Bunny Bonanza! (Copycat Challenge #14,#15, #16)

Everyone knows that rabbits are fast multipliers, and they have been increasing in these parts, too! With Easter almost here, I thought there was no better time to do the bunnies - all of THREE of them - from Vicki Haninger's book Blanket Statement in the ongoing blogging/crafting project.Bunny #1 was found on pages 82 - 83 as Sugar Bun. So cute and so sweet. I discovered that by not stuffing the rabbit, and leaving the bottom open, a hand puppet was made. Thus, the "tweaking" was a piece of cake on this project. (My goal is to slightly alter the projects with a twist all my own.)

To test out the bunny, Ellie was my available audience. (Her Daddy is in the hospital now for follow-up surgery and we are spending oodles of time together and having a blast! And, I happily report that Jed is doing very well!) The author of the book gave great instructions on how to make wool felted balls and I made two out of lavender wool for the bunny's nose and tail.

Bunny #2 is on pages 94 - 95 and is called Baby Bunny. My "tweak" is adding the felt flowers as inspired by those in THE FELT BOOK by Clare Beaton.

Bunny #3 is called White Chocolate Easter Bunny (makes me hungry for one just writing about it!) on pages 92-93. Tweaking, again, with felt flowers inspired by the Beaton book. And, I thought these two bunnies needed to match!

Close-up details:

The two bunnies watch over the eggs...you might recognize the eggs from a previous entry on how to use silk ties to dye fancy Easter eggs.

So, there you have it. Bunnies times three.

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