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    Home » Decor

    March 18, 2022

    DIY Wood slice bunny – Easter decoration

    Pinterest share image showing a wood slice bunny decorated with dried flowers

    Easter isn't all about Easter eggs! This wood slice bunny DIY is a cute craft for spring or Easter decorations. In my step-by-step tutorial, I'll show you how to make rustic wooden bunnies from wood slices to use as fun ornaments in your spring décor. You'll learn how to make some bunny ears and decorate the bunnies using pretty dried flowers, ribbons, and a cute Easter sign. Lastly, we'll use craft paint to paint the bunnies with the cutest bunny rabbit face you've ever seen!

    If you saw my spring season tablescape last week, you may have noticed the wood pieces or wood slices scattered around the table. I love using rustic wooden slices in my table decorations and round wood slices as coasters for glasses.

    When I was decorating the spring tablescape last week, I thought it might be fun to use some of the leftover large wood slices to make another fun Easter craft for an Easter tablescape. You should be able to find most of the supplies for this easy project at your local craft store.

    Easter bunny blog hop

    Today, I'm teaming up with some of my lovely blogging friends to bring you even more Easter bunny decorating inspiration. Thanks to Janet of 'A Life of Balance' for organizing this great hop. If you're visiting from 'Cottage on Bunker Hill', welcome to Chalking Up Success! Did you see how Jennifer used a Dollar Tree bunny head wreath form, grapevine, moss, and dried flowers to make a pretty wreath for Spring? That's so clever! To visit all of my friends' Easter bunny decorating posts, see their links at the end of this post.

    Pinterest share image showing a wood slice bunny decorated with dried flowers
    Wood slice bunny DIY
    Table of contents
    • Easter bunny blog hop
    • Wood slice bunny supplies
    • Shop the post
    • DIY Safety
    • Instructions for making a wood slice bunny
    • Conclusion
    • These posts are good too

    Wood slice bunny supplies

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    • Wood slices or scrap wood
    • Cordless Drill - I use this one
    • Small drill bit
    • Black wire
    • White acrylic paint
    • Black acrylic paint
    • Red acrylic paint
    • Wood glue
    • Dried flowers
    • Glue gun
    • Pink craft paper
    • White craft paper
    • Glue stick
    • Paper trimmer
    • Scissors
    • Optional – black marker

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    Supplies needed to make a wood slice bunny. Drill, wood slices, paint, paintbrush, wire, dried flowers and pink paper.
    Supplies needed for making a wood slice bunny

    Extras

    • Printer
    • Canva graphic design software (Free version) or similar
    • Circular saw/Hand saw (For standing bunnies)
    • Something to protect your work surface

    DIY Safety

    A QUICK REMINDER: When attempting any DIY project, please take care to undertake the necessary safety precautions. You should always follow the manufacturer’s safety recommendations when using any product or tool. When following my instructions for a DIY project, you are doing so at your own risk.

    Instructions for making a wood slice bunny

    Cut and drill

    For the first step of this easy DIY, use a saw to cut a small piece off one side of the wood slice. You only need to do this if making standing wood slice bunnies. If making wood slice hanging ornaments, you can skip this step.

    Next, using a drill with a small drill bit, drill four holes into the top of a wood slice. You will need to drill two holes on each side. The holes are for the wire that we will be using to make the bunny ears.

    Drilling holes in a wood slice to make ears for a wood slice bunny.
    Drilling into a wood slice to make holes for a pair of bunny ears

    Make bunny ears

    Once the holes are drilled, it's time to make the bunny ears from some pieces of floral wire. My bunny ears are quite large, you could make smaller ears if you like. To bend the floral wire into the shape of bunny ears, I first wrapped it around a candle. The candle I'm using has a diameter of 6 cm/2.4 inches. Repeat this step until you have all of the ear shapes you need for your wood slice bunnies.

    PRO TIP: Oval pieces of wood can be used to make bunny ears instead of wire. If you have wood scraps in your craft bin this could be a great way of using them up.

    Now that all of the wire ears are made, we can attach them to the wood slices. To attach the ears, all you need to do is drip a small amount of wood glue over each hole before slipping the wire ears into the holes. Allow the wood glue to dry completely before attempting the next step.

    Adding glue to holes for the ears of a wood slice bunny
    Wood glue helps the bunny ears stay in place

    TIP: Just like craft glue, wood glue dries transparent so there's no need to worry that it will be seen once it's dry.

    Next, we are going to bend the bunny ears into shape. Squeeze the tip of the bunny ears together with your fingers to make them a more oval shape. I wanted to make one of the bunny ears on each rabbit floppy so I bent it down a little bit until I was happy with the shape.

    A person fixing wire bunny ears onto a wood slice to make a wood slice bunny.
    Push some wire into the holes to create bunny ears

    Decorate with flowers

    Now that the base of our bunny is complete, the next step will be to decorate it with dried flowers. I ordered a pretty bouquet of dried flowers in creamy whites and pinks from Etsy for this project. Select a few flower stems and use the glue gun to attach them to the top part of the wood slice bunny.

    TIP: Arrange flower stems onto the wood slice bunnies before gluing them to see how they look.

    A person using a glue gun to glue dried flowers onto a wood slice bunny.
    Dried flowers make pretty decorations for a wood slice bunny

    Add ribbon and sign

    Next, we'll add a little bit of simple decoration to the bunny ears. First, cut a small length of ribbon and attach it to one of the bunny ears in a simple knot.

    I used Canva to make the 'Happy Easter' tag. If you are using your wood slice bunnies as placeholders, you could add the person's name instead if you like.

    Print off the signs on white printer paper or craft paper and use a paper cutter to cut them out. Use scissors to cut one end so that the tags look like banners.

