Easter is just around the corner and I have some fun little softies for your baskets – or just to make for your Home Décor for Spring! These little Roly Poly Fabric Easter Bunnies are so fun to sew up and they would be sweet gifts too!
I got a little carried away sewing these up. But their faces are so cute and they look so sweet in these vintage fabrics! Plus they have a little bow. Everything is cuter with a little fabric bow right?
Eek. Look at those little faces!
The bunnies would be sweet to sew as gifts just as they are – or you could make them up as part of a game! Think maybe bunny tic tac toe or something similar. Super cute and fun at the same time.
So here’s what you’ll need to make your own! (Materials are for one bunny)
- Fabric for bunny – about 1 fat quarter
- felt scraps
- rice
- polyfill
- beads for eyes
- embroidery floss for mouth
Start by cutting out your pieces. You’ll need an 8″ circle for the bunny body, plus 4 ear pieces, 2 felt ear stabilizers and 1 felt face stabilizer. The ear piece should be pointed like in the photo and be about 4″ tall and about 2″ at the widest part of the ear. The piece of felt that stabilizes the ear should be about 1 1/2″ tall. The piece of felt that stabilizes the face should be an oval about 2″ x 1 1/2″.
Thread a needle and sew a gathering stitch all the way around the edge of the circle. Pull up the thread just a bit.
Add about 3 tablespoons of rice into the opening of the circle.
Add polyfill to the circle, stuffing it as much as you’d like. You want it full but not completely stuffed. Pull up the threads to keep the circle almost closed. Tuck the felt face stabilizer piece in the body of the bunny where you would like the face to be. This will make the face lay a little smoother when you sew the opening closed.
Place your ear pieces right sides together and place the felt piece on top, lining up the bottom straight edges. Sew around the edges with a 1/4″ seam allowance, sewing down the sides of the felt piece and leaving the bottom open.
Clip the top point and turn the ears right side out. Tuck the felt piece inside the ear and press. Place the ears in the opening of the body and sew the opening closed, sewing the ears in place at the same time. Make sure the ears line up with where the face will be.
Sew two little black beads on the face for the eyes. (If you have really little ones, switch these out and just embroider the eyes on.)
Here’s a little tip – if your thread shows too much on the beads, use a fine point black sharpie and color the thread where it shows up on the bead.
Draw out the mouth with a disappearing marking pen. Embroider the mouth with a small back stitch.
Cut a small strip of contrasting fabric. Wrap a piece around the bottom of the ears to cover up the opening seam. Sew in place, then finish off with a small fabric bow.
Repeat as often as you like. Obviously making these up is a bit addicting. I could just eat these up.
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Definitely love them! I will probably do some bunnies for Easter’s presents!
I am in love and I have some perfect vintage sheets for these! You have outdone yourself again, Bev. Pinning!
So cute!! Thanks!!
Most.Adorable.Ever. Love this cute little idea! If you live in a house where your storage area could occasionally see a mouse (basements in the country or woods!), you could use small plastic pellets to fill the bunnies. That way they won’t attract any “visitors” and will be as good as new for next Easter! Thanks for sharing.
Great idea! Hate those rodents in the house, so why give them anymore encouragement!!
Love these!
Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
These are adorable! I would love these one the store
Adorable! Thank you! These would make cute pin cushions too!
Just too cute…
These are darling! And those fabrics— oh, Dearie!!
xox
Too darn cute!!! Have to make some for the grand kids and their parents!
My poor vintage sheets (that I’m supposed to be saving to make a quilt!) aren’t going to be safe from the scissors for much longer with all the adorable ideas that you keep posting! These are so sweet!
These little bunnies are the cutest ever! Love them!
Too cute, Bev! You are getting super creative with those sheets. ;)
Really cute. I must make these for my grandaughters Easter basket. Thanks.
Hi Bev, thank you so much for the feature and kind words!! You’re so sweet!! :)
P.S. Your little bunnies are adorable, I love those cute tiny faces!!
the bunnies are adorable
cute
These are adorable, my Grand daughter will like them.
