Where are You Easter? I Need a Little Inspiration...

This past year I have felt a so disconnected from everything. One thing that both Brian and I take joy in is decorating our house for the holidays. We joke that for Christmas our house looks like Martha Stewart exploded all over it and when our friends came over to visit for Christmas they jokingly said our living room looked like the mall!

Last year I posted a blog post after I made two faux chocolate bunnies, but I never painted and finished them. The funny thing about that blog post is that I just realized is that it was EXACTLY a year ago today! I do realize that Easter is next weekend, but I am determined to have these bunnies done in the next few days. Of course they are a Martha craft project.

Here are a few pics of the processing of making bunnies.

I first started off with a two piece plastic chocolate bunny mold, I found it at a store in Austintown, Ohio called Sugar Showcase. I have read comments where people say they sprayed the mold with Pam, but I have not found it necessary to do that at all. The two pieces are held together with binder clips.


Next I had to find a container that would hold and support the bunny upside down.


I then mixed the putty. The instructions on the container of Durham's Water Putty said to mix 3 parts powdered putty and one part water. My bunny mold took 4 1/2 cups of powder and about 1 1/2 cups of water (and yes that is a Martha Stewart Everyday measuring cup.)


I then used a power drill with a mixing blade to quickly mix the putty. It needs to be the consistency of pancake batter.


The putty is then poured into the mold.


A bamboo skewer was then used to make sure the putty had made its way to all of the crevices of the mold.


The bunny needs to sit in the mold for about 3 hours before removing.


After three hours the bunny was ready to be taken out of the mold.


I love how perfect he looks!



I then used a small knife to trim off the rough edges and then a bit of sandpaper.


The bunny needs to dry for a day or two. Here is Lucy investigating the little creature who had my attention for the past 1/2 an hour. She lost interest once she realized that the bunny posed no threat and inedible!


Feeling in the crafty spirit I decided to glitter a few eggs. I still have a bit more to do and I was inspired by this image on The Martha Stewart Show.


I would love to mingle these eggs with my faux chocolate bunnies.