For the Bunny,
You will need:
- 1/2 a toilet roll
for each child
- 1 cotton ball
for each child
- colored paper
for head, legs and ears
- mucilage or white
glue
- crayons children's
craft scissors
What to do:
- pre-cut out head,
ears and legs for younger children
- pre-cut a slit
in the back of the bunny head and one to match on one edge of the toilet
roll (so the head may be attached later)
- encourage children
to color their bunnies any color they would like and choose a head, ears
and legs to add
- then get children
to glue the ears to the head, draw on facial features
- show them how
to attach the head by matching the slits
- next glue on cotton
ball tail at opposite end of paper roll but on same side as head
- next children
fold tips of 'legs' back to become the bunny's paws
- children glue
the 'legs' to the underside of the bunny so that the 'paws' point downwards
and help to hold the bunny up when he is placed on a flat surface (see
illustration)
- label work
- clean up
What to do:
- tell children
they are going to be making a basket or cage for their bunny
- show children
how to twist tie the two baskets together
- encourage them
to shred their piece of newspaper for the bottom of the bunny's cage
- place newspaper
inside and put bunny in on top
- dip toothpick
in white glue and then roll up in orange tissue paper
- glue green tissue
paper to fat end of toothpick carrot so that there is a good amount of
green tissue paper hanging off the end
- carefully cut
numerous little slits in the green tissue paper to create leaves (younger
children are perfectly happy to just leave it or twist it rather than
trying to snip it)
- place carrot in
basket with bunny!
- clean up
For the Basket,
You will need:
- 2 cherry tomato
baskets for each child
- 2 twist ties for
each child
- 1/2 a page of
newspaper for each child
- 1 toothpick for
each child
- 1 small piece
of orange tissue paper each (to wrap the toothpick)
- 1 small piece
of green tissue paper each (to make carrot leaves)
- white glue
- children's craft
scissors
