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 Reuben
Wobbler Easter Rabbit
Designed
By: Daniel Boone
Typical
Project Completion Time:
2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
Download
pattern
(96KB pdf)
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MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STYROFOAM*
Brand Products:
Cone, 12" x 4"
Ball, 4"
Easter Egg, 3"
Other
Materials:
Acrylic paints: brown; pink
Felt: 36" brown, 1/3 yd.; tan, white, green, 9" x 12"
sheet each
Quilt batting, 3" x 10"
Pom poms: 1" and 2" tan, two each; 1/2" pink, one
Wiggle eyes, 18mm, two
Chenille stems: brown, two; white, one
2" gold wire doll glasses
Button, flat blue, 3/4"
Metallic bronze ribbon, 1-1/2" x 1/4 yd.
Fine-gauge floral wire
Clear glass marbles, 20-30
Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin
Fine-line black permanent marker
Pencil
Ruler
Metal tablespoon
Medium flat paintbrush
Disposable palette
Water basin
Paper towels
Scissors
Large-eye sewing needle
Extra-long straight pins
Wire cutters
Needlenose pliers
Screwdriver
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Thick, white craft glue
| INSTRUCTIONS
for Easter Basket: |
| 1.
Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin and cut foam
ball in half. Note: Reserve one half for a future project. Press
remaining half ball on a rigid surface to flatten one side. |
| 2.
Refer to diagram to cut top 4" from foam cone. Mark a line around
cone 5" from base. Indent cone on line by pressing foam onto
square edge of a counter or table. Note: This will become rabbit's
neck. |
| 3.
Refer to diagram to hollow out lower 5" of cone and half ball
by scooping out foam with a tablespoon. Leave approximately
1/4"-1/2" outer shell intact, working carefully to avoid cracking
foam. Paint bottom 1" of cone and half ball brown to match robe. |
| 4.
Cut a 3/4" slice lengthwise from foam egg and discard. Follow
Step 3 to hollow out egg. Paint egg pink. |
| 5.
Cut rabbit patterns from felt as indicated. |
| 6.
Overlap straight edges of head and robe pieces 1/4"-1/2", check
fit on cone, and then glue to form cone-shaped tubes. Sew gathering
stitches 1/4" from top of felt robe, place on cone, and then
gather felt even with neck indentation. Note: To gather felt
throughout, use a large-eye needle with fine-gauge wire and
hand sew gathering stitches where indicated. Gather felt on
wire and then twist wires together to secure. Trim excess wire. |
| 7.
Glue batting around top 5" of cone. Gather top of felt head
1/4" from edge and turn. Sew gathering stitches close to bottom
edge but do not gather. Place head on cone, aligning head and
robe seams at center back. Glue head to batting with bottom
edge 1-1/2" below neck indentation. Pull gathering stitches
to close bottom of head and twist wire ends together to secure.
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| 8.
Using photo as a guide, glue two 1" tan pom poms side by side
to head for muzzle, centering them 1/2" above neck indentation.
Glue a 1/2" pink pom pom nose to center top of muzzle and then
wiggle eyes just above nose. Glue felt teeth together. Glue
layered tooth with top tucked inside muzzle pom poms. |
| 9.
Glue white shirt to upper front of robe with top edge concealing
wire gathered around neck. Wrap vest around robe with edges
overlapping at center front and glue. Fold back and glue lapels
as indicated on pattern. Glue a 3/4" button where vest overlaps. |
| 10.
Cut two 5" lengths from a white chenille stem. Pair and glue
tan felt hands, sandwiching one end of a white chenille stem
between layers. |
| 11.
Cut two 4-1/2" x 5-1/4" sleeves from white felt. Overlap long
edges 1/4" and glue to form tubes. Sew gathering stitches around
one end of each sleeve but do not gather. Insert a chenille
stem hand into each sleeve, pull gathering stitches around wrists,
and twist wires to secure. Turn sleeves right side out with
felt tubes covering arms. Gather top of each sleeve, allowing
1/4" of stem arm to extend beyond felt. Use a screwdriver to
form tiny holes in robe and foam body at shoulders to attach
arms. Glue arms into holes with seams concealed at bottom. |
| 12.
Fold each brown chenille stem in half. Starting with folded
end at tip, shape and glue a chenille stem outlining each tan
felt ear. Twist stem ends together at base of ears. Let glue
dry and then trim any excess felt beyond chenille stem outline.
Use a screwdriver to make two small holes in top of head and
then glue ears inside holes. Glue 2" tan pom pom to top of head
between ears. |
| 13.
Turn cone body on end and weight hollow area with glass marbles.
Align hollow half ball on bottom of cone with flat sides together
and pin in place temporarily. Test rabbit's rocking motion,
adding or subtracting marbles as necessary. When satisfied,
remove pins and glue ball to cone permanently. |
| 14.
Cut a 2" length of ribbon. Fold ends of remaining ribbon to
meet at center and glue to form a loop. Fold 2" ribbon in half
lengthwise, wrap it around center of loop, and glue to form
bow tie. Glue bow tie to rabbit's neck. |
| 15.
Place glasses on rabbit with lenses resting on muzzle. Bend
wire ear pieces around sides of head. |
| 16.
Glue remaining 2" tan pom pom to bottom center back of robe
for a tail. |
| 17.
Wrap Easter Rabbit arms around egg and glue egg to hands. |
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