How to Make a Fresh Flower Bunny
A basket filled with a creative flower animal is the perfect way to make someone's day. Create a flower bunny basket for Easter or for your favorite rabbit lover. With a few inexpensive ingredients, this basket costs a fraction of a florist's price, but looks just as good. Let your imagination run wild: use multicolored flowers, ribbons, and tiny bunches of flowers to create scenery that compliments your creation. This cute basket only takes an hour to make.
Things You'll Need
- 12" round basket with waterproof lining
- Wet florist foam
- 4 large white football carnations
- 4 small (2 inch) white carnations
- 2 sprigs of long stemmed lavender
- Hot glue
- 3 x 6 inch pieces of very thin (1/8 inch or less) wired, pink ribbon
- Plastic eyes
- Plastic nose
Instructions
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Place the florist foam in the basket.
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Place one carnation into the exact center of the florist foam. This creates the top of the rabbit's head.
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Place two carnations into the center of the florist foam to form the bunny's cheeks. These carnations should be pushed down (one either side of the head flower) so that the tops of the flowers meet the base of the head flower, leaving no gaps.
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Place one carnation into center of the foam at the back of the other three flowers. This flower forms the back of the skull and completes the head.
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Push the lavender sprigs into the floral foam, either side of the skull flower. The lavender sprigs form the ears.
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Form the legs from the four remaining carnations. Place the carnations into the foam at an angle, so that the flower heads are facing you. Place two carnations for the feet (rest these on the side of the basket). Place two more carnations above these to make the legs.
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Hot glue the ribbon pieces behind the nose to form the whiskers. Center each piece of ribbon (in other words, the nose should be glued in the exact center of the three pieces).
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Hot glue the plastic eyes and nose onto your bunny.
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Tips & Warnings
Fill in the basket with ferns, grasses, Easter eggs, or other bunny-themed items.
Make sure your basket has a waterproof liner to avoid undesirable water spills.
