I saw this sweet, simple idea on Oh Happy Day and just knew the kids would love having a go at it. Of course, to up the difficulty factor we decided to make one for Every Kid in the Class. Because if something can be sweet and simple we like to make it as exhausting and challenging as possible.
So we made 72 of these little devils. And you know what? They were still easy! The kids helped every step of the way (Max not so much) and we had a lovely Easter bunny ear bags crafternoon. It goes without saying that the bunnies were a huge hit at school. I think the mums are suspicious of me, but I mean well…
Gather your supplies
Glassine bags (I ordered mine online at Blank)
Patterned paper
String (or ribbon if you prefer to be fancy)
Glue
Sharpie
Hole punch
Chocolate eggs!
Putting it together
Cut the top of your bags into ‘ear’ shapes. Start at one corner and cut down in a curve then cut straight across before cutting back up to the opposite corner with a (sort of) matching curve.
Take your Sharpie and draw your faces on your bags. You can also draw a tail on the other side (ala Badoo) if you like. The kids had a ball making all different kinds of bunny faces – some more successful than others.
Use your hole punch to punch four holes (mine is a fancy love heart one, but any old hole punch will do the trick). Two just underneath your straight bunny head and two just above and outside the first holes.
Cut inner-ear shapes out of your patterned paper. Fold each bunny ear flat and glue on the inner ear.
Thread your string through the inner holes, cross and then through the outer holes. You can make your bow at the front or the back, it’s up to you (we started with front bows, but decided we liked back bows better).
Pull the string tight and tie firmly with a bow. Doing lots of these is great bow-tying practice for little kids (but acknowledge that you will have crumply, well-loved glassine bags by the time the bow is tied). All done!
Hippy hoppy Easter everybunny! (Sorry about that.) (I don’t know what’s wrong with me.)