Saturday, April 4, 2026

“Bunnychella” Hops Into Altadena Saturday

Attendees of all ages are invited to create bunnies Saturday to help rebuild the collection destroyed in the Eaton Fire

The Bunny Museum plans to host a free clay-sculpting event Saturday at the fire-damaged Altadena site where more than 60,000 bunny-themed artifacts were destroyed during the January 2025 Eaton Fire.

The event, listed as “Clay Bunnychella” on a community calendar, is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2605 Lake Ave., according to the listing. Attendees of all ages and skill levels are invited to sculpt clay bunnies and donate them to help rebuild the nonprofit museum’s collection. The event is free.

The Eaton Fire swept through Altadena on January 7 and 8, 2025, destroying more than 9,400 structures and killing 19 people across 14,021 acres, according to Cal Fire. The Bunny Museum was among the last buildings in the area to burn, according to prior Pasadena Now reporting.

“We stayed up all night with a garden hose saving the museum and the apartment building to the north of the museum,” co-founder Candace Frazee said, according to Pasadena Now.

The museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit co-founded by Frazee and her husband Steve Lubanski, once held the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest collection of bunny items, according to Guinness World Records. The couple started exchanging bunny-themed gifts on Valentine’s Day 1993, according to Guinness, and opened the museum to the public in 1998 at their Pasadena home before relocating to Altadena in 2017.

“It took me and my wife almost 40 years to put it together,” Lubanski said in a February 2025 interview with Hyperallergic.

Since the fire, donors from around the world have sent more than 33,000 replacement items, according to prior Pasadena Now reporting. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers salvaged more than 1,000 damaged artifacts from the debris during site clearing, according to Pasadena Now.

“The Bunny Museum was a museum for the community. A love story shared,” Frazee said in a January 2026 interview with Pasadena Weekly. “Now The Bunny Museum has become the community’s museum. From a love story to a loved story.”

An architect has been hired and soil has been tested for new construction, according to Pasadena Weekly. The rebuilt museum is planned to include a fire-resistant steel structure, a permanent Eaton Fire memorial gallery, and rotating community galleries, according to Pasadena Now. The museum aims to reopen by 2028, its 30th anniversary, according to Pasadena Now.

Saturday’s event would mark another step in the museum’s shift from a private curated collection to a community-built repository. Information is available at thebunnymuseum.com.

“The Bunny Museum will always be joyous because it is about love,” Frazee said in a February 2026 interview with Pasadena Now.