The Easter season provides a fantastic opportunity for you to create a whole range of home made crafts with which you can decorate your home and which you can give to your friends and your family members.\u00a0 There are lots of different Easter crafts out there that you can create with your children, and more difficult ones that you can do on your own or that you can help your older children do.\u00a0 There are Easter crafts that range from religiously themed Easter crafts to more springtime focused themes, such as chicks, lambs, and bunnies.<\/p>\n
This particular Easter craft is one of the latter types of Easter crafts.\u00a0 With just a very little amount of time and a little bit of experience with crocheting, you can easily create this absolutely adorable little magnet that will spruce up your home or your friends and families\u2019 homes this upcoming Easter season.\u00a0 If you have kids who have some experience with making crocheted crafts, then this will be an excellent option for them to do as well.<\/p>\n
Directions for crocheted Easter bunny magnet<\/strong><\/p>\n Materials needed for crocheted Easter bunny magnet Directions for creating a crocheted Easter bunny magnet<\/strong><\/p>\n For the head: use white, ecru, or cream worsted weight yarn For the first ear: use pink worsted weight yarn For the opposite ear: use pink worsted weight yarn
\n1.\u00a0 A small amount of worsted weight yarn (either cream, or ecru, or white)
\n2.\u00a0 A small amount of worsted weight pink yarn
\n3.\u00a0 A small amount of worsted weight yarn in a darker color
\n4.\u00a0 A crochet hook.\u00a0 The hook needs to be size F.
\n5.\u00a0 Two wobbly eyes (can find these at a craft store; you need the ones that measure 5\/8\u201d in diameter)
\n6.\u00a0 One colored pompom
\n7.\u00a0 One ribbon of your desired color, 14\u201d in length and \u00bd\u201d in width
\n8.\u00a0 Glue (of the type that you normally use for crafts; a hot glue gun works particularly well)
\n9.\u00a0 A magnet
\n10.\u00a0 A tapestry needle<\/p>\n
\nFor Round 1: Ch 4; 15 dc in 4th ch from hook; join with a slip st to top of first ch 4: 16 dc.
\nFor Round 2: Ch 3, (counts as first dc), dc in same st; * 2 dc in next dc; repeat from * around; join with a slip st to first dc: 32 dc.\u00a0 Fasten off, secure ends.<\/p>\n
\nRow 1: Attach yarn to any dc on the bunny\u2019s head; Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next 2 dc; ch 1, turn work: 3 sc.
\nRow 2: 2 sc in same st, sc in next sc, 2 sc in last sc; ch 1, turn work: 5 sc.
\nRow 3: sc in each sc across; ch 1, turn work: 5 sc.
\nRow 4: skip first sc, sc in next 2 sc, dec over last 2 sc; ch 1, turn work: 3 sc.
\nRow 5: Skip first sc, sc in next 2 sc; ch 1, turn work: 2 sc.
\nRow 6: Dec over last 2 sc.\u00a0 Fasten off, secure ends.<\/p>\n
\nSkip 2 dc on bunny head from first ear, attach yarn to next dc.\u00a0 Follow the same instructions for the first bunny ear rows 1-6.<\/p>\n