Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft

If you’re looking for possibly the most adorable Easter craft, then keep reading to find out how to make this Paper Bag Bunny Gnome Craft. A gnome with bunny ears, does it get any better?

Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft

Of course, we have a Free Bunny Gnome Printable Template with all the pieces you would need for this craft. Just print out, trace on your colors of choice, cut again, and glue in place. Then you’ve made the most adorable Easter gnome craft. Seriously.

Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft

Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft

Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft supplies needed.

To make our Easter bunny gnome craft you will first need our bunny gnome template. The rest of the supplies includes construction paper, glue, a black sharpie, small piece of foam, and scissors

Bunny Gnome Craft Supplies Needed

  • Bunny Gnome Template
  • Brown paper lunch bag
  • Colored craft papers
  • Sharpie or gel pen
  • Foam
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Easter Gnome Paper Bag Craft Step by Step Directions

Begin by printing the bunny gnome template.

Trace and cut out pieces.

Select the colors of construction paper. Trace and cut out the template patterns from the selected papers. The template includes hat, hat-border, ear patterns, nose, head, beard, mustache, eye bases, and shoes. You can measure and cut out the clothes pattern according to the size of the selected bag.

Glue ear pieces together and attach mustache to beard.

Now, glue the inner ear cutouts on the main ear cutouts and attach the mustache cutout near the top side of the beard cutout. Also, attach a thick cardstock piece or foam piece on the backside of the nose cutout; this will lift up the nose from the flat patterns.

Glue a piece of foam to nose then glue above mustache.

Attach the nose right above the mustache, on the beard.

Glue shoe cutouts to bottom of clothes shape.

Prepare the clothes pattern and attach the shoe cutouts along the bottom side of the clothes cutout.

Glue ears to gnome hat piece.

Next, glue the ear patterns on the hat base, keeping the bottom sides of the ears aligned with the bottom side of the hat.

Glue the hat border to bottom of hat.

Glue the hat-border along the bottom side of the hat base.

Glue beard to face shape.

Attach the beard pattern along the bottom side of the head cutout.

Attach the hat to the head.

Now, attach the hat pattern along the top side of the head part.

Use a black sharpie to fill in eyes and glue in place.

Use a sharpie to fill the eye bases and then attach the eyes on the head part.

Glue body to bottom of paper bag.

Now that the pieces are all made, it’s time to grab your brown paper lunch bag. Glue the body to the bottom part of the paper bag.

Glue the head to the flap of the bag.

Finally, glue the head pattern on the flap of the bag to complete the gnome puppet.

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More Easter Crafts for Kids

Need more Easter craft ideas? Check out our Egg Carton Bunny Craft, Handprint Bunny Tail Craft, Cotton Ball Stamped Easter Bunny Craft, and our Paper Bag Handprint Bunny Craft to name just a few of our many fun Easter crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!

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Paper Bag Easter Gnome Craft

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

A super fun bunny gnome craft for Easter made using a paper bag!

Materials

  • Bunny Gnome Template
  • Brown paper lunch bag
  • Colored craft papers
  • Sharpie or gel pen
  • Foam
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. Begin by printing the bunny gnome template.
  2. Select the colors of construction paper. Trace and cut out the template patterns from the selected papers. The template includes hat, hat-border, ear patterns, nose, head, beard, mustache, eye bases, and shoes. You can measure and cut out the clothes pattern according to the size of the selected bag.
  3. Now, glue the inner ear cutouts on the main ear cutouts and attach the mustache cutout near the top side of the beard cutout. Also, attach a thick cardstock piece or foam piece on the backside of the nose cutout; this will lift up the nose from the flat patterns.
  4. Attach the nose right above the mustache, on the beard.
  5. Prepare the clothes pattern and attach the shoe cutouts along the bottom side of the clothes cutout.
  6. Next, glue the ear patterns on the hat base, keeping the bottom sides of the ears aligned with the bottom side of the hat.
  7. Glue the hat-border along the bottom side of the hat base.
  8. Attach the beard pattern along the bottom side of the head cutout.
  9. Now, attach the hat pattern along the top side of the head part.
  10. Use a sharpie to fill the eye bases and then attach the eyes on the head part.
  11. Now that the pieces are all made, it's time to grab your brown paper lunch bag. Glue the body to the bottom part of the paper bag.
  12. Finally, glue the head pattern on the flap of the bag to complete the gnome puppet.

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