04/04/2026
🐰 Easter Bunny Treat Tubes 🍬
Stop! Before you toss that empty toilet paper roll, you HAVE to see this! Turn recycling into rawr-somely cute decor with this incredibly easy, step-by-step bunny craft. This "recipe" uses simple household staples like cardboard tubes, some left-over yarn, and basic paper. Watching a plain gray tube transform into a textured, majestic beast is pure magic and guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. It's the perfect quick afternoon project to brighten any desk or windowsill. This post shows you how to make a whole rainbow colony!
🛒 Ingredients for Success
Empty Cardboard Tubes (2 per bunny - one for body, one for support) 🧻
Pastel Spray Paint or Acrylic Paint (Pink, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple) 🎨
White and Mismatched Colored Cardstock (for inner and outer ears) ✂️
Googly Eyes 👀
Pink Pompoms (for noses) 🎀
Black Fine-tip Marker (for whisker details) 🖊️
Green Shredded Paper or Easter Grass 🌱
Mismatched Easter Candies (Chocolate eggs, Jellybeans, wrapped eggs) 🍭
Craft Glue or Glue Stick
🛠️ How to Prepare
The Base Crafting Routine:
For every bunny in the collection, begin with this setup.
Prep the Bases: Take a standard cardboard roll. Apply a generous layer of craft glue and wrap it entirely in a sheet of colorful paper (e.g., Pink). (Alternatively, give the tube two quick coats of pastel spray paint and let it dry). Make sure the seam is smooth and on the back of the "bunny."
Attaching the Features: Glue on the googly eyes and the pink pompom nose. Use your marker to draw playful whisker lines extending out from the nose.
The Ears & Finishes:
Matching Ear Sets: Cut mismatched inner and outer ear shapes from your colored paper—yellow and pink for the pink bunny; orange and yellow for the textured orange bunny; yellow and blue for the misted teal bunny. Glue the smaller inner white cardstock shapes into the colored outer shapes. Secure the ears to the inside front rim of the tubes.
Stability First: Cut a circle of matching colored cardstock just slightly larger than the tube opening. Glue this circle to the bottom rim of the tube. This acts as the floor, turning your tube into a cup.
Final Touches: Add two vertical rectangles of paper (matching the inner ear color) inside the back of the tube as ear support, if needed.
💡 Tips About the Recipe
Save Time with White Paper: You can skip the painting step by wrapping the tubes in colored paper instead.
The Stand: Make sure the leg twine is positioned correctly so that when the cup is sitting on a flat ledge, the legs genuinely hang off.
Mix Your Sizes: If you want a "family," cut some of your cardboard tubes to different heights. Short ones make adorable baby bunnies!
Sturdy Stand: Making sure the mismatch foot is even and the tube is attached at the right angle will prevent your bunnies from tipping over.
Fluffy Finisher: When attaching the yarn mane, work from the outside in. A precision glue pen helps you get the bundles perfectly placed for maximum volume.
Pattern Play: If you don't want to draw dots, you can use patterned scrapbooking paper or even leftover wrapping paper to cover the tubes.
Whisker Strength: If paper strips feel too fragile, you can substitute them with painted toothpicks or stiff fishing line for a more "pro" look.
Weighting them down: If you want to use these as candy holders, just glue a circular piece of cardboard to the bottom of the tube (inside the feet) before filling them up!
