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Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

These Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies are seriously the cutest cardboard roll bunny craft. And it comes with a Free Printable Bunny Template to make your bunnies even easier to create!

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

We made both painted cardboard roll bunnies as well as left the roll unpainted, too. The end result is super cute either way. They’re wrapped in yarn like a sweater, because sometimes it can get cold out come Easter morning.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Fact is, cardboard roll yarn wrapped crafts are one of my new favorites. We’ve made Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bears, Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bugs, as well as Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Tulips. Add these adorable Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies to the mix now, too!

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

For our Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies you will need our Bunny Template, multi-color yarn in bright colors, toilet paper size cardboard rolls, cardstock in brown, pink, and blue, acrylic paint in pink and blue, a ⅝” circle paper punch, a black sharpie, small googly eyes, a glue stick, and scissors.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Supplies needed:

  • Bunny Template
  • Multi-color yarn
  • Cardboard rolls
  • Cardstock – brown, pink, blue
  • Acrylic paint – pink, blue
  • ⅝” circle paper punch
  • Black sharpie
  • Googly eyes, small
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

First, if you want to do the painted version of the bunnies, paint the cardboard rolls.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Let dry completely. The instructions are the same for all the bunnies from here on.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Cut two 1” snips on opposite sides on both ends of the cardboard roll.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Grab a long strand of multi-color yarn and insert into one of the snips. Then begin wrapping.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Wrapping and wrapping and wrapping. Once done wrapping, insert the final end into one of the other snips. Trim any yarn ends if needed.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Now cut all the pieces for the bunnies by first printing the bunny template, then tracing the template pieces on the cardstock of your choice. Cut out.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

As well as two inside ear pieces of a different color.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Glue the inside ear to the ears and then glue to the back of the bunny head shape.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Punch out a small circle using the ⅝” hole punch in the same color cardstock as the inside ear. Place in the center of the bunny face. Adhere googly eyes, too.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Then form a mouth with the black sharpie.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Use the black sharpie to also make two toe lines on the arm and feet pieces.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Glue the head to the top of the arms piece.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Bend the arms in and insert the bunny head piece into the top two snips of the cardboard roll.

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

And insert the feet into the bottom two snips.


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Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

Now that is one happy hoppy Easter bunny craft! Be sure to check out more of our fun Easter crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!

Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Bunnies

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