DIY bunny ears for your pet!

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

 

Sometimes I just wake up thinking about how cute my fur babies are and how I can display them to the world! I’m weird. When I realized I hadn’t photographed them in their traditional Easter garb, I thought about Rory…and how pissed off adorable she’d look with a pair of bunny ears of her own. 🙂

I’m known for buying all of the costumes a cat costume here and there, and decided that the headband pieces are pretty simple to make, actually! Through the use of some leftover foam I hoarded hung onto since my college RA days [I made some pretty sweet door-tags!] and a few supplies I had around the house, Rory’s new ears were ready in all of 15 minutes!

For the video tutorial click here.

 

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

 

Materials&Process
1. I free-hand cut the bunny ears from the white foam. The 3 inch headband fit Rory’s head perfectly, but change the length as you see fit. I think gigantic ears would be adorable, too! Maybe a second set is in order…

2. Pink foam is perfect for the inner-ear details. You only need half for the ear you plan to fold. I free-handed that as well, but feel free to draw and cut.

 

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

 

foam [afilliate link]  //  rubberband  //  super glue  // scissors

 

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

 

3. Glue down the pink foam and the folded ear. The super glue is great and you don’t need much at all!

4. While the ears set for a couple minutes, cut a very small slit about 0.25 inches from the end of each side of the headband. You’re going to want a vertical fold so the slit faces the right way.

5. Cut the rubberband and slide force an end into each slit. Tie a knot on each end. The knots are the bottom of the headband, as seen below.

 

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

Make sure to glue the ears onto the side without the rubberband knots!

 

6. I put the headband on Rory to kind of judge where the ears should go. Because the band will be curving with her head, I didn’t want to accidentally set the ears too far apart [or too close together!].

7. After pressing the spots in with my nail [you can make tick marks], I then superglued them down. It’s a rather quick process, too!

 

Ta-da! This kitty is all ready for her treat-frenzy AKA photo shoot!

DIY adorable bunny ear costume tutorial for your small pet

 

I feel like I should have been making pet costumes for ages! This was too easy. Have a little fun this Easter weekend, and remember to reward your sweet pets. 🙂

xoxo

roxy

7 Comments

  1. Oh my gosh these are so cute! I posted an Easter themed pet photoshoot today too of one of my Leopard Geckos 🙂 I'll have to see if I can do something like this for them sometime! Thank you!

  2. Those ears are the cutest thing, I'm so impressed that your cat kept them on!

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