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Welcome friends to a master class on making cotton spun ornaments. We will make an Easter bunny together.

For creative work we will need cotton spun, a spool of light cotton threads, a smooth surface,( I use a plate), scissors, a flat acrylic brush and glue I use either PVA mixed with water or I cook the glue myself.

First we need to wind the base of the cotton spun. I tightly twist a small roll and then wrap it with several more layers of cotton spun.
After that, I wrap the cotton spun with a thread, pulling it tightly. This will be the base of our cotton Easter bunny. In the process of wrapping the thread, we form the head of the bunny, gently bending the other side of the base. Look, how I do it.
At the end, I simply cut the thread, it does not need to be fixed.

The next stage of work by preparing strands of cotton wool, they should be thin, but not transparent. I just divide the cotton wool into 3-4 layers. That is, we will need so-called cotton ribbons about 15-20 cm long and 3-4 cm wide.

Next, we grease the base with glue so that there is no dry spot and start applying layers of cotton spun, constantly smearing them with glue and on top we put a thin layer of cotton spun again. We alternate the way of applying cotton spun: in a circle, then vertically.

It is important that you press the brush tightly to the base when applying glue so that there is no air between the layers of cotton spun.
That's it, step by step we increase the volume of the cotton figurine.
When you are satisfied with the shape, you should set it aside to dry completely (usually I just leave the figure for a day), but in winter I can put it on the heating battery in a plastic box.

While our figure is drying, we can create a cotton cloth for making flat parts. To do this, we start to grease one cotton ribbon with glue on a smooth surface, carefully making sure that the glue completely soaks the cotton.

If the cotton spun is well greased with glue, it will easily lag behind the surface of the plate.

To make the bow, I align the edge with sharp scissors and cut a ribbon of the desired width and length (approximately 15 cm long and 1 cm wide). Then I tie a bow from the wet ribbon. I cut another ribbon of the same width and wrap it around the bunny's neck. At the point where the ribbon joins, I glue the bow.

Please note that I have hands already dried base. I lightly grease it with glue to fix the bow.
Another important point: I fix any details on the base by applying a translucent layer of cotton wool. So on top of the glued bow I also add a thin layer of cotton spun in the centre at the place of its attachment. In order for the relief of the part to be more noticeable, I use a large needle to emboss the contours of the part, circling it.
To make the bunny's ears, I use an already dried cotton cloth, created in the same way as the cloth for the bow.
I cut out 2 identical parts of the ears from it, folding the cloth in half. At the base of the ear I make 2 cuts so that I can fix the ear on the head and bend the edges like this.
Then I coat these edges with glue and connect the side pieces so that the eye takes the shape of a shuttle.
Now We should fix the ear on the head, having previously greased it with glue. We press the fold to the base and immediately apply a thin layer of cotton wool so that the ear holds firmly. We also glue the bent edge from the back and apply a layer of cotton wool on it, so that part of this cotton wool goes onto the surface of the ear. For density, I apply another thin layer of cotton spun on both sides of the ear.
We glue the second ear in the same way.

Well, it's time to attach the tail to our bunny.
We make a small ball of cotton wool, grease it with glue and attach it in the necessary place. We apply a translucent layer of cotton wool on top.
We have attached all the details to the base: the tail of the ear and the bow and now we have to dry our cotton figure again.

When our bunny is completely dry, we can add bright accents. For faboving I use acrylic paints: white, pink, black and blue. I mix a drop of white and pink paint to highlight the ears from the inside. The paints should be almost pastel and I use this same color to emphasize the cheeks.
I mix blue and black paint and put two small dots, marking the eyes and use the same paint to draw a small nose.
Then I mix white and blue paint to get a soft blue color and paint the bow.

Well, congratulations, friends, our bunny is ready!u

I decided to give you all a gift and record an author's master class on creating an Easter bunny from cotton wool.
I will be pleased if you create your Easter decorations following my simple instructions and comment on this publication with photos of your works.
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