How to Make an Easter Bunny Costume

Before he can come "hopping down the bunny trail," every Easter bunny should be dressed to thrill. Having a convincing Easter bunny costume doesn't require expensive rentals or expert makeup. You can make an easter bunny costume with a handful of items you're sure to find at your local craft or fabric store.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• White sweatpants
• White sweatshirt
• Fiber fill
• 1 yard of pink craft felt
• 1 yard of white craft felt
• Double-sided fusible
• Pink embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle
• Headband
• Pipe cleaners
• White yarn
• Cardboard

1. Purchase a pair of white sweatpants and a white sweatshirt in a size larger than you would normally wear.

2. Mark where the bunny's pink belly should appear on your sweatshirt using a pencil. It should start somewhere around the chest and extend to just above the hem of the sweatshirt

3. Apply the double-sided fusible to the pink craft felt, following manufacturer's instructions.

4. Trace the shape of the bunny belly on to the paper of the fusible before cutting out the felt.

5. Apply the craft felt within the marks you've made on the sweatshirt. Follow the manufacturer's instructions when ironing it.

6. Use pink embroidery floss and an embroidery needle to apply a decorative buttonhole stitch around the edges of the felt tummy.

7. Create a round bunny belly from two old white t-shirts by sandwiching a lump of fiber fill between the two shirts. You can stitch around the belly with your sewing machine to secure the fluffy stuff in the middle.

8. Make a pompom tail by winding a skein of white yarn around two donut-shaped pieces of cardboard. When sufficient yarn is wound on, slit the yarn around the outer circumference of the cardboard and slip a long piece of yarn around the center of the newly formed pompom to secure it.

9. Attach the tail with hot glue or by stitching it to the seat of your baggy sweatpants.

10. Create two ears by cutting four bunny ear shapes from white felt and sandwich pipe cleaners between the layers before gluing or stitching them together.

11. Add ovals of pink felt to create the centers of the bunny's ears. You can embellish these with embroidery floss around the edges to create greater dimension.

12. Attach the bunny ears to a headband by whip-stitching them in place or using hot glue to secure the supportive pipe cleaners and the felt to the top of the band.

Tips & Warnings

• Use grease paint to draw whiskers and a pink bunny nose to complete the look.