a little stuffed bunny

I can hardly believe Easter is already here, I feel like we just had Christmas.  I got the kids' Easter basket ready for collecting their eggs and decided to quickly make a small stuffed bunny to start of their basket of goodies.  I made these bunnies last year as well, I just think they are so darling that I couldn't resist making them again this year.  Here is my original post.

I hope you have a wonderful Easter and thanks for stopping by.

stuffed bunny

I saw this idea, thought it was cute and was worth giving it a try.  I made one for my daughter and one for her little friend.  My daughter's first response (she's only 2) was that it had no eyes, poor bunny...guess I may need to put eyes on the next ones that are made. But they both really liked them.  I really like the simplicity of this bunny (or any other animal really) and it would make for easy and adorable baby gifts, party favours for a kid's birthday or a gift for no reason at all. I will definitely make these again.

dressing it up for Easter

I know it's a bit early for Easter but thought I would try to get a bit ahead since time just seems to fly by. I recently purchased an inexpensive easter basket and thought it needed a little something, so I decided to add a flower to dress it up. I used felt and two different types of ribbon. 

 

Here is how I created it.

Make a simple flower template in 2 different sizes.  It does not matter that if the flower template is not perfect.  No really, it does not matter. Have a look at mine, it's not perfect.

Cut 5 large flowers of one colour and 3 small flowers in an other coordinating colour (or the same colour as the larger flower).

Scrunch the ends of the flower and hand sew the end so that it stays put.  Do this to all 8 pieces.

Stitch the 5 larger flowers together.  I used a scrap piece of felt to stitch the flower end to and made a bit of a circle.  Once I was happy with it I made sure it was all secure and did not have too much space between each flower.

Stitch the 3 smaller flowers together. Make sure it's secure.  Have a look at the right side of the flower and see if you are happy with how the petals are sitting.  If not, make small stitched to help the petals stay where you want them to.  I would recommend using a matching thread in this case so that you don't see your stitches.

Cut 2 pieces of ribbon approximately 16" each in length. Stitch the ribbon together and then to the back side of the flower as pictured below. This ribbon will not be used to tied it to the basket, it's purely decorative.

Cut another 2 pieces of ribbon approximately 16" in length.  This ribbon will be used to tie the flower to the basket so if your handle is thicker than what mine was, you may need to make the ribbon longer.  Or if you want more ribbon hanging down, then cut more ribbon. Stitch to the back side of the flower like show above.

Tie flower to the handle of your basket.  I made my bow quite small as the ribbon I used was quite floppy if it was too large but you can make the bow as large or small as you desire.  Once the flower has been secured to the basket, trim the ribbons (if needed) to the desired length.  Mine had a couple ribbons that were a bit long. And there you have it, a cute flower to dress up a simple basket. Won't that child look adorable holding this basket as they look for their Easter eggs?