Whole Bunch O'Bunnies

Supplies-a six sided basket with (3) 1/2" approx. sides
(If you can't find this particular basket any round one with an
8" diameter bottom will do. White acrylic paint and sponge
brush (optional), 27" length pink picot ribbon (or enough to go around
the top, outside of your basket.

(6) 3" chenille bumps in each of the following colors:
lavender,
bright yellow,
pink,
Lt.blue,
white and lime green,
(12) 7mm black round beads or black pom poms for eyes and tacky craft glue.
Also, you will need pom poms in the following sizes and colors:

(2" for bodies)-one each lavender,
bright yellow,
pink,
lt. blue,
white and apple green, (1-1/2" heads)-one each color above,
(1" for tails)-one each color above,
(3/4" for feet and cheeks) six lavender and four of each of the other
colors above,
(1/4" noses)-two lavender, two bright yellow and two pink.

Paint the inside and outside of the basket, if desired and set aside to dry.
Glue the picot ribbon around the top, outside edge fo the basket.
Assemble the 5 laying down bunnies.
Bunny shape oOo (that would be head body in middle and tail on end).

Add 2 smaller pom pom for cheeks. Place the cheek pom pom close together so
they touch and closer to the bottom of the pom pom.
Approx. where a persons bottom lip is on there face.
( I sure hope everyone can understand this).
Cut blue chenille bumps into (2) 2-bump pieces.
to make one ear, fold in half with a white chenille bump in between
and twist at the bottom to secure, repeat for a second ear.

Attach to one basket panel, blue head and body pom with finished blue
ears behind head (glue ears to basket). Glue two blue feet to basket
at bottom of body. Glue wihte tail pom on body.
Also, attach two white cheeks with a lavender nose in between and two
black eyes. On the panel directly opposite the one you just did,
assemble another bunny-only in the opposite colors.

For example, ears are white with blue in center, body and head are white
and cheeks and tail are blue. His nose is also lavender.
All eyes are black. On the panel to the right of the one you just
finished, assemble a bunny with a green body and head, green ears with
yellow inserts, yellow cheeks and tall and a pink nose.

Directly opposite the last panel assemble a bunny as follows:
yellow body and head, yellow ears with green inserts, green cheeks
and tail and a pink nose. The bunny on the next panel to the right
is as follows: pink head and body, pink ears with lavender inserts,
lavender cheeks and tail and yellow nose. The last bunny to be assembled
is the one that is trying to climb into the basket. For those positions
use this as a body angle guide \ .

Glue the lavender head pom in place so part of it is on the inside of
the basket and part of it is on the back of the basket.
The body pom is glued to the back of the basket.
Attach pink cheek poms, yellow nose pom and eyes.
Also, glue on lavender paw on.

Diana*

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