I was standing in line at a local decorating store last week waiting to check out with my 8 hot pink napkins. In front of me was a sweet woman checking out armloads of Easter bunnies, chicks, Easter dishes, glittery Easter eggs, two long Easter garland filled with spring flowers and eggs and lots, lots more. Her bounty would certainly make a bright Easter themed table but all I could think about was where she was going to put all this “stuff” when Easter was over!!! There are great ways to set an Easter themed table without buying a lot of extra Easter paraphernalia. Today I’m sharing a way to make your Easter table look personal and charming and… well, Eastery. Let’s make Bunny Place Cards!
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I made these sweet little bunnies from old book pages to work with my BOOK PAGE EASTER EGGS.
I used this cute little bunny to make the place cards. You can find the image to download HERE.
Here’s what you will need…
- Bunny Template
- Cardstock and Printer
- Old Book Pages
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- Ribbon
- Napkins
- Download and print the bunny template. Adjust it for the size of the place card you want. Cut it out.
- I chose to create the bunny place card on a page of an old book. Here’s how I made the book page to be sturdy enough to work as a place card. I sprayed the back of the book page with a spray glue and then stuck it to white cardstock. Then I put the cut out template on the book page and trace around the template with a pencil. Cut ou the book page bunny.
- Write the name of each person on the front of the place card. I wrote the names with a black marker. Punch a hole on either side of the bunny, as shown above. Thread the ribbon from the back of the bunny to the front on one side.
- Put the bunny place card on top of the napkin and bring the ribbon around the back of the napkin and thread the ribbon through the other hole from the back to the front. Cut the ends of the ribbon.
You can make the place cards using fabric, wrapping paper and other colorful paper too!
One last tip… be careful to trace and cut out the bunny with the book page right-side up. After about 20 bunnies, the one I chose to use for to photograph was upside-down! Ooops! Life happens! So he’s a “funny” bunny!
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Loving your bunny place card…going to use some gift wrap I have that will work perfectly for Easter. Thank you for sharing it. =)
I absolutely love your bunny place card. Since I have so much black in my decor, I am always looking for ideas that work well with black and white and your text eggs and bunny place cards are perfect for me. Pinned it!
I simply love this cute, yet brilliant ides. Thank you so much for sharing it.
I just looooove these cute little bunnies and can’t wait to make them for my Easter brunch table scape!
Love your decor and inspiration! Thank you !
Yes, Iām doing the rabbit place card. All that crazy Easter stuff is nice when you have little children. Iām looking for a more grown up look now. Thanks!
Though after Easter, you inspired me for Easter 2018!
So cute!
What a cute ideas, LOVE the colors!
Well, first of all I want to see the whole table!!!! Second, I have been SEARCHING for new green dishes, will you please share the brand and name of yours? These bunny placecards are ADORABLE!!! I want to make them for Easter. Thanks for the inspiration and tutorial! XOXO
This is such a cute and simple idea! Thanks!
Thanks for the idea to move away from pastels for Easter! The vintage book page pairs well with the bold check ribbon.
I LOVE the bunny place card idea!! So clever and such a pretty addition to any Easter Table! I’ve already pinned it to use on my Easter table!
Love the lime green, black and white combo! Gorgeous!
Love the pop of color from the black ribbon!!!
Simple design, easy do and getting ready to add to my table. Thanks again for a great idea.
Bunny place setting is super cute. I am out of room for storage of seasonal things.
Love your site. My kitchen shall be a small version of your great look.
You always have the best ideas! Thank you for keeping them coming!
How fun!!! I think your eggs are so fun too. I’m in the mood to do a couple simple crafts. The eggs and bunnies will be a great project. . I definitely have old books!!!
I think you’re right about buying up lots of holiday decorations and then finding a place to store them.
LOVE IT! A good project for my teen grandgirl and I! You are the leader of the pack!
The lady in front of you at the decor store (with her bounty) was me years ago..Lol! My view today is, less is more always fresh and charming, the take down and storage is no longer a dreaded chore. Your table setting makes a pretty fresh statement of color and theme as always. Have a wonderful dayš
Going to have to show my little granddaughter this as she always makes place cards for everyone. she will love it!
How clever..Bunny cards! Great idea, thank you!
These are sooo cute!! I love all your spring and Easter Ideas!!! Thanks Yvonne!!
Love, love, love the bunny place card and the black and white with the spring green! My name is Lisa so I wish you lived close enough to me for that to be my place at the table.
You amaze me Yvonne, you make the cutest vignettes on place settings or anywhere in your home and it looks spectacular! I am not a formal place setting type of gal but I love the way you use colors in such a way that it POPS every time! You have such a knack to work with patterns and colors that makes it work. Maybe one day I can see through your vision.
Cute as a bunny! A tables cape to catch everyone’s eye. Beautiful as always.
Cute! That’s a handstand bunny, so you can read it.
I love Easter and everything about it…love all you do.
Well, these are cute as the dickens! And the ribbon sends them over the top! Can see them as a garland as well. Thank you!
