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Make 'Em & Mail 'Em

Use Your Child's Handprint!

By Angela Anderson, Contributor April 8, 2011

Bunny Easter Card – Make an Easter card with your child’s hand that can be formed into the shape of a bunny rabbit.

Materials :

1. Blank white card or card stock folded into a card format

2. White card stock or sheet of white paper to trace bunny shape with kids hand

3. Construction paper - pink for ears / black for whiskers / multiple colors for Easter eggs

4. Pink cotton ball

5. Glue

6. Scissors

7. Decorative edging scissors

Instructions:

1. Make a background for your card. We took green construction paper cut out the same size as the front of the card, edged it with scissors, then glued it into place.

2. Make a paper bunny rabbit from your child’s hand - traced the hand onto white paper. Cut the middle finger off and folded the thumb and pinky in and glued them into place.

3. Glue the paper bunny to the middle of the card.

4. Above the arms, add a face to your bunny with funny eyes, a cotton knows and strips of black paper for whiskers.

5. Cut out two egg shapes and glue them to the bottom of the card and over the bottom part of your bunny rabbit made from paper.

6. Decorate your Easter eggs with glitter glue or paper or whatever you would like.

7. Add a greeting card message such as Happy Easter to the top of your card.

8. Now you have a cute Easter bunny card that preserves your child’s hand outline for years to come and will make grandma and grandpa happy!

 

You can find this and other great craft ideas at Angela's website: www.craftyshops.com.