I’ve been making wreaths for my mom for the last couple years with gnomes (or tomtes or nisse folk) for different seasons. This little Easter Bunny Gnome is perfect to make to add to a wreath or even an Easter basket.
The best part is you can get almost all the supplies right from the Dollar Tree!
The only two things I could not find
But…you could buy a couple stuffed animals from the toy or baby aisle and remove the polyfil.
Here’s what you need:
We will begin with opening the white sock and filling the bottom with about a ¼ cup of the decorative small pebbles. You just need enough to keep the sock weighted, so that the gnome doesn’t fall over.
Next, add polyfil on top of the pebbles until the sock is very full and rounded, filling it almost to the top.
Take the marble and place it inside of the stuffing in the sock, and push it towards wherever you want the nose to be.
Place the rubber band around the outside of the sock with the marble in it. Make sure to wrap the rubber band multiple times, so that the marble doesn’t slip out.
Gather the sock at the top, and place the second rubber band around it, and wrap it around multiple times as well.
You may need to pull and stretch the sock a little bit to make sure your gnome is nice and rounded and even. Once you have the shape you like, cut the remaining top of the sock off with scissors.
Hot glue the edges of the sock down, so that the edges are flush. I used the blades of my scissors to press down, so that I didn’t burn myself on the glue. But, if you have those silicone tips to wear on your fingers to avoid burns with the hot glue, you can use those, too.
Add hot glue to the top of the sock opening, and place the styrofoam cone on top. Stretch the yellow sock over the cone, and pull it down to cover the top of the white sock. Roll it up one time, and then hot glue it to the white sock.
Using scissors or a box cutter, cut the ears off of the Easter Bunny headband, leaving about ½” on both sides. When I did this, there were two pieces of wire attaching the ears to the headband, so I ended up having to use wire cutters to remove them, but you could possibly use scissors also.
Don’t throw away the leftovers from the headband! It’s going to be the arms!
Once the ears are removed, fold the extra fabric at the bottom over and hot glue together. Place the ears inside the folded flap of the yellow sock hat, and hot glue them into place.
Wrap the duster mop head around the gnome to measure where to cut for the beard. Once you have it lined up, and decide where to cut, flip the duster/mop head over, and use a box cutter or scissors to cut the back side.
FYI, there will be excess loose pieces. Just pull them away until it stops shedding, and dispose of them.
The beard should be in a slight trapezoid shape. Hot glue the beard to the gnome, tucking it right below the nose.
Remove the remaining fabric from the headband, and fold the cut edges over and glue them. Glue the fabric on the sides of the gnomes to be the arms, and add a little glue to the middle to make the hands overlap.
You’re done! Your gnome is now complete and ready to enjoy.
Yield:
1 easter bunny gnomeNo Sew Easter Bunny Gnome
Active Time:
20 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
Estimated Cost:
$10
Open the white sock, and fill the bottom with about a ¼ cup of decorative small pebbles.
Add fiber fill on top of the pebbles until the sock is very full and rounded, almost to the top.
Take your marble and place inside of the fiber fill in the sock, and push it towards wherever you want the nose to be.
Place the rubber band around the outside of the sock with the marble in it. Make sure to wrap the rubber band multiple times, so that the marble doesn’t slip out.
Gather the sock at the top, and place the second rubber band around it, and again wrap it around multiple times.
If needed, pull and stretch the sock a little bit to make sure your gnome is nice and rounded and even.
Once you have the shape you like, cut the remaining top of the sock off with scissors.
Hot glue the raw edges down, so that the edges are flush.
Add hot glue to the top of the sock opening, and place the styrofoam cone on top.
Stretch the yellow sock over the cone, and pull it down to cover the top of the white sock. Roll it up one time, and then hot glue it to the white sock.
Using scissors or a box cutter, cut the ears off of the Easter Bunny headband, leaving about ½” on both sides.
Once the ears are removed, fold the extra fabric at the bottom over and hot glue together.
Place the ears inside the folded flap of the yellow sock hat, and hot glue them into place.
Wrap the duster mop head around the gnome to measure where to cut for the beard. Once you have it lined up, and decide where to cut, flip the duster mop head over, and use a box cutter or scissors to cut the back side.
Pull away the excess pieces of it until it stops shedding, and dispose of them.
The beard should be in a slight trapezoid shape. Hot glue the beard to the gnome, tucking it right below the nose.
Remove the remaining fabric from the headband, and fold the cut edges over and glue them.
Glue this fabric on the sides of the gnomes to be the arms, and add a little glue to the middle, to make the hands overlap.
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