These homemade Easter baskets make a great DIY addition to your Easter decor! It’s such a cute craft for spring, and the weaving is great for helping kids with their fine motor skills.
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Helpful Tip:
If you know your baskets will be handled a lot (particularly by children), you may want to secure the yarn, ribbon and handle with hot glue from a glue gun instead of glue tape. If the baskets are just sitting on a table and won’t be handled, the glue tape works perfectly fine.
What size cup is used to make these mini Easter baskets?
We used two different size paper party cups to make these DIY Easter baskets. Most of the baskets are made with a 12 ounce cup (4 inches tall, 3-1/2 inch diameter at the top). We also made a fewer smaller baskets with a 9 ounce cup (3-1/2 inches tall, 3 inch diameter at the top).
Can you lift these baskets by the handle?
If you want people to be able to pick them up by the handle, you’ll need to secure the ends with hot glue. Even then, the baskets aren’t that strong, so you may want to encourage people to hold them from the bottom. We didn’t glue our handles onto the baskets, so they came right out whenever someone tried to pick them up by the handle.
How should I fill these Easter baskets?
You can fill your baskets with chocolate eggs, Easter candy, or other non-candy treats (erasers, fidget toys, small figurines, etc). The cups fit a surprising amount of chocolate eggs. If you don’t want to fill the entire cup with eggs, we recommend filling half of it with Easter grass.
What type of yarn is best for making this Easter basket craft?
We recommend using standard to medium weight yarn so you get good yarn coverage as you weave around the cup. We used Craft Smart yarn from Michaels, which is a medium weight yarn. Chunky yarn is too thick to weave in and out of the paper strips. However, thin twine would work nicely for these baskets and would even give them a traditional “basket” colour and texture.
How else can I decorate my DIY Easter basket?
Glue on some ribbon rosettes, paper flowers, or silk flowers to add a pretty spring touch to your woven basket. You could also use an Easter themed ribbon with cute bunnies or Easter eggs on it!
We love how simple it is to make these mini Easter baskets. It’s so satisfying to create your own DIY Easter basket, and they look so cute filled with Easter grass and chocolate eggs!
Here’s even more Easter craft ideas:
Pom Pom Bunny
Peek-a-boo Clothespin Eggs
Yarn Carrot Craft
Lolly Pop Bunnies Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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