I don’t normally do much for decorating for Easter, but this year I thought it might be fun to decorate a few things. I wanted my decorating to blend with colors in my home and not be so Easter-y, which is how I chose the colors.
This easy bunny garland is a pretty thrifty craft project, but has a big impact because of the length of space it takes up. Personalizing it to your taste is pretty much endless. All you need is some plain paper to make a template, some 12×12 scrapbook paper, scissors (you can get left handed scissors here if you need them), twine, and some pom-poms, cotton balls, or yarn.
To start out with, I drew out a simple rabbit design on a piece of blank paper. This would serve as my template. I ended up drawing 2 different rabbits because my first one was a little big for my paper. You should be able to get two rabbits out of each piece of scrapbook paper.
I don’t scrapbook, so I did have to go buy some scrapbook paper. I found papers I liked for 2/$1 and purchased two of each of the two coordinating designs. I traced around my template on the back of the scrapbook paper and cut out 2 rabbits from each piece so that I had 8 rabbits total, 4 of each design.
Next I evenly spaced them out on my work table and used hot glue to secure the twine behind each rabbit on the blank backside.
Once I flipped them over, I then hot glued little pom pom tales in to place. I made my pom poms by wrapping yarn around 2 fingers and tying it through the center, then cutting the loops.
Finally, here you can see the completed rabbit banner as it hangs from my fireplace mantel. This project just cost me the price of 4 pieces of scrapbook paper, which was $2+tax. My hot glue, twine and yarn were all leftover project materials.
There are so many choices of scrapbook paper, that you can easily find ones that suit your home decor. And there is no need to use twine either, consider using ribbon or yarn or rope or whatever else you can find that you have.
And because I don’t like to waste much, the kids used my templates (the too big one and the correctly sized one) and painted their own Easter and chocolate bunnies for their own Easter decorations to add to our home.
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
March 31, 2015 at 12:33 pmThat is seriously adorable!! I want to make one for my house!
Jessica Harlow says
March 31, 2015 at 8:07 pmThis decorative garland is so simple and yet pretty! I think it’s a great Easter themed decoration without all the glitter and gleam of some of the Easter goodies out there. Using old scrapbook papers is a good idea!
Terri Ramsey Beavers says
March 31, 2015 at 8:48 pmI haven’t decorated for Easter because the grand kids will be home this year but I should make something like this bunny garland for me. It would help put me in the mood for Easter.
celebbabylaundry says
March 31, 2015 at 9:48 pmThis is a really cool craft to do with the kids for Easter, it would be super fun!
Debbie Denny says
March 31, 2015 at 10:56 pmThat is so cute. Really fun and easy craft.
Sharon says
April 1, 2015 at 12:00 amI usually don’t do much decorating either, but these are too cute!
Heather says
April 1, 2015 at 12:45 amOh that’s really cute, I don’t think we’ll be decorating much for Easter, but this looks like a fun family craft to do together.
Rebel Sweetheart says
April 1, 2015 at 8:08 amWe usually don’t decorate for Easter, but this garland is super cute. The googly eyes make them even more adorable. :)
Uplifting Families says
April 1, 2015 at 9:22 amThis is a cute idea. I haven’t decorated my house in a very long time. I love the idea of the garland. It looks festive on the fireplace.
I like the bunnies that your kids made too. Very creative. Thank you for sharing.
Rosey says
April 1, 2015 at 10:27 amWhat a cute concept for the holiday. I think this turned out cute as can be.
Dominique Goh says
April 1, 2015 at 10:32 amThose bunny cut outs are really cute. Something doable which I can try out with the kids this Easter.
Stephanie of The TipToe Fairy says
April 1, 2015 at 11:56 pmThis is so cute!! What an easy and simple idea to dress up the house for Easter.
Virginia says
April 7, 2015 at 8:29 pmWhat an awesome craft! WIll have to try this next year!