How to Make Bunny Ears
Create a quick costume for Easter or Halloween by making some bunny rabbit ears.
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You Will Need
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
- White poster board
- Glue
- Pen or pencil
- Pink and gray felt
- Two white pipe cleaners
- A glue gun and glue sticks
- A plastic headband
Steps
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Step 1
Make the headband
Measure the head of the prospective bunny-ear wearer, and then cut a piece of poster board long enough and wide enough for a band that wraps around the head. You may have to glue strips of poster board to each other to make a long enough band. Glue the ends to each other to make a circle.
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You can use a plastic headband in place of a homemade one.
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Step 2
Draw the ears
Sketch two bunny ears of whatever size you like on the gray felt and cut them out. They should be at least 7 inches tall. Then cut two identical thinner and shorter ears out of pink felt.
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Not an artist? Type 'bunny ears template' into a search engine and you’ll find outlines you can trace.
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Step 3
Attach the pipe cleaner
Using the glue gun, attach the pipe cleaners to the headband where you'd like the ears to be, or wrap them securely a few times around the headband so the cleaners are standing straight up.
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Step 4
Glue an ear to the pipe cleaner
Glue a gray piece to the back of a pipe cleaner with the glue gun. Once it has dried, glue a pink piece on top of the gray piece and the pipe cleaner, making sure the pink and gray pieces meet at the base of the ear.
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Step 5
Do the other ear
Repeat for the other ear. Cut the ends of the pipe cleaners so they're hidden inside the felt.
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Step 6
Get hopping
Put on the ears, bend them using the pipe cleaner if you'd like, and get hopping!
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Rabbits regulate their body temperature through their ears, which release heat when they get too hot.
