DIY Bunny Costume
A bunny needs the back of the costume as much as the front. Ears up top, a cottontail behind, and a pink nose with a few whiskers in between. All of it goes over white or grey clothes you already own.
Ears and tail usually ship as one set for about ten dollars, and that set is the entire costume budget. The face is paint, and a pink and a black liner out of your own drawer will cover it.
What you need
White or grey clothes, bunny ears, and a cottontail.
- Effort: Easy
- Cost: ~$10
- Time: 10 min
What to buy
The ears and tail
Amazon Our pick
U-Goforst Bunny Ears Headband and Tail · See current price at Amazon
Ears and a clip-on cottontail together make this the only set here that dresses the back of the costume as well as the front.
Long plush ears on a covered band, and the tail clips to a waistband. Sold by the brand's own Amazon storefront and shipped by Amazon.
If you want ears you can pose, or ears from a store rather than a box, both are below.
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The makeup
A bunny face is a white muzzle, a pink nose, and whiskers: three colors, four marks.
Amazon Our pick
Snazaroo Face Paint Palette Kit, Rainbow · See current price at Amazon
A bunny needs white and pink which a single black liner cannot give you. The rainbow palette carries both, plus the black for whiskers.
Water-based, so it lifts off with soap and water. Sold and shipped by Amazon.
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How to put it together
- Dress in white or grey. A white or grey top and bottoms, a hoodie, or a single soft dress: whatever you own in one pale color. Grey gives you a wild rabbit and white a storybook one, and both work.
- Set the ears. Push the headband an inch or two back from your hairline so the ears rise instead of tipping forward. If the pair you bought has wire in it, bend both ears upright, then fold one over at the tip. That single folded ear is what keeps the look from being a plain headband.
- Block in the muzzle. Paint a rounded patch of white over your top lip and the end of your nose, out to about the width of your mouth. This is the mark that separates a bunny from every other animal face, so give it real coverage rather than a thin wash.
- Pink the nose and split the lip. Fill the very tip of your nose pink in a soft upside-down triangle, then run one thin black line straight down from the point of it into your top lip. That line is what turns a pink dot into a muzzle.
- Whiskers, dots, and two front teeth. Three black whiskers each side, a few dots above them, and two small white rectangles just under the lip line for teeth. The teeth are optional, and they are also the part people notice.
Make it your own
- For a kid
- Skip the palette and use a skin-safe washable marker for the nose and whiskers. A bunny survives a rubbed face better than most looks, because a smudged white muzzle still looks like fur.
- For two
- Bunnies pair without matching. One in white and one in grey, one with both ears up and one with an ear folded over, and you get a pair instead of the same costume twice.
- To level it up
- A grey or white faux-fur jacket, a fluffy scarf at the collar, or paws drawn onto grey gloves. Dust a little grey shadow along the outside of the muzzle and the flat white turns into fur.
Best if you own something white or grey and would rather spend ten dollars once than assemble a costume from parts.
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Prices checked September 3, 2026. Stores set their own prices and may change them. The “See it at” links go to the live listing.