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Ahh bunnies! They’re so cute, and cuddly, and colorful… ? Well, this cardboard tube bunny rabbit family is anyway! These bunnies don’t have to be an exclusive Easter craft but their pretty colors remind me of jelly beans! Using cardboard tubes from paper towels or bathroom tissue, you can make this fun and bright family of bunny rabbits with your kids! A fun and easy recycled kid’s craft!

This adorable Cardboard Tube Bunny Rabbit Family is the perfect craft for kids around Easter time!

Cardboard Tube Bunny Rabbit Family

Some people are uncomfortable using bathroom tissue rolls, especially those in a day care setting. Paper towel cardboard tubes are the same diameter, just longer, and work equally well. You can simplify your cardboard tube bunny rabbit family depending on the age group of your children.

To simplify some of these steps, skip the apron on mama bunny and the buttons on daddy, and you can also use pink felt triangles (or construction paper) for the noses. Wiggle eyes will work too instead of a marker. I do use a hot glue gun in this project, so please supervise children closely or use a quick drying glue such as Beacon’s instant This cardboard tube bunny rabbit family is such a cute way to reuse cardboard tubes. I have a lot more cardboard tube crafts for kids and also animal crafts for kids that are fun to craft up with your kiddos as well!

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This fun craft is a great way to show your kids the importance of recycling by using cardboard tubes!

What you’ll need


A fun and easy craft for Easter!

Paint (I used the following Folk Art colors, you can use whatever type of acrylic craft paint you prefer):

Cut the cardboard tubes as follows. You will end up with 5 baby bodies, 2 adult bodies and 14 ears.

Paper towel tube – Cut a 4.5″ piece for dad, a 4″ piece for mom and five 1/2″ ears.
Toilet tube #1 – Cut two 1.5″ bodies and two 1/2″ ears.
Toilet tube #2 – Cut two 1.5″ bodies and two 1/2″ ears.
Toilet tube #3 – Cut one 1.5″ body and five 1/2″ ears.

Paint each tube, inside and out, and a set of ears to go with each body.

Run a line of hot glue inside the ear and squeeze it closed to flatten it.

Use scissors to trim tops of ears to make them pointy.

Hot glue the ears to the top inside of the cardboard tube body.

Use pink paint to paint a line on each ear.

Glue on mini pom-pom noses and cut bows from felt and attach. For girls, attach bows up by the ears and for boys at the bottom front of the body.

Use Sharpie to add eyes and whiskers.

If you like, cut a simple apron from white felt for the mom. Cut out a small carrot from orange and green felt and glue to the apron. Glue apron in place. Glue 2 buttons to the front of the dad.

This super cute Cardboard Tube Bunny Rabbit Family is a great recycled craft for your kids!
I hope you enjoy making your adorable cardboard tube bunny rabbit family! It makes an awesome Easter craft that the kids will love to help with. Check out more awesome Easter craft inspiration like these cute and super easy Pom Pom Chicks or these Easter Chick Placeholder Cups!
This post was originally published on this blog on March 10, 2011.
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Cardboard Tube Bunny Rabbit Family

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • 3 cardboard toilet paper tubes
  • 1 cardboard paper towel tube
  • 7 miniature pink and/or orange pom-poms
  • felt in various colors for bow ties and hair bows
  • hot glue gun
  • black Sharpie marker
  • scissors
  • white orange and green felt for apron (optional)
  • 2 buttons optional

Paint

  • Pink Melon
  • Medium Orange
  • Pink Balloon
  • Medium Blue
  • Daffodil Yellow
  • Purple Lilac
  • Lime Green

Instructions

  • Cut the cardboard tubes as follows. You will end up with 5 baby bodies, 2 adult bodies and 14 ears.
  • Paper towel tube - Cut a 4.5" piece for dad, a 4" piece for mom and five 1/2" ears. (Toilet tube #1 - Cut two 1.5" bodies and two 1/2" ears, Toilet tube #2 - Cut two 1.5" bodies and two 1/2" ears, Toilet tube #3 - Cut one 1.5" body and five 1/2" ears.)
  • Paint each tube, inside and out, and a set of ears to go with each body.
  • Run a line of hot glue inside the ear and squeeze it closed to flatten it.
  • Use scissors to trim tops of ears to make them pointy.
  • Hot glue the ears to the top inside of the cardboard tube body.
  • Use pink paint to paint a line on each ear.
  • Glue on mini pom-pom noses and cut bows from felt and attach. For girls, attach bows up by the ears and for boys at the bottom front of the body.
  • Use Sharpie to add eyes and whiskers.
  • If you like, cut a simple apron from white felt for the mom. Cut out a small carrot from orange and green felt and glue to the apron. Glue apron in place. Glue 2 buttons to the front of the dad.
This cardboard tube bunny rabbit family is the perfect Easter craft to make with your kids. Choose bright and cheery colors to represent Spring!

Amanda Formaro

Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also the editor for the Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip and owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com.

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Comments

  2. Karen M. Thomas says

    Simply put…ADORABLE! Just what I was looking for, something I could make with my daughter too. I believe I can actually do this. No doubt my little one can master it :) Thanks Amanda, have a wonderful, blessed Easter!

    Reply

  3. Marie says

    So adorable! I know I have a lot of toilet paper tubes that get thrown out all the time. These would be a cute project to use them for!

    Reply

  6. Julie Anne says

    I have started saving my toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls… so excited to find more fun crafts to do with them! :)
    visiting from CSI project

    Reply

  9. Domestic Goddess says

    I'm a "pweeee-skewwwww" teacher and these would be so much fun for my kids to make. Thanks for the inspiration! Your blog is full of ideas that I know I'm going to use in my classroom.

    Reply

  10. Veronica says

    Love the idea!! Amazing!! I´ll share this on my blog (is a blog in spanish, so I´ll be traslating the instructions, ´cause I think is just sooo pretty!! Thanks for this tutorial and fantastic Idea.
    my blog is mamifashion.blogspot.com

    Reply

  14. creativejewishmom/Sara says

    adorable Amanda, thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday together wit the rest of your great projects!

    Reply

  29. Jennifer says

    Those are so stinking cute!!! I knew I was hoarding paper towel and TP tubes for a reason!! Guess what I'm doing with my girls this weekend!

    Reply

  31. Look beyond the picket fence says

    I love these, I want to make a few for my Easter table. Thanks for the instructions!
    denise

    Reply

  33. ...And Faux Pearls says

    I love these! I just made them for my stepson to play with. I think I had almost as much fun making them as he will. :)

    Reply

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