For each holiday, I usually make a craft for my work crew. I haven’t posted the one for Valentine’s day yet, so you’ll just have to take these out of order.
I got the idea to make these mason jar bunnies from a reel I saw on IG. I picked up six mason jars and six plaster bunnies from the dollar store. Six, because there are 3 people on my team, 2 TLs, and my boss. I usually make something more elaborate for my immediate team, and then something thoughtful for the rest, because I don’t want to make 15 elaborate gifts for everyone :\
I went to Michael’s to get some spray paint. I initially was going to do a chalk pastel colour, but I didn’t like anything they had. I fell for this gorgeous teal colour, but was suspicious of it’s opaqueness. Two ladies there repeatedly and wholeheartedly assured me it was indeed opaque. It was not. I had suspicions because I had fallen for a similar black finish last year. No matter, I had the teal paint on hand, it was just another step I had wanted to avoid.
So I glued the bunnies to the lid with Gorilla Glue (first time I worked with it – there are pros and cons), then painted them with two coats of teal, then spray painted them with the teal glitter. Now I’m not good at spray paint, and I realized the bunnies had this white cloud on them. Turns out, that’s called bloom and it happens if it’s too cold when you spray, it’s too hot when you spray, if you spray too close, if you spray too far, if it’s Tuesday, if it’s raining, whatever. I don’t honestly know. The only way to fix it is to sand and re-spray.
I didn’t want to do that because the bunnies are plaster, so I ended up re-painting the bloom spots, and re-spraying.
Then I used some ribbon I’ve had on hand for probably close to 20 years, and glued it around the bottom of lid. I filled the jars with paper Easter grass and chocolates. If there’s anything I’d do differently, I’d pay attention to how the lids closed. If you don’t have a rabbit on the lid, it doesn’t matter where they line up when you close them. But if you want the front of the bunny to face the front of the jar (with the writing on it), then you need to make a mark on the lid to align the bunny with the mark. I don’t think anyone will care, but it’s just one of those things I realized after I was done. I also realized I didn’t care enough to fix it. Oh well. Lesson learned for next time.
For the rest of the team, I picked up treat bags and filled them with grass and chocolates. I also made little business card sized cards with a stamp on it to identify who the present was from, but I didn’t bother photographing them.
Then I made six cards to go with the six bunnies. It’s probably the most layered and complex card I’ve done in awhile, so they took FOREVER, but I bought new paper so was excited to use it. I of course didn’t NEED new paper, but whatever. Michael’s had a saaaaale.
Then last night, I snuck into the office with my bestie to deliver the presents because I like making sure folks get the gift before the actual holiday. I was happy to deliver them because I started this project back in February, so it was good to get them out of the house.
And that’s Easter, 2026! Next event will be Canada Day, but we’ll see if I end up making something elaborate or if I just get everyone Canadian flag boppers or something.
