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MATERIALS YOU WILL
NEED:
 | Egg carton cup |
| Newspaper |
| Tape (masking or scotch) |
| Tissue (optional) |
| Mod podge, watered down glue or paper mache paste |
| Poster paint (bunny colored... and who says you can't have a pink
bunny!) |
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FORM THE HEAD: Crumple
up a ball of newspaper (about 1/4 of a sheet) and put it in the egg carton cup.
Tape the cup shut so the newspaper doesn't fall out. |
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FORM THE EARS:
Cut ears out of left over pieces of the egg carton
container or anything else you have handy (cardboard, margarine container lids, etc).
Tape the ears to the head.
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FORM THE BODY:
Take an entire sheet of newspaper and crumple it up so it forms an
egg shape with a neck.
Wrap tape around it so it holds it's shape.
Tape the head to the neck.
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FORM THE ARMS:
Take 1/2 a sheet of newspaper and roll it into a sausage. Tape
Bend the sausage into a U shape.
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Wrap the sausage around the bunny's neck with the curve of the U at
the back of the bunny. Tape it on.
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FORM THE TAIL AND FEET
Use small pieces of newspaper and make balls. Tape them to
hold their shape.
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Tape the feet onto the bottom of the bunny and the tail onto the
back.
This step is very important! Make sure you put the bunny on a
flat surface and attach the feet and tail flush with the table. This will balance
the bunny so it stands up.
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Coat bunny with 1/2 and 1/2 glue and water solution, mod podge or
paper mache paste.
Cover with 2 or 3 layers of toilet tissue or newspaper (tissue gives
a bumpier texture than newspaper).
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Paint your bunny. Use markers and white paint (or liquid paper
in a pinch) to add details.
OPTION: instead of painting your bunny, you can make a
decorative version by mod podging (or glue/ water solution) on patterned napkins or tissue
paper. This makes a nice alternate (we did it with reindeer at Christmas time and
used them as gifts!)
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