Occurs to me that with an exacto knife to cut through each page of an old book, I can make a treasures box from the book that’s left behind, and still have plenty of bunny cut-outs to use.
Love the bunny card holders, going to try them, keep the ideas comingš
What a brilliant idea! I love this and kids would surely love it too…it’s amazing how the most simple things can have such a big impact, I love these!
Love those bunnies! Good luck on the entry!
I think I like the bunny done in black, as if a silhouette the best. I’ll have to think what dishes I have and see if I can put together a place setting where this looks attractive on it.
As always, so adorable! Love bunnies!!
On another note…I think I have asked you in the past about your black and white stripped pitcher. You said you got it at the dollar spot at Target. I too have that one, but was looking for a larger one. I have a red and white and yellow and white larger pitcher, but could not fine a black and white. I stalked and stalked web sites and manufacturers, to no avail. Found other colors, but no black and white. Went to our local Home Goods the other day, and there it was!!! Not only one, but two and on sale!!! Yup, bought both of them!! Happy person here…after looking for almost a year!! Also found other co-ordinating pieces in stripes and polka dots!!
Absolutely in love with your home!! Keeps me inspired!!
I never tire of your green with black and white color combination!
It is too cute. Can’t wait to make them. Thank you so much!!!!
Donna
What a fun idea with the bunny place cards. I will put my granddaughters in charge of cutting out for our Easter meal. Thank you for your continual ideas.
These bunny place cards are too cute!!! I love that this is an easy project to make. Thank you!
What a great idea and easy to make. Thanks
Love that idea!
Simple and adorable. So pretty and cohesive with the book page eggs.
Too funny about the upside-down. I did not notice. Your funny bunny is perfectly perfect!
I especially love the bunny place cards. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas.
What an inspiration for name card and napkin presentation.
Yvonne, I love this place card, so easy yet it adds so much fun and style to the Easter table! I keep all my Easter decor in one bin, and that is mostly for outdoors where our annual egg hunt happens, so fun touches like this are always my “go to’s. Thank you for sharing this cute bunny. It is such a joy to be on this Easter Entertaining tour with you. Xoxo Lidy
Such a cute idea.The black,white and lime green says spring.
I like using what you have because I have minimal storage in
my house.
I love this place setting! The black and white with green and of course, the sweet little bunny! Perfect combination!
LOVE these – thanks for sharing.
What a cute place setting! I adore the color combination! Happy Easter!
I agree with your idea of finding simple ways to decorate for Easter that doesn’t require a lot of storage. The book page bunny is such a sweet accent to your table, and would make a cute Easter gift tag as well.
Yvonne, I just had to laugh at your opening story, because I would be thinking the same thing!! Love the bunny place cards and I also love your book page eggs!! They’re elegant while maintaining a holiday feel and look wonderful on your table!
Love it and will make them!
Haha I was thinking the same thing as you described all the stuff the lady had in line,
Almost everything I buy Im thinking about storage.
So cute and simple. You always come up with the best ideas for so little dollars. Enjoy the day.
The colors are so REFRESHING!! How apropos that you chose to feature a bunny as your placecard. YOU are the quintessential Eveready bunny, Yvonne!
More than a fine line separates a nod-to-the-season decor and craft-store-threw up-in-my-living-room decorations. Maybe the fellow shoppe was hosting a school party. I, too, wonder where people store all that holiday stuff all year.
What a neat and simple idea! And the black and white ribbon/dishes…perfect!
I started to collect Royal Stanford black and white checked dishes but suddenly couldn’t find more…do you have a source! But to the point…book pages, bunnies and any color gingham just rang all my bells!!!
Many thanks!!
I love the green, black, and white! Your book page bunny is adorable!
Another cute book print idea! Love the covered eggs and now this cute little bunny holding a napkin. I have projects ahead! Thanks as always! xx-hb
This place card is so easy to do and looks so elegant. All the Easter ideas have been so inspiring and I can’t wait to set the table!
I like this cute idea a lot! It can be as fancy or as simple as you want to go. Thank you again for an idea I would never have thought of !!
Thank you for sharing this cute idea. Yesterday you sent two emails to vote and I think I deleted the second one and was unable to vote. I tried to email you but I keep getting this message, error for site owner invalid stoken. I wanted to vote for you but not sure what I need to do.
Love the idea of using what you have! Storing all the holiday decor can be a real problem. The table is beautifully set, yet, with the exception of the egg cups, everything can be used throughout the year.
Where did you find the hot pink napkins? In the Lancaster area? HELP!!!!
What a darling bunny and a beautiful place setting. Like the greens.
What a cute idea! I love to decorate a pretty table for my family and friends at Easter – I just might give this a try!
Such an adorable idea. Love it.
Such good ideas and easy! Thank you!
I think this project is one my granddaughters and I would enjoy doing together. Thanks for the inspiration.
So cute….and they look great with the book page eggs! I like your idea of not going overboard for Easter decorations. If I put any more storage boxes of seasonal decorations in my basement there won’t be any room to walk around!
So cute! Thank you for sharing such a fun and easy craft idea!
So adorable and SO simple. I love any and all book page art!