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[January Childcare] Rabbit-Themed Wall Display Ideas
Rabbits often appear in picture books and songs, making them one of the animals most familiar to children.
They’re also frequently used as motifs in crafts.
So for teachers who are looking for January wall display ideas, how about creating a wall display that features rabbit motifs?
If you combine them with New Year–themed items like snow bunnies, fukuwarai, or daruma, children can also learn about New Year’s traditions.
We’re also sharing ideas you can make together with the children, so please use them as inspiration for your wall displays.
Because the children’s creations are treated as “artworks,” we use the term “seisaku (制作)” in the text.
[January Childcare] Wall decoration ideas with a rabbit motif (1–10)
Snow rabbit made of cotton
A white rabbit cheerfully hopping around in the snow.
Some wild rabbits even change their fur from brown to white in winter.
Let’s make a white “snow rabbit” inspired by them.
By using cotton for the rabbit’s body, you can express the fluffy look of snow.
Kids will enjoy the step of sticking cotton onto a glue-coated backing sheet.
Add ears and eyes to the cotton rabbit, attach it to the backing sheet, and it’s done.
You could also add a ribbon, stickers, or a message.
Feel free to customize it and have fun making your own.
Fluffy Snow Bunny
This is a wall display of snow bunnies with a cute, plump look.
You’ll make the snow bunnies’ bodies by crumpling tissues into balls.
Using tissue-paper flowers (ohana-gami) instead is also recommended.
With flower paper, you can create snow bunnies in various colors.
Real snow bunnies use leaves like yuzuha (Daphniphyllum) or mokkoku (Ternstroemia) for ears, and nandina berries for eyes.
For this craft, try using origami and round stickers instead.
If you make plum or camellia blossoms with round stickers and add them beside the snow bunnies, they’ll turn out beautifully.
These days there’s less snowfall, so there are fewer chances to make real snow bunnies.
How about making crafted snow bunnies with the children instead of using real snow?
Cute snow bunny
Here’s an origami idea for a snow rabbit that you’ll want to make whenever it snows, just like a snowman.
Prepare one sheet of white origami paper, fold it in half diagonally once to make a crease, then unfold.
Fold the left edge in half along the crease, then fold the remaining right corner inward to form a triangle.
Next, fold the triangle’s three corners inward while checking the shape to create the snow rabbit’s base.
Once the base is done, attach ears made from green origami paper and add eyes using small red round stickers, and you’re done! With these simple steps, you can make a snow rabbit that looks just like the real thing—give it a try!
Hanging rabbit ornament
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmvzU7VBax9/Let’s fill an entire wall with cute hanging rabbit decorations! First, make three holes in the bottom of a paper cup.
Making holes can be a bit dangerous, so teachers should handle this step.
Insert pipe cleaners shaped into ear-like loops into two of the three holes for the rabbit’s ears.
On the side of the paper cup, stick on googly-eye stickers and two pom-poms to create the fluffy area around the rabbit’s mouth.
Separately, use pipe cleaners to make decorations that evoke New Year’s or winter.
Combine these with the rabbits and connect them with string—and you’re done! Try changing the colors of the ears and pom-poms, or adjusting the placement of the added decorations to create variety.
Ozoni with rabbit-shaped rice cakes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmBn_1GJz43/How about a ozoni (New Year’s soup) decoration as a perfect wall display for the New Year? If you make the mochi in the ozoni shaped like rabbits, you’ll get an adorable ozoni! Cut out from construction paper the rabbit-shaped mochi, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and any other ingredients you want to include in the ozoni, as well as the bowl shape.
For the rabbit-shaped mochi, it’s best to make them look slightly puffed up, as if the mochi has swelled.
Depending on the children’s ages, it may be better for the teacher to prepare these parts in advance.
Just glue each piece into the bowl as if you’re adding the ingredients—done! For a pattern on the bowl, we also recommend sticking on small torn pieces of origami paper.
Fluffy snow bunny
https://www.tiktok.com/@sana_tanosi/video/7445600660483034376This is a fluffy wall art project to make snow bunnies using shaving foam and liquid laundry starch.
You can create pieces with a soft feel, just like real snow bunnies.
First, put shaving foam and liquid starch into a container and mix until stiff peaks form.
Spread the mixture onto a backing sheet and shape it into a snow bunny.
Once you’ve formed the snow bunny, let it dry, then decorate the backing with stamps or crayons and add the facial features to finish.
Kids are sure to get excited about this fun way to make snow bunnies.
Bunny mochi made with dabbing a stamp (pon-pon)
This is a wall decoration featuring rabbits made with tampo stamping, where you can enjoy different color effects.
Make a tampo by stuffing gauze or kitchen paper with cotton or fabric and tying it off with a rubber band.
Dip the tampo in paint and dab it onto construction paper.
The way the color appears will change depending on the materials used for the tampo.
Use a rabbit-shaped cutout as a stencil: place it on the background paper and apply color around it with the tampo.
When you remove the stencil, a rabbit-shaped rice cake silhouette will appear on the background.
Kids will enjoy the process since the color goes on with a fun stamping motion.
This is great not only as a wall decoration but also as an idea for New Year’s cards.