Lop Rabbit

General info

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  • Cute and affordable DIY rabbit craft
  • You can also make an upright-eared rabbit with the same method
  • Can be used as soap for bathing or washing (remove the nail polish)
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

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  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Paring knife
  • Toothpick
  • Cutting board
  • Lop Rabbit Template (download here )
  • Nail polish

Soap info

Rice bran soap

Used in tutorial

rice bran soap
  • Available
  • Soap Max brand
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.2 cm (2") x 2.7 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 100 g (3.5 oz)

Natural sakura soap

natural sakura soap
  • Not available
  • Cherry blossom scented
  • Diameter: 7 cm (2-3/4")
  • Thickness: 2.7 cm (1/1/8")
  • Weight: 100g (3.35 oz)

Floral mild soap

white soap
  • Available
  • White colour
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

1. First, smooth the top of your soap with a knife.
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2. Trace the rabbit template onto your soap.
step 2
3. Lightly cut along the outline with a knife point.
step 3
4. Roughly cut out the shape of the rabbit.
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5. Flip over the soap and trace the rabbit template onto the side.
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6. Repeat steps 3 for other side.
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7. Cut out the shape of the rabbit along the outline.
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8. Cut off the excess soap.
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9. Cut the soap along the outline of the ear with the carving knife.
Then cut off the soap.
step 9
10. Do the same on the foot and the tail.
step 10
11. Round the edges of the rabbit.
step 11
12. Flip over and repeat steps 9-11 on the other side.
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13. Cut off the top part of the head from both sides.
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14. Draw the eye and carve it. Shape the eye into a tiny dome shape.
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15. Flip over the soap and repeat previous step on the other side.
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16. Draw the nose with a toothpick and carve it.
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17. Make a cut between the ear and the foreleg. Lightly bend off the ear with your knife blade.
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18. Repeat the previous step on the other side.
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19. Cut off the excess soap between the ears.
step 19
20. Round the edges of the ears.
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21. Shape the muzzle.
step 21
22. Carve the forelegs.
step 22
23. Shape the tail.
step 23
24. Paint the eyes with nail polish. Done!
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