Reverse Stenciled Wood Easter Bunny

Nothing says “Hoppy Easter” like this Reverse Stenciled Easter Bunny Decor! Don’t worry if you don’t have any Spring or Easter supplies just yet, this wood stained bunny can be made with things that you probably already have in your craft stash. Let’s HOP to it!

Reverse stencil wood bunny easter diy decor made with paint sticks and a sola wood flower tail and pip berry hanger.

I have been feeling a little left out that everyone else’s Dollar Tree is fully stocked for Spring and Easter, but mine is still rocking Valentine’s from aisle to aisle! I am seeing all these spring and Easter hauls and I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little jelly.

At first I was having a pity party saying “I can’t find anything to craft” because I didn’t have any Easter and Spring supplies, but then I snapped myself out of it and said “alright! It’s time to get creative!” and this Reverse Stenciled Easter Bunny was born!

Close up of the wood easter bunny with a raffia button bow in its ears and chippy teal paint.

I had to make something Easter-y, without any thing was was technically meant for Easter so I had the idea to do some what of a “reverse stencil” using a free Bunny template that I printed right off of good ‘ole Google. No tail? No problem! Use a wood flower or even some hand dandy cotton balls! Think outside of the box and see what you can come up with.

Last year I used cardboard, a paint stick, and a small grapevine wreath to make an adorable HOP Sign when I didn’t have any Easter supplies. So when there’s a Will there’s a Way!

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Supplies Needed to make a Reverse Stenciled Easter Bunny

1 gallon (12″) paint sticks – You’ll need 8
Antique Wax
Teal Paint – I used Waverly Chalk Paint in “Agave”
Easter Pip Berry Garland
Sola Wood Flower (for the tail) or some sort of bunny tail
Raffia bow with button
Bunny Outline template (you can google “free bunny template” and print and cut)
Cardstock
Vaseline (to do the paint “chippy”)
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Reverse Stained Bunny on Paint Sticks

I made this adorable Easter Bunny Reverse Stencil decor on video, so you can WATCH the step by step tutorial HERE.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video tutorial here

First, I Googled “Free Easter Bunny Template” and printed this image and cut it out to use as my “stencil”. I traced it onto cardstock to that it was a bit sturdier to work with.

Next, line 6 paint sticks up, alternating the ends with the handles. Cut the handle ends off of the other 2 paint sticks, and glue the long part across the top and bottom of the front of your craft. Then glue the shorter handle parts across the top and bottom of back of the craft like you see below.

Next, stain the entire thing with Antique Wax.

Back of the project showing the way that the paint sticks are attached to make the surface.

Before painting, you’ll want to add some Vaseline in random parts so that those places will “chip” later on when you scrape the paint. To see exactly how I do this “chippy method” make sure to check out the Facebook Live replay

Then, place your cardstock bunny template on the center of your paint sticks and paint the entire thing with whatever color paint you like (white would look beautiful too), so that the bunny outline remains unpainted.

Close up of the wood reverse stenciled easter bunny with a raffia button bow in its ear and a sola wood flower tail.

Use a paint scraper and drag it lightly over the surface where the Vaseline was, so that the paint begins to come off and chip in those spots. You can chip it as much or as little as you like.

Close up showing the chippy paint with teal chalk paint on the wood paint sticks.

Glue a Sola Wood Flower as a tail.

Sola wood flower as the tail of the reverse stencil wood easter bunny.

Glue a piece of Easter Pip Berry Garland as the hanger.

Easter pip berry garland as the hanger for the wood paint stick project.

For the finishing touch, add a little raffia button bow in her ears. Look how incredibly adorbs this Reverse Stenciled Easter Bunny turned out!

Are you going to make this Reverse Stenciled Bunny for Easter or Spring this year? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your completed DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations!

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