How to Model a Balloon Rabbit with a Carrot

This rabbit with a carrot, created with a few balloon modelling skills, makes a fun decoration for Easter-related activities, or for the rabbit lover in your life.

Steps

Blow up the balloon.

Blow up the balloon. Place the lip of a white 260Q balloon over the nib of your pump. Inflate the balloon leaving about a 2 inch tail.
Tie off the balloon.

Tie off the balloon. Loop the lip around your fingers, then tuck it through the loop.
- Gently pull and release to form the knot.
  
  Gently pull and release to form the knot.
Create the rabbit's head.

Create the rabbit's head.
- Twist a 2 inch bubble for the rabbit's head.
  
  Twist a 2 inch bubble for the rabbit's head.
Make the long ears.
- Make two 5 inch bubbles twisting in the same direction.
  
  Make two 5 inch bubbles twisting in the same direction.
- Twist them together to lock them off.
  
  Twist them together to lock them off. These will be the rabbit's long ears.
Create the neck.

Create the neck. Twist a small bubble for the neck
Make the front legs.
- Add two 2 inch bubbles and lock them off for short front legs.
  
  Add two 2 inch bubbles and lock them off for short front legs.
- Position the rest of the balloon so that it is horizontal.
  
  Position the rest of the balloon so that it is horizontal.
Prepare the body.
- Make a bubble for the body the same size as the rabbit's head.
  
  Make a bubble for the body the same size as the rabbit's head.
- Squeeze all the air down to the end of the balloon so it is fully inflated.
  
  Squeeze all the air down to the end of the balloon so it is fully inflated.
Build the back legs and tail.
- Make two long bubbles for back legs leaving a small bubble at the end of the balloon for the cotton tail.
  
  Make two long bubbles for back legs leaving a small bubble at the end of the balloon for the cotton tail.
- Lock the legs off leaving the bubble sticking up at the bottom.
  
  Lock the legs off leaving the bubble sticking up at the bottom.
- Push the front legs in between the back legs to make your rabbit sit up.
  
  Push the front legs in between the back legs to make your rabbit sit up.
Draw a face.
- Use scissors to carefully trim the knot on the nose.
  
  Use scissors to carefully trim the knot on the nose.
- Take a permanent marker pen and draw on eyes and a mouth with buck teeth.
  
  Take a permanent marker pen and draw on eyes and a mouth with buck teeth.
Make the carrot.

Make the carrot. Take a160Q orange balloon and inflate it a tiny bit. Tie it off and then tie a knot in the other end of the balloon where the tail begins. Snip off the rest of the tail with your scissors.
Add leaves.

Add leaves. Next take a green 160Q balloon. Cut off the knot end. Loop the green balloon round your fingers and catch the knot of the orange balloon in the loop. Then tie a knot in the green balloon for the carrot's leaves.
Add the carrot.

Add the carrot. Pop the carrot into the legs of the rabbit.