Spring Whimsy...Create Your Own Bunny Artwork

by Heather Staggs Garcia

9 Materials

$20

2 Hours

Easy

Love to decorate for every holiday, but hate the expense? With a little money and a few hours of work you can create your own artwork!

spring whimsy create your own bunny artwork

First I needed some inspiration for my bunny. I knew I didn’t want a traditional one so I googled bunnies online. I saw one similar to this and free hand sketched it onto my canvas. If drawing isn’t your friend you can also print out a bunny and trace it onto your canvas. *Sidenote-Get the Michael’s app and buy your canvases when they have a coupon for them! I was able to purchase this one for under $10 which greatly lowered the total cost of my project!

Next, I got my turquoise paint and brushes ready.

When doing these projects I love to work on disposable plates because it makes the clean up so much faster. I painted the area around the bunny turquoise and then painted the bunny white.

After the paint was dry I prepped my doilies by cutting them in half. These I found at Dollar Tree during Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t started hitting up Dollar Tree for crafting supplies you should! There are some great finds!

I found these assorted gems at Dollar Tree as well. For a touch of whimsy, these work perfectly!

Mod Podge was my glue of choice for this project as I did not want to hot glue every single gem on. Hot glue hates me and it is likely I would have lost a finger…or five!

I prefer the foam brushes when using Mod Podge. I find it goes on better than a traditional paint brush.

After laying down the doilies and gems in the pattern I desired it was time to glue everything down. The Mod Podge I used had a gloss finish. To create a different look for the bunny I didn’t place the glue on top of it so that it would have a matte finish. I applied the glue over the remainder of the piece, though, with the exception of the bunny so that everything else would be glossy.