How I Made A Beaded Bunny Charm

I love 3D beading, like all of those adorable cell phone charms and things but they look so hard to make! I made a milkshake one but that was with instructions so when I sat down with my beads the other day I was really worried that I would bugger it up!

But I am actually quite proud of the little bunny I ended up with! Apologies in advance for grainy photos, I started this on a whim in the middle of the night so I didn’t think to set everything up!

What you need:

Seed beads in various colours
Needle/thread
Medium bead (for the inside of the head)
Large bead (for the inside of the body)
A couple of crystal beads for the ruffle on the dress

First I made the head. I used 2 black beads for the eyes and a pink one for the nose.

I threaded the needle then tied it to the large bead.

Then I threaded 6 clear beads and ran the needle through the large bead again so it was secure:

I continued doing this around the whole head and strategically placed the face beads amongst the clear:

Once the whole thing was covered I pulled my thread to the top. I added around 14 beads and doubled the strand back down and through the middle hole again to for an ear.

Adorable ear:

Add a second one and you’ve got a head!

I added a small ring of 4 more seed beads to the bottom of the head to form a neck. Then I threaded the large bead on to form the body. I only had a red one this size but I would suggest using something of a similar colour to your beads haha!

Using the same technique as the head I put row upon row of purple beads from top to bottom until it was all covered.

Using a string of purple with one clear at the end I added the arms:

The I added a skirt to the bottom by threading a triangle of 3 more beads between each of the strands…

Then I joined those triangles of beads into a frill by adding a crystal bead between each. So running the needle around the edge went: bead bead crystal bead bead crystal bead bead crystal etc