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Bunny lovers will have fun creating this adorable beaded bunny keychain with a little cord and pony beads. With its long ears, little feet and cute rabbit shape, this colorful bunny makes a fun animal craft any time of year. Choose your favorite colors to create a bunny rabbit with a personality all its own.
These little beaded rabbits are especially fun for spring and Easter crafts, but there's no need to put them away with the Easter baskets. Attach your finished bunny to a key ring, backpack, bag or zipper pull, make one as a handmade gift for a rabbit or animal lover, or hop into making several for summer camp, classroom and group activities. They can also be made in school colors for a bunny or rabbit mascot or made in quantity for school, club and group fundraisers.
If you make this project please share your photos with us. With your permission we'll add it to the page and credit it to you.
Chenille stems were originally developed for cleaning tobacco pipes, which is where the familiar name "pipe cleaner" came from. Their flexibility and fuzzy surface eventually made them a favorite material for all kinds of craft projects.
You will need one connector such as a 
Lanyard hook, or any type of 
Key Ring.
Next, you will need 2 yards of cord for our mouse. There are lots of different types of cords you can use. We prefer a cord that is 1mm to 2mm thick because it helps your keychain critter keep it's shape better. Alternatively, you can use a thinner cord and weave a little wire or a pipe cleaner into your keychain critter to help it keep it's shape that way. Either way works just fine but you can experiment with it to see which method you prefer.
One good option is 
Monofilament Cord or 
2mm metallic cording. Other good choices would be jute or hemp cord, leather necklace cord, rattail cord, shoelaces, ribbon, paracord, or a strong jewelry cord like tigertail.
You will need 
29 - White Pony Beads (or the color of your choice). As a variation you might like to use glitter or glow-in-the-dark pony beads in place of the white.
You will need 
46 - Pink Pony Beads (or the color of your choice). As a variation you might like to use glitter pony beads in place of the pink.
You will need 
2 - Black Pony Beads for the eyes.
You will need 
1 - Hot Pink Pony Beads for it's nose.
Optional: For a stiffer figure you can include a little wire or a pipe cleaner with your cord to help keep it's shape
Beading Wire or 
Pipe Cleaners
3. After finishing the pattern tie a double knot in the cords at the bottom of your bunny, on the last row and apply tacky glue to secure. You can hide the knot inside one of the beads.
4. Weave your wire or pipe cleaner through your beaded boy keychain to make it stiffer and hold it's shape.
(Seed beads or E beads can be used in place of pony beads to create smaller characters.)
The illustration below uses green and red to show you how each side of your cord is woven through the beads. It opens to a larger image if you click it.
