Caroline
If you are looking for a last minute Easter craft idea for this week, we are sharing the perfect bunny craft today! These incredibly cute bunny finger puppets are adorable, simple to make and they are so fun for kids to play with.
Happy Spring my friends! With Easter about a month away, it’s such a perfect time to read some cute bunny books and make some cute bunny crafts!
[This Easter craft was originally published on March 21, 2016. It has been republished and updated to include a new how-to video, updated photos and a craft template.]
HOW TO MAKE BUNNY FINGER PUPPETS
These cute bunny puppets are great for kids of all ages, especially for preschoolers. Since preschool is a great time to work on strengthening fine motor muscles in the hands and fingers, playing with finger puppets is a fantastic make and play activity for preschoolers.
Read our easy tutorial below and watch our tutorial video inside this blog post to learn how to make your own bunny finger puppets. We’ve updated this craft to include a new printable template to make creating your bunny finger puppets even more simple.
Supplies needed to make this bunny craft:
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- bunny finger puppets template <—– Get the template HERE
- white or gray cardstock paper
- pink cardstock paper
- 3/4-inch circle punch
- wiggly eyes*
- white pom* (Optional-Use this to add a fluffy tail on the back if you want.)
- pink and black marker
- glue stick
*We received these products free from our friends at Craftprojectideas.com. All opinions expressed are my own. You can find them at your local Walmart in the craft section.
Instruction for making Bunny Finger Puppets:
1. Download and print out bunny craft template. Print out the template on white or gray cardstock paper and then cut out each of the pieces of the template.
2. Use a 3/4-inch circle paper punch to cut out the two finger holes pieces outlined in the bunny body piece of the template.
See Also: Chick Finger Puppets
3. Using the template as a guide, cut out the two inside ear pieces from the template on pink cardstock paper. Glue them onto the bunny ears.
4. Glue your bunny face onto the body, keeping the finger holes at the bottom of the bunny. Then glue each of the ears onto the bunny.
5. Add googly eyes to your bunny puppets. Then use your pink and black marker to draw a nose, mouth and whiskers on your bunny.
6. OPTIONAL: Finish your bunny by gluing a white pom onto the back of the bunny for a fluffy bunny tail.
Now your incredibly cute bunny finger puppets are all ready for play.
Simply put two fingers into the puppet hole slots and you can walk around your adorable bunny.
Looking for some fun children’s books to go along with these bunny finger puppets?
Try one of these cute bunny themed children’s books:
Peter Cottontail by Amanda Stephens
The Tail of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
More fun and easy Easter Crafts for Kids
Here’s a clever way to cut brussels sprouts in half and use them to paint a fluffy texture in this fun and easy bunny Easter craft.
This shiny tin foil Easter egg art is an amazing way for kids to use their creativity to decorate their egg with any patterns and colors of their choosing.
Not only will kids have a blast creating this easy chick craft but they’ll love the crayon resist and watercolor technique of making the chick’s colorful egg shell.
Preschoolers will love the process of stamping a balloon print in yellow paint onto cardstock paper and then turning them into cute little chicks.
