Craft a Rabbit Ring Toss Game

Assign point values to each different
 color of chenille ring.

        This doll sized Rabbit Ring Toss game is a fun activity for the dolls to play during a Spring Picnic or Easter Party Celebration.

Supply List:

• cardboard tube
• white typing paper
• chenille stems
• white school glue
• tacky craft glue
• decorative pink paper
• permanent black ink pen
• wooden dowel
• white felt
• decorative buttons (optional)
• stones or marbles to use as weights
• scrap cardboard 
• template for rabbit body parts 
• cotton balls

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. First you can twist together little chenille stem rings using two colors of choice. Set these aside for the game.
2. Print out the patterns below for the rabbit ring toss: ears, face and legs. Trace around the patterns on top of cardboard. There should be two ears, one face and a set of rabbit legs from the cardboard. Cover these with glue and white paper.
3. Cut the centers of the rabbit ears from pink paper and a rabbit nose from the same. Glue these pink features to the rabbit face and ears.
4. Use a permanent ink marker (black) to draw on the rabbit's eyes, mouth and speckles where his whiskers would be. Set these features aside for later.
5. Now cut a tube measuring 4 1/2 inches long to attach to a square base 2 1/4" on all four sides.
6.  Triple up the bulk of the cardboard base pasting between each later.
7. Mount the tube to the center of the base using a tacky craft glue. Let this dry before filling the tube with a couple of marbles or stones. These weights will help keep the rabbit ring toss standing during the game.
8. Fill up the rest of the tube with cotton balls and seal the top off with paper and glue. 
9. Now wrap and glue white paper to the tube; this will act as the rabbit's body.
10. Glue a decorative paper onto the base of the ring toss game. 
11. Use scissors to poke a hole into both sides of the rabbit near the top.
12. Push a wooden dowel (5") through the holes and paint this white. You could use a cut chopstick instead of a wooden dowel if you wish.
13. I cut long strips of white felt approximately 1" wide. Clip one side only into a fringe. 
14. Wrap the white felt fringe around the outer edges of the dowel "arms" of the rabbit to act as paws.
15. Mount the rabbit's head and ears using toothpicks and tacky glue. 
16. I also hot glued a few button trims, a flower and a bug between the rabbit's ears.
17. I wrapped even more of the fringe under the chin of our rabbit to create a fluffy looking animal.
18. Don't forget to glue the legs to each side of your rabbit ring toss and use tacky white glue to adhere a cotton tail to the back side of the rabbit, just above the cardboard base.
19. Now your dolls can assign a point value to each colored chenille stem ring and also add extra points to the scores of those dolls who are able to toss and hook a ring around the rabbit's ear(s)!

Left, use an extra tacky glue to mount the paper tube to the cardboard base. Center, I tripled the thickness of may base
 to add weight to the bottom. Right, I also inserted stones and marbles into the bottom of the tube to guarantee the
rabbit ring toss would stand on it's own.

Left the tube is sealed shut with an additional piece of cardboard and craft glue. Center the tubular body of our
rabbit ring toss is covered in white paper. It's base is covered in a decorative scrapbook paper. Right the cardboard
body parts of our rabbit ring toss.

Left, the cardboard head and ears are pasted together with the aid of tacky craft glue and toothpicks. Center, here you
 can see that the rabbit's hind legs are covered with white paper and mounted on either side of the rabbit's body at the
 base of the construction. Right, the head has been mounted with glue to the top of the tube.

Right, the rings are made by twisting together two chenille stems. I used white, purple, red and orange for this
part of our game craft. Center, attach a white cotton ball to the backside of the rabbit to act as his tail. Right, the
rabbit ring toll is finished.

Template for rabbit body parts. Shrink or enlarge as you like. For play only.