One of my favourite emails to get is the one that goes something like, “I saw this on your blog and made it even better!” Cue the children’s staff at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Back in 2015 I shared my spring bunny scavenger hunt. You’ll want to start there for the original files and instructions. It’s easy peasy mac ‘n cheesy, as my 2-year-old niece would say.
Four years later I shared some updated book character bunnies. The book character bunny universe expanded.
Today we are back with seven new bunnies to add to your scavenger hunt repertoire! Thank you to all the wonderful people at Fairbanks for your creativity and generosity.
Download all the files here.
Happy spring, everyone!
I used this scavenger hunt in mid-april and it was a HUGE success! We had over 500 kiddos take part and it was a blast! Thanks so much for the updated bunnies as I was hoping for a Pikachu and Minecraft bunny lol. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this fantastic passive program.
Wow, 500! It’s so cool to hear about how many kids have found these bunnies.
In March, we used a version of this scavenger hunt for the second year. I remade the bunnies to make them bigger (using yours for inspiration- our room is very large) and added several of my own. We were up to 18 bunnies to find this year, including a Minecraft Creeper, Elephant & Piggie (with Pigeon looking on), Narwhal & Jelly, Super Mario, Scooby Doo, Mr. Shark from the Bad Guys, Greg from Wimpy Kid, and Nate from Big Nate. Scooby Doo was our “mystery” bunny who was not pictured on the scavenger hunt sheet. In addition to the scavenger hunt, I’ve added a “Create Your Own Bunny In Disguise” in our arts & crafts area called the Creation Station. Kids get a bunny (about a half sheet size) and they “disguise” it however they’d like and we hang it for display. This year, I hung over 500 bunnies made by patrons and distributed over 1100 bunny sheets for patrons who made their own at home. Our patrons LOVE it and I love creating new bunnies based on current characters.
18 bunnies?! Holy smokies, Carrie, that is amazing. I am in love with how you took this scavenger hunt and ran with it, making it even more interactive. I feel like this deserves it’s own blog post. If you are interested in writing it up and sharing your files please email me at jbrary@gmail.com. I feel like we need a landing page for all the bunnies now haha.
Hey Lindsey – did you ever get a response from Carrie about a “landing page” for bunnies – re the spring bunny scavenger hunt? I am looking to do another one spring 2025 and would love to see any “new” bunnies out there. Loved baby yoda and minecraft lol
Hi Anita, yes we created the landing page for the Spring Bunny Scavenger Hunt. You can see lots of new examples. Carrie didn’t have the files for the ones created at her library, but you can use them for inspiration.
https://jbrary.com/spring-bunny-scavenger-hunts/
Wonderful thanks Lindsey! I can’t seem to find a good copy of the bunny template so I can create my own bunnies. Do you have a copy? I’m going to try to make them the same size as yours. Thanks for all your help.
If you download the scavenger hunt sheet you can copy the bunny and re-size it in another document. That’s how I did it! Scavenger hunt linked here: https://jbrary.com/spring-scavenger-hunt/
Hey Carrie I love your bunnies you created. Do you have any of them saved as files that you could share? I would love to use them as I have plenty of kiddos who love Dogman, Bad Guys etc. I would like to create one for “Bluey” and may have to try my hand at doing that one. Thanks so much! I looked at the new ones you created and linked on the post by Jbrary and I may try to create those myself. Amazing!
Hi Anita! So glad you loved the bunnies. I don’t really have a “file” per se as I completed them all myself by hand. In most cases, I used text boxes filled with white and put those over the lines/sections of the bunnies that I wanted to block out and either hand-drew or pasted in other black and white images in their place. I then colored them and laminated them. I added more bunnies for 2024- Bluey, Mario, Spongebob, Mr. Shark from Bad Guys, etc. I tried to paste a picture of the board in this reply, but it wouldn’t let me.
If you want to email me directly, I’ll be happy to send you some pictures. I am not sure if I am supposed to post my email in this comment, but if the jbrary folks want to share it with you, that is fine with me.
I can send Anita your email privately, Carrie. If you have the ability to scan paper into a PDF you could try that and send me the PDFs to add to the blog post. You are popular 🙂
Oh that would be wonderful hanks Carrie and Lindsey. I’m on my day off so I just noticed the replies. Sunday I created a template from your bunny sheet Lindsey. And I started to create a bluey bunny. Didn’t finish yet but would love the pics from Carrie if she is willing. Thanks Carrie! Thanks Lindsey!
Hey Lindsay – I have been in contact with Carrie and she shared her files with me – Thanks Carries! but then I got a wild hairy lol and DID A THING! I decided to create my own bunnies using the bunny templates. I used some white out and drew what I wanted. I only did 10 as I wanted the most popular tv/book characters. My grandbaby Ivy gave me the inspiration because she loved Elmo and Bluey lol. Wish I could have done more but that’s for next year. I would like to share the templates and colored bunnies with you if possible. And no worries if you feel these would not be a good fit with the other bunnies already posted. I really got into it with trying to create a good likeness to the characters. I can email you the files if you would like to take a look.
Hi Anita, I would love to see what you created! Feel free to email me. The fact that this post continues to inspire people after so many years just fills my heart with joy 🙂
Great idea!
So cute. I think I’ll try this for a first grade returning class visit. They were really into Spiderman and Roblox and Among Us today!! I think I’ll ask my Story Teen volunteer to create those bunnies. 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
That’s such a good idea! Some kids get really into drawing the costumes on the bunnies. If you ever want to share any new bunny designs please email me at jbrary@gmail.com
I have so much love and respect for you. I can’t wait to do this in our library!
Aww, thanks, Bobbie!
Every since we started putting scavenger hunts around the library they have been a huge success. Its always a treat watching them run around the library (at a save and considerate pace) and asking for clues of where they might be. But I have just one problem:
HOW AM I GOING TO TOP IT?!
I keep trying to think of new and exciting passive programs to have for kids to participate with, but none as smashing a success as our scavenger hunts.
Scavenger hunts are pretty hard to beat. Even I get excited to do them when I run across one somewhere. I wrote a blog post awhile back with other passive program ideas. The obstacle courses might give them a run for their money! https://jbrary.com/self-directed-library-programs/
Hi I just wanted to let you know your about page is giving an error message. “Oops! That page can’t be found.
Thank for everything you do!!!
Hi Inti, I tried it on a few different devices and it is working for me. Maybe it was down for a bit? Should be working now.
jbrary was/is my go-to website when I was doing Storytime, 10 years later I recommend your work to new librarian working with children.
Can’t wait to use these cute bunnies for TK & K classes scavenger hunt to highlight our picture books and characters collection.
Thank you for all your creative work and sharing.
We used your Bunny template and invite kids to decorate their favorite book character or adventure for a raffle prize throughout summer. We LOVE what they turn in and they love seeing their artwork on display.
Lindsey, I can email some pdfs. What email do I send them to?
jbrary@gmail.com – thank you! I can add them into the post for people to print.