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How to make your own bunny door for Easter

Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects

Add a little bunny magic to your home by painting your own bunny door to welcome the Easter bunny in.

How to make your own bunny door for Easter

You will need

Instructions

 

How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 1 Step 1
Start by cutting down a 450mm x 18mm pine panel to be 380mm wide. Use a large plate or pot lid and pencil to draw a curve at the top. Use a band saw or jig saw to cut along the curve. Sand any rough bits smooth with some sandpaper.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 2 Step 2
Paint the piece of wood with Resene Quick Dry.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 3 Step 3
Sketch on your design with a pencil.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 4 Step 4
Use some painters tape to mask off the door so that the stone surround is left.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 5 Step 5
Use a paintbrush to apply a coat of Resene Sandtex to the area of your design that will be stones. Once the first coat is dry, apply a second coat.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 6 Step 6
Once the Resene Sandtex is dry, paint the stones with Resene Jumbo, followed by dark grout lines and shading in Resene Fuscous Grey.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 7 Step 7
For the door, paint it in a couple of coats of Resene Meteor and then give it a distressed look with Resene Grapevine. Apply this with quick strokes with a dry brush (i.e. not much paint on the brush).


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 8 Step 8
Paint in the rest of the design details. Fleur used Resene Flesh, Resene Guardsman Red and Resene White for the toadstools, Resene Clover and Resene Rain Forest for the plants/leaves, Resene Glamour Puss and Resene Colour Me Pink for the flowers and Resene Black for the door knob.


How to make your own bunny door for Easter - Step 9 Step 9
Prop the door up next to a tree and place a basket of Easter eggs next to it.

Top tip:  Create a series of bunny doors in your children’s favourite Resene colours and use them for an Easter morning treasure hunt.

Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Mar 2022.


Habitat bright ideas
Need to add colour, pattern or a little creativity to your place? Check out these easy step by step DIY project ideas created in collaboration with Fleur Thorpe. We hope you enjoy making and painting these bright ideas and bringing colour to your home inside or out.

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