| INSTRUCTIONS: |
Note:
Use 26-gauge wire unless otherwise indicated.
1. Using pattern, cut two feet from foam sheet with serrated
knife. Sand rough edges smooth with a scrap piece of foam. Center
each foot on a 9" x 12" sheet of white felt. Wrap
excess felt around edges onto bottom of feet and glue, smoothing
out any wrinkles or folds. If needed, use straight pins to secure
felt until dry and then remove. Cut two 8" x 9" pieces
of white felt and glue to bottom of feet. When dry, trim felt
close to edges of foam. |
| 2.
Cut two 18" lengths from 5/8" dowel and paint white
for legs. Let dry. |
3.
Cut a 30" x 18" rectangle from white felt for bloomers.
See diagram to cut a 6" slit in center bottom of rectangle.
Fold 18" ends to center, overlapping them slightly. Glue
this back seam, gluing lower 6" to slit edges for legs
of bloomers. Let dry. Using a chenille needle and pearl cotton,
sew gathering stitches around top edge of bloomers and bottom
of each leg, leaving long threads at the ends. Do not gather
fabric at this time.
|
| 4.
Insert and glue 1/2" dowel halfway into 5" foam ball
head. Cut an 18" square of white felt. Center felt over
ball and gather around dowel with wire. Trim any excess felt
close to ball. |
| 5.
Cut 2-1/2" foam ball in half for muzzle pieces. Cut two
5" squares and two 4" squares of white felt. Place
each half ball flat side up in center of a 5" felt square.
Wrap felt around edges of half ball onto flat back and glue.
Glue a 4" felt square to flat side of each half ball. When
dry, trim felt close to edges of foam. |
| 6.
Cut two 18" lengths of 16-gauge wire. Press and glue a
2" foam ball hand onto one end of each wire arm. Cut two
9" squares of white felt. Wrap a felt square around each
hand and gather around the attached wire with 26-gauge wire.
Trim any excess felt close to each ball. |
7.
Cut a 45" x 9" strip of lavender print fabric. Overlap
and glue long edges to form a tube. Insert wire arms in sleeve
tube. Gather sleeves just above foam ball hands with wire, letting
cuffs extend over hands slightly.
|
| 8.
Cut 3" foam ball in half. Cut one 5" square and one
4" square from white felt. Follow Step 5 to cover one half
ball for the tail. |
| ASSEMBLY: |
| 1.
Poke a hole in center top of each foot where a leg will be placed
as indicated on pattern. Glue ends of legs into feet, making
sure dowels are straight and firmly secured. Place bloomers
over dowel legs. |
| 2.
Center 6" foam ball body on top of legs and press lightly,
making indentations in foam to mark placement. Remove. Use a
scissors or knife to make holes in foam at indentations. Insert
top of dowel legs into holes. Adjust top of 6" ball until
it is 21" above work surface. Glue legs to body. |
| 3.
Raise bloomers over ball body and then pull long threads from
gathering stitches to tightly gather waist. Knot thread to secure
and trim. Repeat to gather legs of bloomers around each dowel. |
| 4.
Cut wire from inside top of lampshade and then slide shade over
top of ball body. |
| 5.
Poke a small hole in center top of ball body. Press head onto
body until foam pieces touch and then glue. |
| 6.
Wrap the center of a wire securely around dowel joint between
head and body. Then wrap the wire around center of sleeves,
attaching arms to top back of body. |
| FINISHING: |
| 1.
Using patterns, cut four ears and two eyelids from white felt.
Pair and glue ears, sandwiching a chenille stem centered lengthwise
between the layers. |
| 2.
Attach eyes and nose to head, poking small holes in felt for
the shanks before gluing. Glue eyelids over tops of eyes. Make
two small holes close together in top of head. Finger gather
the base of each ear and glue inside the holes. Glue muzzle
pieces side by side just below nose. |
| 3.
Glue tail to center bottom of lampshade at back. |
| 4.
Tear three 10" x 3/4" strips of lavender print fabric.
Tie each strip into a small bow. Glue two bows to feet at base
of legs. Reserve remaining bow. |
| 5.
Using patterns, cut four hearts and one tummy from lavender
felt. Glue tummy to center front of lampshade. Bend ears forward
and glue a heart to the tip of each one. Glue three large buttons
evenly spaced down center front of tummy. Glue a small button
to center of bow at each foot. |
| 6.
Cut a 45" x 6" strip from lavender print fabric for
a collar. Fold strip in half lengthwise wrong sides together.
Sew gathering stitches across long raw edges with pearl cotton.
Pull threads to gather collar, wrap around neck, and tie. |
| 7.
Tie remaining pearl cotton in a bundle and glue between ears
for a tuft of hair. Glue remaining bow to hair tuft. |
| 8.
Remove stem from one flower and glue to left side of collar.
Wire stems of remaining flowers together in a bouquet. Pinch
centers of seed packets together to make fan shapes and then
wire packets around stems of bouquet. Glue bouquet to bunny's
hand. Tear an 18" x 1" strip of lavender print fabric.
Tie strip in a small bow with long streamers and trim ends diagonally.
Glue bow to front of bouquet. |
Holiday
Crafts 
Lovable
Lampshade Bunny 