On Friday evening, Crevette wanted to ‘make’ something. For once, we had remembered to save toilet paper rolls and he was eager to turn them into bunnies.
Hubby was cooking so I could focus on Crevette (5 years 8 months), Beanie (3 years 6 months) and their artwork, which was lovely.
We had just about half an hour before dinner was ready so it had to be a quick one. I had a look on Pinterest for toilet paper roll rabbits, just to see what other people had done and get some inspiration.
We dug out the paintbrushes, scissors, googly eyes, PVC glue, a pencil and pretty scraps of paper before we got to work on our rabbits.
Beanie was once again really generous with the amount of PVC glue she applied to the paper, so there is no risk of those bunnies ‘losing their body’.
Crevette drew the templates for the ears and feet. Beanie was not really sure about using the scissors. She thought she would not be able to follow her brother’s lines, but after I had done it with her once, she grew more and more confident, which was nice to see.
They loved sticking the ears, feet and drawing the faces following my very basic template and were really proud to see their first bunnies take shape.
Crevette thought they would look nice with tails so he got some cotton from the bathroom and added fluffy tails to their cardboard creations. Check them out! Beanie declared they were ‘boyfriend and girlfriend’.
They made some more after that and dinner was ready so I finished the last two.
What do you think of our cute little rabbits?
I love it when something completely improvised turns out looking great!
They do look great! Pastels are so nice! #MagicMoments
Thanks Merlinda. I do like that green-brown-beige colour scheme they went for! Mel
Aww so very cute Mel, lovely easter bunnies and love that they are boyfriend girlfriend! xx #magicmoments
Thanks Caroline! Mel
Love these – my daughter would especially love making them as she’s obsessed about bunnies. Pinning it! #magicmoments
Let me know how she gets on with them, and thanks for pinning! Mel
They look great, the children must have been so proud and impressed with themselves!
They were! They cannot wait to show them to their nan who is coming over from France on Sunday. x Mel
I love these, so simple, but they look great. And, I love the colours x
Thanks Sara. They look really pretty in our living room. Mel
These are so cute. The googly eyes with eye lashes are very sweet. I love a quick craft so they don’t have time to make too much mess or get bored 😉
Same here!
These are ace! What fab Easter decorations. You’re so brave letting them loose with the PVA 😉
PVA glue is not that bad. It washes off furniture quite easily actually, haha! Mel
They look brilliant! So simple yet so fab! #ShareWithMe
Thanks Jocelyn. We love crafts at home as long as it takes very little time from start to finish and it is worth the hassle! x Mel
Ahhh these are so cute. I can’t wait until my two are older and we can do things like this. I love these. So creative and little mess my kind of crafts. I am jealous that you have all these crafty things on hand. I have no supplies what so ever to play around with yet. I think it’s cause my two are still young .I will need to start stocking up soon. Love these. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me and for the amazing continual support of my blog. So grateful. #sharewithme
You made me smile, Jenny! The craft supplies are not the children’s. They are mine, from when I had time for scrapbooking (well, apart from the googly eyes!), and the glue is hubby’s (no idea why he has 2 litres of PVA glue in the house by the way). x Mel
What a fab little idea. My little Princess would love making these ‘Babbits’ 😉 #sharewithme
‘Babbits’… so sweet! Mel
Well done you and them! I tend to see glue and craft stuff and run, but these look great 🙂
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Haha, I would be the same if they were not sat at the table with wipes at hand. Mel
I love this idea! You are so creative I am definitely going to have a go with the girls x
I am sure they will love it! x Mel
So simple yet so effective. Loving the colour schemes too. #sharewithme
Thanks!
these are fantastic Mel! i need to be more creative!
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments x
Thanks Jaime!
How awesome are they?? We never do crafts these days- I need to rectify that!
x
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The little ones were really pleased with the way they turned out (and so was I!). I could write the exact same thing when I read your posts: we never do sensory play and should do more; it looks like so much fun! x
Beautiful bunnies-your craft posts are as gorgeous as your food ones! I love, love, love your blog (in case you didn’t know)…thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts
Vicki, your lovely comment really means a lot. x
These are TOO CUTE! how have I missed these? 🙂
No idea! Hey, lovely to see you here tonight! I really have to find a way to follow your blog (without an email subscription, I am rubbish at following!). x