Bunny Ears Hats with Poofy Tails

Here is one last post to show you from the Easter Egg hunt last Saturday. I thought it would be fun to have a craft for the kids to do while we waited for everyone to arrive for the egg hunt.

I saw some cute bunny hats with tails on I Gotta Create. To make things even easier, I created a bunny ear template to share with you. I tend to get panicky when I have to free-hand anything. I’m guessing I’m not the only one in that same boat.

Let’s get crafting!

Bunny Ear Hats with Poofy Tails

Supplies:

2.5″ strip of Poster Board stapled to the correct head size
2 – 2.5″ x 12″ strips of patterned scrapbook paper.
Two outer ear shapes cut from card stock – Click for Template
Two inner ear shapes cut from patterned scrapbook paper – Click for Template
Stapler
Glue or some kind of adhesive
White grocery bag pom pom made from the I Gotta Create tutorial

Instructions:

1. Download the Bunny Ear Template and cut all the ear pieces out.
2. Glue the inner ear pieces into the center of the outer ears.
3. Staple the ears to the poster board. Leave 1-2″ of space in between the ears.
4. Glue the long scrapbook paper strips to cover the poster board. The papers will overlap, so you can either trim them down or place them to overlap on the sides.
5. If you haven’t already done so, follow the tutorial for a plastic bag pom-pom at I Gotta Create. Staple the pom-pom to the back of the hat.

These were a really big hit at the party. The moms ended up making them for the most part, but the kids liked wearing them. Here is everyone lined up before the Egg Hunt.

I just have to include a picture of what happened when I said, “GO!”

Here are some more action shots so you can see the hats from different angles and the different color combinations we used.

I really loved this project because it was so inexpensive and it turned out really cute. I am a recovering scrapbook supply hoarder, so they only thing I needed to buy for this project was $1 worth of poster board. That’s $1 and I had supplies for 24 hats!