes and then "dash" a small nose/mouth, as in photo.  Once this is done, use hot glue to adhere the head to the upside-down pot (top opening of pot is the base of bunny). 

3. Cut bunny-shaped ears out of the muslin/cotton fabric. The Mama Bunny's ears are about 3.5 inches in length and Baby Bunny's are 2.5 inches in length.  Place over top of head/bead and make sure the ears line up as they should on side of bead/matching with face. Hot glue into place on top and I also did a small dot on the pot to keep ears down and in place.

4. If you are adorning the hat with silk flowers, buttons, ribbon, etc., now is the time to glue those on. Start by deciding what you are going to use and the placement of each item. Glue into place once decided. I do use a wooden craft stick to press things into place as I know how wonderful a hot glue burn can be lol.

5. Glue a bow onto "neck" of bunny is you like.

6. Display proudly!

* I call them dotting tools but that's just me. I normally use a pencil with eraser and push a colored-ball glass or plastic head sewing pin into the eraser. Those make pretty good dots. Dotting tools or styluses are available in most craft stores/craft sections, fabric stores or on Amazon. You might look in the nail polish aisle at your local store as some have nail decor tools that are relatively inexpensive to make dots, too.

I hope you like our little tutorial of the Mini Terra Cotta Easter Bunnies! They are cute as decor on a shelf or even at each Easter dinner place setting. 

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