Easter Bunny Wreath

Use some fluffy, chunky yarn to make this adorable Easter Bunny Wreath. Not only is it super cute to look at, it feels so soft and resembles real bunny fur.

I am back today with another delightful Easter craft. Hopefully you got to see my easy macrame eggs last week, if not check them out! There is still time to make some before Easter! Back to this DIY project, I really love how this Easter Bunny Wreath turned out. It is soooooo soft and looks fantastic, in my own opinion! What do you guys all think?

This fluffy Easter bunny wreath was easy and fairly quick to make. I was able to make it in an afternoon, so that counts as a fairly quick craft in my book! Ha! I have made other crafts that take several days! This is one you could easily tackle at a craft night with some friends!

A bonus about this wreath is that it is customizable! I used my bunny on a boxwood wreath. However, the bunny is not attached to the wreath, so you could use it on any kind of wreath that you wanted to. You could use a grapevine wreath to give it a more rustic feel, or a white flowery wreath to make it look more springy if you wanted.

Realistically, you don’t even need to make this into a wreath at all. You could just use it as a door hanger on it’s own, or add it to a canvas to make it into an art piece. I used this same bunny cut out previously in my finger knitted yarn bunny, and just set it on our mantel shelf up against the wall with that one. However, I really like the contrast the wreath gives to the bunny. It makes him stand out a little more.

An inexpensive Easter project

The DIY bunny wreath is also an inexpensive project considering that you can use an existing wreath that you have around the house. Other than that, you will need a wood bunny cut out, some fluffy yarn and a bunny tail. I only used a small amount of the yarn so you will have leftovers for another project!

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Don’t want to read all the instructions? I have included a video in this post showing you how to make this fluffy Easter Bunny Wreath. If you can’t see the video, turn off your ad blocker. Also, if you ever want to slow down the video, just click on the three dots in the lower right hand corner of the video and you can change the playback speed. If you want more detailed instructions, continue reading.

Supplies for the Easter Bunny Wreath

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Wood Bunny Cut Out
Chunky Yarn – I used Magnisoft from Yarn Bee that I found at Hobby Lobby in the color Oat. However I could not find that to link to, so I linked to a similar kind that would work as well.
Faux Fur Pom Pom
Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Scissors
Disposable Chopsticks – leftovers from takeout 🙂

How to make an Easter Bunny Wreath

The wood bunny comes with a tail on it already, but I just removed that as I wanted to use a bigger, fluffier tail to complement the chucky yarn. The way I filled in my bunny with yarn was not my brainchild. I saw a reel on Instagram of someone who made a pillow with this technique and loved it. I thought it would look great as a wreath too so I decided to make my own version. Of course, when I went back to find it again, I could not locate it, however I think I got it down from watching it once.

The concept is really easy, you just wrap the chunky yarn around the chopstick the same size as the area you are going to fill in. Starting at the top of the bunny ears, I filled in one first before taking pictures just to make sure I did it correctly. 😉 I found out that it is better to wrap the yarn around the chopstick first before you add the hot glue to the bunny as it would start to harden before I got the chopstick ready. This way you can also add the right amount on the chopstick that you need and check the size prior to gluing it down.

You want the yarn to go past the edges by a little bit. We will clean up the edges later, so don’t worry about if they are unruly. Press the yarn into the hot glue as it dries, then cut off the end of the yarn. Using sharp scissors, cut the wrapped yarn along the top edge of the chopstick. I am not sure if the lady in the original video had sharper scissors than me, or if it was different yarn. However, she made this part look so much easier! Ha! I had to snip along each individual wrap to cut the yarn, but she just ran her scissors along it like it cut like butter. Who knows? Oh well, I got the job done in the end. 🙂 Slip the chopstick out and fluff up the yarn a little.

Just a little warning, this project did get a little messy. The yarn will shed like crazy at first! After a while though, it stopped doing that. You will LOVE how soft it is though! Work your way down filling in the ears by gluing down a line at a time.

Fill in the bunny body with yarn

You will use the same process to fill in the rest of the body, although your chopstick will be more full to fit the width of the bunny.

Another tip that I figured out is try not to wrap the yarn too tightly. I found that this made it easier to cut open later.

When you are finished, don’t worry if the shape of the bunny does not look perfect, as we will clean it up now. Run your fingers over the bunny to remove the extra yarn hair. Check the bunny for any “bald spots” as I deemed them, where the yarn is not completely attached and glue it down if needed.

Clean up the edges

Flip the bunny over and you will see where the extra yarn sticks out around the edges.

Trim this yarn down closer to the wood cut out to clean up the bunny shape.

Flip the bunny over and add the faux fur pom pom by gluing it down onto the bunny. Make sure you use plenty of glue as it is a big tail!

Hang your Easter Bunny Wreath and enjoy

Now just add the fluffy bunny onto a wreath of your choice. I was able to hang both the wreath and the bunny from the same hook so I did not have to attach the bunny to the wreath at all. The boxwood wreath was great for hiding the twine that the bunny hung from.

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I am actually using my bunny wreath on my neutral Easter mantel. I will be back to share my mantel decor with you soon. Until then, have a wonderful week!