DIY Rabbit Hat
- fatimamholland
- Jan 26, 2024
- 3 min read
Creating is my passion and with each new project uncontainable excitement, arises and I find myself fully immersed in the exhilarating process of creating a delightful spring item like this Whimsical Bunny Hat with ears !
The sheer joy of being able to craft vibrant and refreshing pieces is really undiscribable. Each project becomes a canvas for my enthusiasm, and hopefully I can pass that on to you!
Supplies you will need to create this project.
• Soup Can
• an old sweater or material of your choosing
• brown paper bag
• white paint
• pink paint
• glitter
• piece of cardboard or any stiff paper you can use
• hot glue
• embellishments of your choosing
• mega hold hair spray or clear sealer
• poly filler or cotton balls
If you don't have some of the things I mentioned look around what you have I'm sure you can find something else to substitute it .
For my rim of my Bunnies hat I cut out a round circle out of watercolor paper it was pretty stiff so I knew it would work perfectly!
This is where you can use a piece of cardboard .
Then I removed my label off my can washed it out .
Then I went ahead and glued my material on it .
I used an old light weight sweater I had that I picked up at a resale shop .
I covered my can using hot glue to hold it down I just ran the glue around the top and bottom of the can .
I then tucked the bottom edge when glueing it in . That gives you a nice finish edge.
I covered my rim the same way .
I did both sides .
Glue as you go .
Once that was done o gave it an even trim .
Then I covered the top of my can too!
There you have it!
So cute already !
Look what a soup can some cardboard and material can do!
I then moved on to cutting my ears.
I freehanded the shape I wanted on a paper bag !
I cut 4 of them .
Once they were cut I went ahead and glued them together.
But before I glued them all the way around I filled them with a little filler .
You only need very little if you don't have any on hand you can also use cotton balls .
That's what I used I pulled them apart a little and stuffed it . I use 3 cotton balls per ear.
Then you can glue the rest of it .
You can then trim any uneven parts if you need to .
I did use a thin stick to help put the filling in .
You don't want to over stuff .
I then gave my ears one light coat of white paint.
I didn't want it solid so some brown from the bag could show through .
You can do it which ever way you would like.
Then I painted the center of the ears light pink .
You can also mix red and white together to make your own pink if you don't have any on hand .
I had these beautiful paper doilies on hand so I used them to embellish the bottom of the hat . I cut them in half and went all the way around it.
So pretty !
I then glued my ears on !
I took my brown wax and I grunged it up a little I love that look but you can skip that step if you like .
I also have this watercolor set on hand!
I love it my daughter gave it to me awhile back !
I use it a lot for watercolor projects but also for when I need a little quick color on something like the ears on this project!
I then cut up some strips of material and I used my watercolor set again just to give these pieces some color here and there!
I love how it came out!
I then made my loopy bow !
Then I glued it on along with a beautiful brooch I had to add that whimsical look!
I got my mega hold hair spray and my glitter and sprinkle it on my hat .
This alway works well especially with the micro fine glitter!
There you have it
I just love ❤️ it !
I also had to highlight my girls beautiful pastel eggs that they lay it was a perfect combination for this picture!
the side of the hat ! So cute !
I hope you give this beautiful whimsical Bunny Hat a try !
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Happy creating!
Links for similar items I used
Craft brooches
Paper dollies
Watercolor paint
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