Bunny Finger Puppets

I adapted the super sweet bunny finger puppets from purlbee http://www.purlbee.com/bunny-finger-puppets/  from a hand sewn and embroidered version to a glue gun, marker, and stick on eyes version.  It's now perfect to hold the attention of an active 3 year old.

You'll Need:
1 square felt in each color.
I used white (1 square felt made 4 bunnies plus extra.  Probably could make 5), pink, orange, green, and blue.
Disappearing ink fabric marker
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Markers
Stick on gems, google eyes, or other eyes of your choosing
pom poms.

First, download a copy of the bunny pattern http://www.purlbee.com/storage/bunnypuppet.pdf and cut it out.  Trace it using your disappearing ink marker twice each in white and colored felt for each bunny you plan to make.  Then cut all of your bunnies out.  I did this in advance to keep the working time short with my child.

Stick eyes on each bunny (Perfect job for the 3 year old) and draw on the whiskers and noses.  Be careful to make pairs of white bunnies that face each other so that you'll have a left and right profile when they go together.

Word of caution:  Warn your child repeatedly of the danger of the hot glue gun.  Do all hot glueing yourself and enlist the little one to hand you parts.

Run a bead of glue around the backside of a white bunny and glue down a colored bunny.  I found the glue got too cold to do the full bunny at once, so I did 1/2 at a time.  You'll go around the full perimeter including the ears and bottom.  Repeat with the remaining pairs of white and colored bunnies.  Next you'll run a bead of glue around a colored bunny to mate the pairs.  This time, you'll leave the bottom open and glue around the head (not the ears).  Add a dab of glue to the rump and glue on a pom pom tail.  I also folded my bunny ears back and added a dab of glue so the colors show.  I think the glue gunned bunnies must be a bit stiffer than the hand sewn version.  That's it, done!

Time:  1 hour to make 4 bunnies.  Cost:  about $6.00