Bunnies

It is hard to get back in the swing of things, after being
away for two and a half weeks! No, I don't mean the sewing -
I just refer to my mental list of Things To Make, and I get
weak-kneed at how far I'm falling behind.
That's always er... motivating.

It's the crafting I mean. Specifically, crafting with the kids.
They've moved beyond Let's Print Out A Coloring Sheet
and Apply Markers. And they've moved beyond craft kits
(drats). Some days I'm up to the challenge of ploughing
a path through our vast collection of cardboard boxes.
Some days I just want to sit and drink tea and read old Enid Blytons.

But the kids finally wore me down this morning, so we
made these very simple sock bunnies from a craft idea in
a recent issue of Family Fun magazine. It was a very good
way to repurpose those fashionable non-skid socks from
the maternity hospital, I thought! AND, most usefully, even
Kate (almost 2) made her own bunny, all by herself (although
Mom was the Glue and Knot Administrator)!

What we used:

• Old sock
• Rice
• Stuffing
• String
• Ribbon
• Scrap felt
• Pom pom
• Scissors and Glue
  

Step 1

• 
• Fill sock with about a half cup of rice/beans. The Family Fun version recommended filling the whole thing with lentils, but we wanted softer, cuddly bunnies.
• Fill sock half way with stuffing.
• Tie (not too tightly) a neck with string.

Step 2

• Stuff above the neck with stuffing, to make a head.
• Tie above the head, tightly.

Step 3

• Tie ribbon around neck.
• Cut the cuff off the sock.
  
• Slit down the middle of the sock above the head and trim into ear shapes.

Step 4

• Cut rabbit facial features out of felt and glue on.

Step 5

• Glue on pom pom. It doesn't have to be lurid neon, of course, but that's what we had in the house. Matched the weird brown sock with rubbery criss-cross non-slid markings perfectly.

Step 6

• Haul around the house by the ears, hollering, "Leave my vegetables alone!"

Not very Easter-y, I know. The original Family Fun version
is much more Easter-y and less garden-variety-ish (lierally),
possibly because they didn't use the brown souvenir socks
from their last hospital stay.