Thank you for sharing.
thank you so much for this pattern
just a tip add dried mint or peppermint oil soaked cotton balls to the rice
repels little rodents from destroying these
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Cute, cute, cute,!!!! The fat quarter bunnies are adorable. I’m a little trick challenged how do I save the patter for later use?
Hi Robin! If you open the PDF, there will be a save option on the page. (It depends on your browser where it’s located.) When you click save it should save it to a location on your computer so you can access it later. I hope that helps!
Just too adorable, and I can see this idea for other animals as well. Another winner! Thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Hi Beverly! Those are adorable! Thanks for sharing! :D Pinning!
Oh my goodness! These bunnies are so adorable! Beautiful fabric and adorable faces! I just love them. Thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Pinning and tweeting to share.
~Laurie
Too sweet for words! I’ll be making up quite a few I think! Mimi xxx
Oh, they are so sweet and lovely!
Thank you so much for the idea!
Have a lovely week,
Olga
Those are adorable. I can see them in a basket with eggs and grass — a lovely gift for kids.
Super cute, as are all your projects! Visiting from Craftastic Monday party.
These are too sweet! Love them!
These are so precious, Beverly! I love the beautiful vintage fabrics! I’m super excited you linked this up to my party this weekend!
Ok, so I love this idea and I’m adapting it to a project that I can’t wait to do! Thank you so much for inspiring me! – Jerusha, TheDisneyChef.com
What a cute, simple craft! I’m going to have to make a couple.
These are seriously so cute :) Thank you so much for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Party!
Joanita @ Snickerdoodle Sunday
These are so cute, Bev!
You share the cutest projects with us Bev!
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These are totally adorable! :) Love it! Thank you for sharing this with us at #SaucySaturdays! Pinned!
These are super cute! I would love to make one to match an outfit for my grandchildren! Thanks for sharing this with us on Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
What a cute bunch of bunnies! I love the tic tack toe idea too!
Very cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday. Pinned!
These are seriously adorable!! Great fun project for Easter that I might just try my hand out at. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday this wil be featured at tonight’s party, we hope to see you there.
OH.MY.WORD! These are so adorable!! I know I have some fat quarters around here somewhere… I need to make some of these. SO CUTE!
These are adorable!
Thanks!
Bev these are so cute I have shared on Pinterest and really want to give them a try.
Thanks for sharing on Oh My Heartsie Girls WW, I appreciate it!!
Have a great week!
These are so adorable! I love bunnies anyway, so the fact that you made them so cute and Kawaii-looking is just fantastic! Thanks for sharing your pattern with us at Merry Monday this week!
How adorable and I love the fabric print. Thanks so much for sharing with us at #OvertheMoon Link party. I’ve pinned and shared.
So cute! Wish I could sew. I got a little carried away back at Christmas with the sock snowmen too!
Thank you for sharing this, it is absolutely the cutest rabbit, and will be fun to make for the grandkids for Easter, I am always looking for something different, , nice of you to share your pattern, Carolyn
Thank you for sharing this, it is absolutely the cutest rabbit, and will be fun to make for the grandkids for Easter, I am always looking for something different, , nice of you to share your pattern, Carolyn
These are adorable. Seeing as my grand it “too old” for these, I immediately thought sachet filled with lavendar (and essential oil on the polyfil!). I think they would be perfect for an Easter version of Cornhole being renamed bunny hole!
Dzięki za niepospolite i zarazem wdzięczne do powielania inspiracje ,które z przyjemnością można samemu lub z bliskimi stworzyć- pozdrawiam życzę więcej nowych pomysłów dla siebie i dla nas -Beata
Can’t figure out how I missed these before, but I have saved them this time. They are adorable and will be a joy to make for my “greats”
Thanks so much.
I love these. I have some old handkerchief s of my game. I think I will use them. If I remember where I put them.LOL
These are darling! I’ll be making these for my grandlittles for Easter. Thanks :)
These. Are. So. Adorable… And … They just
gave me the greatest idea… Why not sew them very well so they could be used as bean bags for a bean bag toss game at Easter??? The ears make it easy for even the littlest of the grands and greats to play.
Hi. Is there a pattern for these? I saw mention of a PDF in the comments but I don’t see one.