Fieldes have eies and woods have eares. ~John Heywood, 1565
This little bit of wood does seem to have ears. But, those ears belong to the bunny who lives inside the wood. This is a our Eostre/Easter bunny!! He works hard in his little felt home, making eggs and preparing to hide them.
He lives in the crook of the roots of this friendly tree. There are even some hiding spots for eggs on the trunk, and there is enough room in his burrow to gather them as well.
The eggs he's made may look familiar. They are the wild bird eggs I made back in January.
We are not a religious family but we are spiritual. We love nature and we love bunnies that bring candy.... and sure, we even love bunnies that don't. Sooooooooooo........I settled on calling this our Easter/Eostre Bunny. Fun fact: The origins of the word Easter comes from Eostre, the name of the saxon goddess of spring. Her name is dervived from the ancient word for spring: eastre. It was believed that every year after the long winter Eostre would return and bring with her the warmth and growth of spring. Pagan festivals were held to celebrate the onset of spring and the rejeuvination of the natural world.
This whole project took me about a day!! I took a whole bunch of brown felt that I found, you guessed it, at Goodwill. I cut out the shape of a tree trunk and some roots with room for a burrow hole. I attached pieces of an angora wool scarf to be the moss/grass and I sewed on a stone colored piece of felt for the burrow opening. The burrow opening does actually go into the trunk....I made it a pocket because my munchkin loves to tuck her toys away. To make it 3d I cut out a piece of brown felt to fit the bottom of the tree and a piece for the top. I placed a piece of heavy duty cardboard on the floor of the inside of the trunk and then stuffed it all up and sewed it up. After the fact I added little hidey-pouches for eggs. I also embroidered the doors and around the top of the trunk. Mr. Eostre was needle felted the very same day.
Some Linky Parties I joined, check them out....I promise you'll find inpiration!!!!
Penny Pinching Party
Trash To Treasure Tuesday
Talented Tuesday
Get Your Craft On
Do It Yourself Day
Show and Tell
A Little Craft Therapy
Make It Yours Day
Strut Your Stuff
Spring/Easter Party
Get Your Craft On Thursday
Spring Has Sprung
Creative Cats
Feature Yourself Friday
Craft Concoction Friday
This little bit of wood does seem to have ears. But, those ears belong to the bunny who lives inside the wood. This is a our Eostre/Easter bunny!! He works hard in his little felt home, making eggs and preparing to hide them.
We are not a religious family but we are spiritual. We love nature and we love bunnies that bring candy.... and sure, we even love bunnies that don't. Sooooooooooo........I settled on calling this our Easter/Eostre Bunny. Fun fact: The origins of the word Easter comes from Eostre, the name of the saxon goddess of spring. Her name is dervived from the ancient word for spring: eastre. It was believed that every year after the long winter Eostre would return and bring with her the warmth and growth of spring. Pagan festivals were held to celebrate the onset of spring and the rejeuvination of the natural world.
This whole project took me about a day!! I took a whole bunch of brown felt that I found, you guessed it, at Goodwill. I cut out the shape of a tree trunk and some roots with room for a burrow hole. I attached pieces of an angora wool scarf to be the moss/grass and I sewed on a stone colored piece of felt for the burrow opening. The burrow opening does actually go into the trunk....I made it a pocket because my munchkin loves to tuck her toys away. To make it 3d I cut out a piece of brown felt to fit the bottom of the tree and a piece for the top. I placed a piece of heavy duty cardboard on the floor of the inside of the trunk and then stuffed it all up and sewed it up. After the fact I added little hidey-pouches for eggs. I also embroidered the doors and around the top of the trunk. Mr. Eostre was needle felted the very same day.
Some Linky Parties I joined, check them out....I promise you'll find inpiration!!!!
Penny Pinching Party
Trash To Treasure Tuesday
Talented Tuesday
Get Your Craft On
Do It Yourself Day
Show and Tell
A Little Craft Therapy
Make It Yours Day
Strut Your Stuff
Spring/Easter Party
Get Your Craft On Thursday
Spring Has Sprung
Creative Cats
Feature Yourself Friday
Craft Concoction Friday
Aw, this is so cute, and perfect for Easter!
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This is so sweet. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday. Please join me next week for another great party. Don’t forget to stop by and enter my giveaway. I’ll announce the winner at next weeks party!
So sweet. Lucky bunny!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day at My Backyard Eden!
This is sweet. So perfect for Easter. Thanks for sharing at Spring has Sprung at Fun to Craft.
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