An Easter Craft for Grace

I saw these bunny beanbags and wanted to make some for Grace for her Easter basket. They were so cute! And, I reckoned, pretty simple to make. I traced the circles out of felt (brown or white for the top, a contrasting color for the bottom). I made a little pattern for the ears and cut those out of the contrast color, too. Then I stitched the ears on the top layer, embroidered some eyes, and made a pompom to sew on for the tail. The bunnies got stitched together and stuffed with polofin pellets. Points taken away because those pellets are supposed to be used only for decorative items, not played with items, but Grace will play with these in my sight and as you know, she's not one to put things in her mouth anyway.

Here are my half dozen bunnies, all finished and put to bed in their little grass lined box.

Detail of the ears and eyes.

And the wee tail -- I used the handle of a spatula to wind around to make these. It's about an inch wide.

My little rabbits. I call them Sleepy, Devil Bunny, Halloweenie, Tropicana, Angel Bunny and Chocolata. I had way too much time on my hands during the stitching, that's all I can say about that. Possibly I am losing it from lack of sleep.

Then I covered a box in felt to put them in -- here's the lid, with a stuffed bunny attached to the top. These were easy to make and so adorable! If I do say so myself :)