    Cut a slightly longer strip of pink paper in the same pattern as above and use a craft stick to glue it behind the 'Happy Easter' tag.

    Fold the end of the tag over and attach it to a wire bunny ear with craft glue.

    A wood slice bunny decorated with dried flowers and floppy wire bunny ears
    A wood slice bunny makes great decor for your place setting

    Make a bunny face

    Now, our DIY wood slice bunny is almost finished. All that's left to do is to make a cute bunny face. A great way to find cute designs for your bunny face is by searching 'bunny faces' on Google.

    A person painting a bunny face onto a wood slice with acrylic paint.
    Use acrylic paint to create a bunny face

    To make the bunny eyes, I used black acrylic paint. First, I used a paintbrush to create a squiggly line then, I painted in some eyelashes. A heart shape makes the cutest bunny nose with a tiny spot of white paint on one side.

    Add some dots of white paint over the top of the bunny eyes for freckles.

    To make the cutest bunny rabbit cheeks, mix a tiny spot of red acrylic paint into the white paint and mix well until you have a soft pink color. Use a piece of absorbent paper to dab some of the pink paint onto the wood slice bunny where the cheeks would be. Immediately rub the paint off again with more absorbent kitchen paper. You are looking to create a smudged effect, a bit like using eye shadow on your eyes.

    That's all there is to making a rustic wood slice bunny!

    Three wood slice bunnies decorated with dried flowers in pink and white.
    Wood slice bunnies make great table decorations for Easter

    Conclusion

    I hope you enjoyed learning how to make a wood slice bunny ornament. Stand these cute Easter decorations on your dinner plates as placeholders or add a hanger and use them as hanging ornaments on an Easter tree. However you use your wood slice bunnies, unique decorations like these are guaranteed to draw all eyes this Easter.

    Next up on the blog hop is Cindy of 'Cloches and Lavender'. Cindy is showing us how to make easy Easter napkin rings using wood bunny cutouts, Mod Podge, and craft paint.

    These posts are good too

    Air dry clay eggs painted and decorated for Easter
    Air dry clay Easter eggs DIY
    A Valentine's wreath DIY hanging wall decoration with the word 'Love'
    A pretty Valentine's wreath DIY hanging wall decoration
    DIY napkin rings made from empty paper toilet roll holders, raffia and dried flower heads
    DIY Napkin holders

    More Amazing Easter Egg Inspiration

    Click the links below the images to go straight to their posts. ENJOY!

    Easter Bunny blog hop crafts

     

    Chalking Up Success // Cloches & Lavender // Simple Nature Decor

    Easter Bunny blog hop crafts

    A Life of Balance // Sweet Valley Acres // Bluesky at Home // This Dear Casa

    Easter Bunny blog hop crafts

    Cottage in the Mitten // Saved from Salvage // Cottage on Bunker Hill

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    1. Janet says

      March 18, 2022 at 4:35 pm

      As usual an adorable craft that I can't wait to recreate. Thanks for hopping with us.

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 18, 2022 at 4:54 pm

        Thanks so much, Janet! I enjoyed taking part in this Easter bunny hop so much!

        Reply
    2. Kim Waldorf says

      March 18, 2022 at 4:42 pm

      This is such a cute project. You've made the tutorial so easy to follow. The perfect project for our Easter tablesettings. Nice hopping with you today!

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 18, 2022 at 4:53 pm

        Thanks so much, Kim! I think these are my favorite Easter bunnies yet!

        Reply
    3. Crystal Ratzlaff says

      March 18, 2022 at 5:35 pm

      These are just the absolute cutest! Love them and what great instructions. So happy to hop along with you!

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 18, 2022 at 6:07 pm

        Thanks so much, Crystal!

        Reply
    4. Cindy says

      March 18, 2022 at 7:08 pm

      Jayne thes are adorable. Of course I love the ears but the eyes are adorable.

      Great hopping with you!🐇

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 18, 2022 at 8:27 pm

        Thanks, Cindy! I love those cute bunny eyes too!

        Reply
    5. Jennifer Howard says

      March 18, 2022 at 11:19 pm

      Oh Jayne...these are so sweet!! You are super creative and come up with the best ideas!! I love using those wood slices for crafts too.

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 22, 2022 at 8:06 pm

        Thanks so much, Jennifer! I love wood slice crafts because there is so much you can do with them!

        Reply
    6. maria says

      March 19, 2022 at 12:06 am

      Wow these slice bunny decoration are absolutely adorable. Your post is so well done and I love sliced wood and I plan to make some.

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 22, 2022 at 8:05 pm

        Thank you, Maria! You should definitely give these wood slice bunnies a try, they are really easy to make!

        Reply
    7. Carol@BlueskyatHome says

      March 20, 2022 at 3:14 am

      Jayne, how cute, and very original. Love the sweet faces of your bunnies.

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 22, 2022 at 8:01 pm

        Thank you, Carol!

        Reply
    8. Marie says

      March 20, 2022 at 7:38 am

      What a great use for some scrap wood! so fun to to hop with you!

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 22, 2022 at 8:00 pm

        Thanks, Marie! Yes, this is a great craft project for using up scrap wood!

        Reply
    9. Regina says

      March 21, 2022 at 3:16 am

      Jayne - I'm all about wood slices and rustic touches. These are adorable. Your directions and tips are so clear and concise. I love that.

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 22, 2022 at 8:00 pm

        Thanks so much, Regina!

        Reply
    10. Nicolle says

      March 25, 2022 at 10:42 pm

      Jayne these are so cute! I have some leftover wood slices from Christmas ornaments so I am going to have to try this! Thank you for the idea!

      Reply
      • Jayne Westerholt says

        March 30, 2022 at 11:48 am

        Thanks, Nicolle! I look forward to seeing your wood slice bunnies too!

        Reply

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