Sock Bunnies

Happy Easter! Today's activity is making a sock bunny. It makes an adorable Easter decoration and does not require lots of things to make it!

What you will need:

- string/twine 

- 1 sock 

- a marker pen 

- filling for the sock, I have used rice, but I understand there is a bit of a shortage of rice at the moment! Other alternatives that work just as well are newspaper, old tights/fabric scraps, dried beans/pulses etc.

- ribbon/buttons and craft glue (optional)

- scissors (sharp enough to cut through fabric)*

1. First of all you want to fill the sock with your filling to about half way and tie off the top with your string.

2. Now, use another piece of string to tie off around the middle to create the head and body. It should look something like the 3rd image.

3. To create the ears, cut off the band that is at the top of the sock and then cut in a straight line from the top of the sock until you reach the string at the top of the head. If the ears are looking a bit square, cut a curve in the edges so that they look more rabbit like!*

4. If you have ribbon, tie it between the head and body covering the string. If you have some buttons, glue them onto the face* (and if you haven't got any buttons draw some little dots for the eyes). Finally draw on the rabbit's mouth.

*  = parental supervision needed for this task

Extra suggestion:

- If you want to add a bunny tail like I have done in the image below, I'll include the link which explains how to make pompoms.

Link for how to make pompoms