3D Pattern Bunny

Make a bright and colourful 3D pattern bunny for Easter or Spring!

This kids’ craft activity combines elements of art and papercraft. After doodling patterns onto their bunny, basic papercraft skills are used to create a unique artwork with a bit of extra hop.

… I mean pop.

Each bunny has their own look and the result makes gorgeous wall art.

Get the template in our printables store.

Two weeks ago we shared a 3D doodle art cat project. It turned out so well I decided we needed a bunny version for Easter!

I love the creative licence kids get with doodle art projects—there are so many ways to make it your own.

Change the paper colours to get different looks. You can go with natural bunny colours, or pop-arty and modern.

When decorating the shapes, use a single black sharpie, or add more colour to it. Although I’ve gone with simple line art patterns drawn in marker for my example crafts, you can decorate the shapes any way you like.

Try crayons, oil pastel, watercolours, or pencils. All of them would give a different look to the craft.

This craft has been designed for ages 8+, but you can modify it for different age groups. See the variation ideas listed at the end.

Card stock is recommended for printing on for sturdiness. Also, permanent markers will go through the page on regular copy paper and may stain furniture.

Are you ready to get started?

How to make a 3D Pattern Bunny

You will need

The template, available in our printables store as well as our TPT store
Card stock for printing—4 sheets per bunny plus a backing page
A sharpie marker or regular coloured markers
Scissors
Glue stick
Cutting mat, metal ruler and scoring tool (optional, but the card stock folds more easily if you use this step)

How to:

Print the template according to the instructions in the download. There’s a separate template for crafting with large groups designed to conserve paper.

Decorate the bunny shapes with patterns. Choose one hair option and decorate that too. You can see in the above pic I forgot to photograph the shapes blank—this is the rainbow version!

Cut all the shapes out: The doodle art shapes, body, ears, eyes, hair and block of support strips.

Optional: Score and fold the dotted lines on the 3D support strips. Alternatively, fold each strip individually after cutting them out. Scoring makes it quicker, easier and more accurate for folding.

Cut the supports into individual strips, fold, and glue into squares.

Glue 2 support squares onto each of the paws, then glue into place on the bunny’s body. Do the same for the nose. Glue the stomach, cheek spots and eyes on flat to the page. Glue the hair on using a single support square.

Glue 7 support squares onto the reverse side of the bunny’s body, then glue onto the backing page.

Glue the ears into place on the backing page.

Aren’t they sweet? Each bunny is bursting with personality, so of course they’re all going to need names.

Above we have Sniffy (maybe you’ve met her cousin, Miffy?), Kale (both because Kale is his favourite food and because it’s short for Kaleidoscope), and Boris.

Bunny template variation ideas

Make it Easier: For a less complicated version for younger children, omit the 3D element and/or patterning and make this a regular cut, colour and paste bunny collage

Make it Artier: Use paper painted in a process art technique of your choice for the bunny’s body shape. This would also go great in a non-3D regular collage version for younger kids

Make it more challenging: For teens and adults, use fine-tip pens and create more detailed, complex patterns