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[Childcare] Cute rabbit craft ideas — great for Easter or the Moon-Viewing Festival!
When you think of long-eared animals, rabbits come to mind, right?
Rabbits appear not only in picture books and children’s songs, but also in the Chinese zodiac, Easter, and moon-viewing traditions, and they’re beloved by both children and adults.
This time, we’re introducing rabbit craft ideas that are perfect for preschool and kindergarten craft time!
We’ve gathered a variety of rabbit-themed craft ideas—not only things you can make and display, but also items you can play with or wear.
They’re all made using materials you can easily find nearby, such as toilet paper rolls and newspaper.
If you make them after reading a picture book or before an event, they’ll spark children’s imaginations and double the fun for sure.
Be sure to make good use of these ideas and try making them together!
[Childcare] Cute bunny craft ideas. Great for Easter and the harvest moon! (1–10)
Rabbit bag
This is a bunny bag that kids can carry with their favorite items inside.
Prepare an empty tissue box and make a slit halfway up the height of the box.
Peel off the plastic film, then cover the opening with the cut paper.
Glue origami paper on top of the tissue box, draw the face, and attach the ear pieces to the top.
Adhere decorative paper, such as chiyogami or washi, cut to fit the box size, and add a ribbon to finish! You can make it using your child’s favorite colors of paper and ribbon, so it’s also recommended for early childhood settings that encourage creativity.
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!
Rabbit hat
Let’s make a bunny hat with moving ears—fun to craft and delightful to wear.
Rabbits appear in events like springtime Easter and autumn moon-viewing.
Why not enjoy your next event with a cute, playful hat whose ears wiggle up and down? Attach strings to the ears so you can pull from below to make them move; since the hat is sized just for you, it becomes a special event item.
If some steps are too hard for children, give them a hand.
Try changing the colors or adding different expressions to create your very own original bunny hat.
towel rabbit
This is a cute rabbit mascot made from a towel.
By rolling the towel and tying it with rubber bands to form the rabbit shape, it ends up with an overall soft look.
Then just stick on parts like the eyes and tail with double-sided tape, wrap a ribbon around it, and it’s done.
If you undo the rubber bands and remove the parts, you can easily return it to the original towel, so it’s a fun idea for arranging a towel when giving it as a gift.
It could also be interesting to try towels in various colors and compare how the rabbit’s impression changes.
A rabbit bouncing on a toilet paper roll core
This is a simple rabbit craft made using a toilet paper roll.
Gently flatten the roll and draw the rabbit’s face and other features—that’s all it takes.
A distinctive feature is that it hops like a rabbit when you lightly press and flick the end of the roll.
Leaving the roll as-is without wrapping it in construction paper, and making the most of its original color, may be the key to giving its hopping a light, lively feel.
Whether you use a white roll or a brown one, either can capture a rabbit-like look, but for good hopping, it’s important to use a roll made from sturdy material.
Paku-Paku Rabbit
Introducing the “Chompy Rabbit,” a craft that’s fun to make and doubles as a puppet to play with afterwards! It’s easy to create using paper cups you have at home, so why not try making it together as a parent-child activity? Since it’s a rabbit, pink or white paper cups are recommended, but any color is fine if you don’t have those.
Cut and open the paper cup, then trim one side so it looks like the rabbit’s ears and face.
The bottom of the cup looks just like a mouth.
It’s fun because when you insert your hand from the back, you can make it move as if the mouth is chomping.
Add the rabbit’s face, hands, and feet to make it even cuter! After you finish, you can also enjoy putting on a puppet show.
Glove Rabbit
This is a rabbit-shaped puppet made using white work gloves.
The glove’s fingers are treated as the rabbit’s ears and hands; by rolling and combining them, you complete the puppet.
One glove is used for the head: leave the ears and roll up the rest.
The other glove forms the body: keep four fingers extended, then attach the head to the two middle fingers.
With the overall puppet assembled, add facial features to finish.
Since its charm lies in being wearable and movable by hand, try experimenting with motions that make it look cute.