Country Rabbit Crafts
Handmade crafts add charm and personality to a country home. Animal crafts are a part of country décor and rabbits are a particularly popular subject. Country crafts with rabbit themes come in a variety of materials and many can be made by both children and adults. Handmade country rabbit crafts will bring your home a nice country touch.
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Wood
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Cut the silhouette of a running rabbit from wood and mount it on a stick anchored in a wooden block to form a miniature weather vane. Distress the weather vane for a more rustic, primitive look or paint it a bright blue or red to add a splash of color to your fireplace mantel, bookshelf or window sill.
Stencil a rabbit motif onto a weathered board. Add a caption like “Hop on In” and hang the sign in your foyer or on your front door.
Mount small wooden rabbits on a grapevine wreath and add brightly colored eggs, ribbons and yellow and blue flowers. Place it on your front door or hang it on a wall to welcome spring.
Fabric
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Create a stuffed rabbit using fabric from an old quilt. Add button eyes and sew on a nose and mouth using embroidery thread.
Needlepoint or embroider a rabbit pattern on a piece of muslin. Back it with fabric in a country pattern like calico and stuff it to make an accent pillow.
Sew or sculpt a rabbit doll. Dress it in clothes made from denim, checkered material, ticking or calico. Add a straw hat and set it in a child-size rocking chair on your front porch.
Sew a bunny flag and include some flowers and Easter eggs in the pattern. Fly it in the spring.
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Paper
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Add ears, eyes and whiskers cut from construction paper to a round, pink crepe paper party decoration. Use a white pom pom for the ears. You can buy the ball where ever party decorations are sold.
Draw the outline of rabbits in a country scene like a farm yard, a garden or a field of sunflowers. Rip paper into bits and fill in the outlines. Decoupage your picture onto a board that you have antiqued for a rustic look.
Layer paper mache over a balloon. When it is dry, pop the balloon and paint the paper mache shape like a bunny. Add construction paper ears, feet and whiskers.
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