Hopping Clothespin Bunny Puppet Craft For Easter

I just have to say I think this Hopping Clothespin Bunny Puppet  is one of my favorite bunny craft projects ever and is the perfect project to get ready for Easter!! I host a toddler/preschool art group at my house once a week and I was browsing Pinterest looking for some ideas.  I was planning on doing some Easter  Bunny themed projects and then I found this adorable Hatching Egg Craft and the inspiration for this project.  I thought if I attached the bunny on to the clothes pin it would move up and down like it was hopping.  I made a quick sample and it worked perfectly, both Emily and Juliette thought it was the cutest thing ever and I couldn’t wait for the girls to make their own!

To make this project we used a Clothespin , 4 Jumbo Craft Sticks , card stock, wiggly eyes, pom poms, markers, craft foam, green construction paper, glue and a hot glue gun.

First I cut out a bunny shape for each of the girls to decorate.  Juliette decided to color the ears and draw the face with markers.  She also used various other craft supplies to decorate it.  She used a cotton ball for the tail, wiggly eyes and craft foam for the teeth and nose.  She also cut out a carrot from scraps of construction paper.  I loved just watching to see what she created.

Once they were finished with the bunnies, they cut fringe on a strip of green construction paper to use as the grass.

Finally I used hot glue to put everything together.  I glued two of the jumbo craft sticks together to make one longer craft stick.   I did this 2 times so that I had one for the top and one for the bottom.  Then I hot glued these onto the clothespin as you can see in the picture above.  Next, I glued the grass onto the bottom craft stick being careful not to let it stick to the top one.  Then I glued the bunny onto the top craft stick making sure that it didn’t touch the grass.  Finally I trimmed the top craft stick with a scissor so that it ended with the bunny.    We found that the hot glue holds everything together much better and I like that it dries so quickly. They were able to play with their bunny crafts right away!

Juliette was so excited to test out her hopping bunny puppet and she was able to entertain Clara with it for quiet a while!!

Also check out our cute Hand Print Bunny Napkin Rings

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Creative Challenge: Plastic Easter Egg Chicks and Bunnies

When I read about  the Creative Challenge from Tinkerlab I knew it was for us and something we would want to join in.  Emily and Juliette love to work on projects and I loved the idea that it was open ended and up to them to figure out what to do, which fosters their creativity and problem solving skills

This month’s challenge is EGGS, so we could do anything we want with any type of egg.

I explained to the girls that we had to come up with a project that has to do with eggs.  We conveniently decided to decorate our house for Easter which meant we had a huge bag of Plastic Easter Eggs (I’m talking like easily 75-100 eggs) just sitting waiting to be used in some fun and creative way.

Emily suggested the idea of turning a plastic yellow egg into a chick, she thought our bin of pipe cleaners would be perfect for his feet and Juliette totally agreed and added that we needed to make a bunny too.  They picked out yellow eggs for the chicks and pink eggs for the bunnies. Then I helped them gather whichever art supplies they thought they needed to create their projects.

Our supplies included plastic eggs, pipe cleaners, beads, craft foam, sharpie markers,feathers, construction paper, pom poms, wiggly eyes and our hot Glue Gun .

The girls noticed that there were holes in the top and bottom of each part of the egg which was perfect for adding the feet. 

After they added the feet they figured out worked on adding all the other details.  Daddy got in the fun to and decided to create a party egg :)      Emily’s Princess Chick!

 

Check out our cute Handprint Bunny Craft and Hatching Chick Craft for some more Bunny and Chick Fun!!

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Soda Bottle Easter Basket

Juliette made this adorable Easter Basket at school and I had to share it I thought it was so cute!

To make it they cut the top off of a soda bottle then covered the cut edge with duct tape so no little fingers would get cut.  The kids decorated the feet and head with crayons, a pom pom for the nose and foam stickers for the pink of the ears.  There are also pipe cleaners for the whiskers.  The arms are attached with a brad across the top on either side to make the handle, which can move back and forth.  Finally there is a white pom pom glued on the back for the cotton tail.

I don't have a template for the pieces but they are pretty simple you can use white construction paper and free hand the shape of the arms and feet.  The head is a simple circle with a little extra at the bottom so that it sticks up from the bottle.  Then you can get creative and make the ears any shape you want.

**If you try this I would love t hear about it send me a link to any pictures so I can see how they came out!!

Muffin Tin Monday ~ Easter Bunny Fun

We usually have simple Muffin Tin Monday meals each week even though I don’t always get to blog about them.  This week when I was getting ready to make lunch I thought I would make it a little more special and do a theme.  It has been so long since I have actually done something out of the ordinary with, so Emily and Juliette were beyond excited. 

I originally planned on making an ordinary peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the shape of a bunny, but after I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread I remembered that we had a jar of fluff in the pantry.  I have never had a peanut butter and fluff sandwich, but thought the fluff would look perfect as the fur of the bunny.  Emily and Juliette were just excited to get to eat the fluff for lunch!  I spread the fluff over the peanut butter then we decided it needed an M&M eye, pink sugar ears  and a fluffy marshmallow tail.

