The great bunny search

Any Easter eggs hiding behind here?

Hmm, where to begin the search...

Is there an Easter egg up there?

Ooh, is that an egg I see?!

Nope, no egg.  Just something shiny, and the human with that annoying camera.

This would be a good place to hide an egg... now to figure out how to jump up here!

Ooooh!  Something shiny!

Egg?!  Oh darn, that's just a leaf.

What's in here?!

It's Logan!  This is what I was looking for- much better than an Easter egg!

It's an extra-eggciting Sunday-Bunday :)

Moving faster than speed of light- camera can't capture me!

Hoppy Easter!  Bailey reminds you to kick up your heels and enjoy Sunday-Bunday :)

Easter baskets for Easter bunnies

Everybunny knows that Easter is all about the bunnies!  Our human is very eggcited to make Easter baskets for us.  Baskets for bunnies can't include chocolate and candy, of course, but our human has thought of lots of yummy and fun alternatives!

First, our human bought willow baskets.  They don't contain paint or other chemicals, so they're safe for us to chew on and play with.  We recommend the baskets at the Binky Bunny store.  

Inside the basket, our human put down a layer of "Easter grass"- hay!  We love our organic timothy, but we also recommend using some delicious hay topper at the bottom of the basket.  

Next comes a fun sisal chew and toss toy.  These are easy to make (all you need is bunny-safe wood and sisal rope!) and inexpensive to buy (Pet Rabbit Toys has a good selection of toys and pieces for making your very own rabbit toys).

We love willow toys, so a willow ball is a must for our baskets!

Don't forget to add some apple sticks- our favorite!- for us to chew on.

We can't wait for the human to hide our Easter baskets so we can search for them!  Luckily for us, our noses will be sure to point us in the right direction.  Hoppy Easter!

What's inside your Easter basket?  We love yummy hay and fun toys!

Bunny origami

Yep- you guessed it!  Now that the human has started making bunny crafts for springtime, she just can't stop!  This morning she made a puffy origami bunny, using these instructions.  It took her about five minutes to complete, and she said the instructions were simple.  We think they look silly, but cute!  

Boo-boo bunny

Sometimes, our human is so silly that we can't help but share her crazy antics with you.  Today, we bring you her latest creation, straight out of her childhood: the boo boo bunny.  This clever little craft can hold an ice cube for little ones' (and big ones'!) boo-boos.  And what better to make you feel better than an adorable bunny?!

Here are her easy instructions for making your very own boo boo bunny.  All you need is a washcloth and a rubber band or ribbon!

1. Starting with one corner, tightly roll the washcloth diagonally, as pictured above.

2. Fold the rolled washcloth in half.

3. Fold the washcloth in half again... 

... so that it looks like this.  Can you see the rabbit shape?

4. Secure the bunny's "head" with a rubber band or ribbon, so that it stays folded.  You're all done! 

We think the boo boo bunny is adorable- but not quite as adorable as we are, of course.  

Do-it-yourself bunny item of the week!

Our human is the best!  Check out what she made for us!  Here are her instructions for making a mini bunny playground :)

Materials:
-Two cardboard boxes (ours are both 24"x18"x18")
-One cardboard cement form tube (ours is 8" diameter, purchased from Home Depot)
-Pencil/pen
-Piece of scrap paper/newspaper
-Sharp utility knife
-Scissors

Instructions
1. Put the scrap paper or newspaper on the ground, and stand the cardboard tube up, with the circular opening on the ground, on top of the scrap paper.
2. Using your pen/pencil, trace around the tube so that you make a circle the same size as the cardboard tube on the scrap paper.
3. Using your scissors, cut out the circle from the scrap paper.  This will be your template for cutting a tube-sized hole in your cardboard boxes.
4. Place the scrap paper template of the circle on the side of a box.  Trace around the template so that you have a circle drawn on the box, then use your utility knife to cut out the circle (make sure bunnies and kids aren't near your work area- knives are dangerous for critters and kids!).  You should now have a hole in the box the exact same size as the cardboard tube.
5. Do the same thing on the second box.  You should now have two boxes with two identical circles cut out.
6. Decide where your bunny will enter and exit the boxes.  Bailey and Logan like to have two "doors" in each box.  The doors can be any shape you'd like- circles, arches, squares- just make sure they're big enough for your bunny to fit through!
7. Here's the fun part: Take the big cardboard tube, and stick one end through one of the circular holes in one of the boxes.  Then take your second box, and stick the other end of the tube through the circular hole.  Your two boxes should now be attached by the cardboard tube!
8. It's playtime!  Bailey and Logan wanted to check out their playground immediately.  You can also decorate your playground by adding windows to the boxes, or you can put blankets or pet beds into the boxes to make soft, comfy places for your bunny to lounge in- the possibilities are endless!
*Quick tip: if the cardboard tube is too long, you can cut it with a saw or a utility knife.  But be careful!  It's best to have one person hold the tube while the other cuts it.

Check out my playground!  Logan's bed is in the box on the left.  The box on the right has two arch-shaped doors- one on the left, and another on the right.  Our human left the tops of the boxes open so that we can't climb on the boxes and hop out of our pen.  Silly human, doesn't she know that pens are for jumping over?!

Keep checking our blog for more do-it-yourself bunny items!

What to do with all that hair?!

We're in the middle of shedding season, and the human spends a lot of time brushing us.  Our silly human hates to waste things- she even saves the hair that she brushes from us!  My hair is short and silky, and the human puts it outside for the birds to put in their nests.  Logan's hair is long and fuzzy, just like wool, and the human saves it for wool felting (the human still hasn't actually felted Logan's hair yet, but we'll be sure to post pics of her crazy creations when she's feeling crafty).

Here's our list of uses for bunny hair from shedding season:
1. Give the hair to the birds!  Many birds use hair in their nests.
2. Make yarn! (this one is for the long-haired bunnies, like angoras)
3. Try wool needle felting!  (the human says she's going to do this with our fur to make a picture of us.  we think that's kind of weird, but she thinks it's going to be a really cute memento!)

Anyone have other ways to put shedding season to good use?