Fuzzy Easter Bunny Craft with Cotton Balls

This fuzzy Easter bunny craft with cotton balls is a sweet and simple activity kids will love! Perfect for spring, it’s one of our favorite bunny projects for preschoolers.

Let me tell you about this Easter bunny craft

We called him “Fuzzy Bunny” and he was the belle of the ball.

My mixed-aged group of littles were IN LOVE with this activity, which was right on cue because kids always go crazy for anything with cotton balls, contact paper, or bunnies.

So an activity with all three?!

It was a sure-fire, guaranteed, I-could-have-bet-$100,000,000-that-they’d-love-it activity.

Close-up view of a bunny outline on contact paper with stretched cotton balls placed on the ears and chin. The bunny has round paper eyes and a pink paper nose. Children's hands are placing fluffy cotton onto the sticky contact paper.

The trick to fluffing up cotton balls

Here’s where this preschool bunny project gets extra special.

Instead of slapping those cotton balls on as-is, kids carefully stretch them out to make them bigger, fluffier, and long-lasting.

It’s a great fine motor workout, disguised as one of the cuuuutest bunny projects for preschoolers.

🐰 There’s more Easter art where that came from!

Four children are gathered around a sliding glass door where a large piece of contact paper with a bunny outline is taped up. The bunny has pink paper for the nose and inside the ears. Two kids are stretching cotton balls while two others are picking cotton balls from a tray on the floor on top of a colorful rug.

Materials

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Clear contact paper
Permanent marker
Cotton balls
Colored paper for the ears, eyes, and nose – optional
Scissors
Blue tape

Two children are starting their fuzzy Easter bunny craft with cotton balls on contact paper taped to a window. The bunny has pink paper details inside the ears and paper eyes and nose already added. The children are stretching cotton balls as they begin to fill the bunny’s face.

How to make a fuzzy Easter bunny craft with cotton balls

Roll out a piece of contact paper.
Draw an outline of a bunny on the non-sticky side with a marker.
Peel off the backing of the contact paper and tape it to a window or wall, sticky side facing out.
Cut out small shapes from colored paper for the bunny’s ears, eyes, and nose (optional but oh-so cute).
Invite kids to gently pull and stretch each cotton ball to make it big and fluffy.
Stick the stretched cotton balls onto the bunny outline to create your fuzzy bunny masterpiece!

💡Teacher Tip: After you peel the contact paper off of the backing, bend the top corners back so that they stick to the window and hold it in place while you get the tape.

A boy and girl are working side by side on a fuzzy Easter bunny craft with cotton balls taped to a glass door. The boy is adding a stretched cotton ball to the bunny’s belly, while the girl is gathering more cotton balls from a tray.

Sensory benefits of this preschool bunny project

This preschool bunny project is more than just cute—it’s packed with sensory goodness.

Kids love the feeling of soft, fluffy cotton balls in their hands. The process of gently pulling them apart to make them larger gives little fingers a workout while delivering calming tactile input.

The sticky surface of the contact paper adds another layer of sensory exploration. Pressing the stretched cotton balls onto the sticky bunny outline gives kids a satisfying “stick and release” sensation that’s both engaging and playful.

This preschool Easter art activity also helps develop important sensory processing skills. Kids are learning to adjust how much force they use (hello, proprioception!) and how to coordinate both hands to stretch and press the cotton balls just right.

And finally, it’s a gentle way to encourage bilateral hand coordination and fine motor refinement—perfect for little learners.

A child proudly holds up their finished fuzzy Easter bunny craft with cotton balls in front of a window. The bunny is fully covered with stretched fluffy cotton balls and has pink paper inside the ears, black eyes, and a pink nose.

Egg-stra ideas to extend the Easter bunny craft fun

Want to make this preschool bunny project even more egg-citing?

Try these fun twists:

Create a whole bunny family with different sizes and expressions—hop family reunion.
Turn this into a collaborative mural where everyone adds cotton balls together.
Use other soft materials like yarn pieces or pom poms to mix up the textures.

Super close-up of the bunny’s face on the contact paper. The bunny has large round paper eyes, a pink paper nose, and several fluffy cotton balls already stuck onto the bunny’s mouth and ears.

Hopping into bunny fun facts

Here’s a few fun tidbits to share while creating your fuzzy bunny masterpiece:

Bunnies can hop up to 3 feet high and 10 feet long in a single leap—talk about a “hare-robics” workout.
A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing, which is why they’re always nibbling on crunchy foods to keep them trimmed.
Bunnies “binky” when they’re super happy—that’s when they jump, twist, and kick their feet in the air.
A group of bunnies is called a fluffle (yes, seriously!).
Wild rabbits live in burrows called warrens, which are like underground bunny cities.
Baby bunnies, or kits, are born with no fur and closed eyes—but they grow fast!
Rabbits are crepuscular, which means they’re most active during dawn and dusk.
Bunnies communicate using their body language—watch those ears and tails for secret messages!