In our muffin cups I put some crinkle cut cucumbers (these remind me of Easter since I usually make cucumber salad on Easter), Blueberry Yogurt with Easter Sprinkles and Julienned Carrots, since Easter bunnies love carrots. 

  This little Peanut Butter and Fluff Bunny was a big hit with the girls. I had to make them each another one after they finished everything else!

stART ~ Pooh’s Easter Basket

 

Welcome to stART! I hope that you will enjoy our story and art project and maybe even share your own too. All I ask is that you link back to A Mommy’s Adventures somewhere in your post by either adding my button or a text link, so that others can see all the other great projects that everyone shares too! The linky will be open all week.  Be sure to stop by and visit the different links…every week there are so many different and fun book and craft ideas!

Check out the  stART tab in my navigation bar where you can find our past stART projects.  All the books that we have read and did a stART project for are listed in alphabetical order.

This week we read Pooh's Easter Basket.  This is a simple board book that Emily and now Juliette really enjoy.  The different characters from Winnie the Pooh all find different colored Easter Eggs. 

After reading this book we made some cute Handprint Bunny and Easter Egg Pictures.  For this project I made a sample and then gave Emily all the pieces she would need and let her put it together however she wanted.

First I helped Emily trace her hand on a piece of white paper and then cut it out.  To make the rabbits face we folded down the thumb, middle finger and pinky finger.  Then Emily glued the handprint and an oval white piece onto the paper with some green grass.  She enjoyed cutting the fringe to make the grass.

Emily added the face, cotton ball tail, a construction paper sun (which she put together on her own) and then some foam Easter egg stickers.

  Emily’s finished Easter Bunny and Eggs

Happy Halloween!

Costume Fun 2010

Emily the Bunny

This year Emily wanted to be a Bunny Rabbit, I love bunnies so I was thrilled.  Here is my cute little bunny rabbit.

This costume was fun and easy to make.  She wore white pants, shirt and shoes.  I made a large pom pom and sewed it to the back of her shirt.  We had the bunny ears from Easter I just added the pink foam in the middle and my mom sewed her a felt play food carrot (you can check out all her other felt play food creations in our Yummy Felts etsy store!)  which we added a ribbon to so she could wear it as a necklace while trick or treating.

Juliette the Candy Corn

            When I was going through boxes of Halloween decorations I found Emily’s Candy Corn Costume and realized it would fit Juliette this year.  I loved this costume so much I was so glad that Juliette would be able to wear it.  She wouldn’t wear the hat, but I still think she was the cutest little candy corn.

Trick or Treating with Friends

Emily and Juliette had fun spending the afternoon trick or treating with their friends.  The three older girls took turns ringing the door bells.  I loved watching them holding each others hands while walking!

  Juliette LOVED Halloween

This was the first year that Juliette could really participate in Halloween and she loved everything about it.  She ran from house to house.  And when she was at the doors waiting she pushed herself right up to the front of the line holding her own bucket filled with candy.

The Candy and Family!!

Emily and Juliette in their pile of candy.  I love the bottom picture that Daddy took of Emily covered in her candy!

We were also able to spend Halloween with our Family.  Juliette is with her God-Mother and Emily is with her God-Mother.

I can’t wait until next year when cousin Brianna will be joining the girls running from house to house trick or treating!!

Happy Halloween!!

Bunny Handprint Napkin Rings

Emily's Handprint Bunny Napkin Rings

I first saw the idea for Bunny Napkin Rings on Ramblings of a Crazy Woman and knew I had to make them for our Easter table this year. Then I saw this adorable Handprint Bunny craft on Just For Fun, which I also had to try with Emily. So we began by making Handprint Bunnies, which I made into cards to send to her Grandparents and Great-Grandmas (I forgot to take a picture before I sent them, so when my mom get hers I am going to take a picture...they came out really cute). We went a little Handprint Bunny crazy and I had a bunch leftover so I decided to use them for the napkin rings and they came out really cute. Best of all Emily had a great time making them!

First, we painted Emily's palm, pointer finger and ring finger.

Emily put her hands down on the paper to make her handprint.

Checking out her work!

We made a bunch of handprints on purple and pink construction paper, then set them aside to dry. I cut them out and used a hot-glue gun to glue on a pom-pom nose. Then I used black puff paint to draw the whiskers and eyes.

Emily handprinting a piece of pink construction paper for the bunnies bodies.

I cut a piece of purple and pink construction paper to fit around a paper towel holder. Then I had Emily use her handprints to cover it in white.

This is everything before I put the napkin rings together. I used a paper towel tube that I cut into 2 inch wide pieces for the base of the napkin holder. Then I cute the pink and purple paper into 2 inch strips and glued them over the paper towel holder. To finish it I glued a Handprint Bunny Face to the front and a pom-pom tail to the back.

Our Finished Napkin Holder!!

I can't wait to see how cute they look on the table for Easter.