Spring is the perfect backdrop for crafting, especially when it involves creating adorable characters that symbolize the season. Enter the Popsicle Stick Bunny Craft, a simple yet utterly charming activity that brings the essence of spring indoors through the creation of cute bunnies complete with their own little popsicle stick hats. This craft is not only a wonderful way to spend quality time with your children but also serves as a fantastic opportunity for them to express their creativity, refine their motor skills, and get into the spring spirit. Plus, these bunnies make for delightful decorations or playful companions for your kids, adding a personalized touch of whimsy to your home.
Materials
- Popsicle sticks
- Painters tape
- Paint and brushes
- White, pink, black and colourful construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Black marker
How to Make a Popsicle Stick Rabbit Craft
- Paint 5 popsicles sticks yellow, pink or blue. set them aside to dry. Tape 5 popsicle sticks together.
- Draw a line a quarter of the way down. Have them line slightly at an angle. Paint under the line with white paint to slightly cover the color underneath to make it slightly more pastel. Set the aside to dry.
- Paint another stick the same color and set them all aide to dry.
- Once dry, glue the last popsicle stick to the top of the line to make a hat for the bunny.
- Cut out two large ears from white construction paper and inner ear from colourful paper. Cut out a pink circle for the nose. Finally cut out whiskers from colourful paper.
- Cut out large white circles and draw black circles for the eyes.
- Glue on the ears, eyes, nose and whiskers.
- Draw on a mouth using black marker.
Tips for Success:
- Let the paint dry completely on the popsicle sticks before gluing them together to prevent smudging.
- Use a strong adhesive or hot glue gun (with adult supervision) to ensure the bunny parts stick together well.
- Encourage your kids to personalize their bunnies with different colors, decorations, and hat designs to make each one unique.
Skills Learned:
Fine Motor Skills: Manipulating the popsicle sticks, painting, and gluing small decorations all contribute to the development of fine motor skills.
Creativity: This craft encourages children to use their imagination to design their own unique bunnies, from choosing colors to adding decorative elements.
Patience and Concentration: Following the steps to create these bunnies requires focus and patience, valuable skills in both academics and life.
Sense of Achievement: Completing a craft from start to finish boosts children’s self-esteem and provides them with a tangible representation of their hard work and creativity.
The Popsicle Stick Bunny Craft is a delightful project that offers more than just a fun activity; it’s an opportunity for learning, creativity, and making lasting memories. So next time you’re looking for a craft that’s sure to bring smiles and a burst of springtime fun, remember these little bunnies are just a few popsicle sticks away!
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
