How to Make your Easter Basket

This sweet little Easter Basket is featured in the 2023 Easter Craft Kit but we know that you will love it so much that it is offered as a FREE download too

You will need:

Easter Basket Template - DOWNLOAD THE EASTER BASKET TEMPLATE HERE

Natural Eco Paints

Eco Crayons

Scissors

PVA glue

Paint brush

1. Decorate the basket and handle using Natural Eco Paints and Eco Crayons. Kids might like to use Eco Crayons to draw pictures on the basket first, and then paint the basket. If they would like the inside of the basket decorated too then flip the page over and get them to paint both sides.

2. Cut around the outside of the octagonal shape.

IDEA - you can talk to your kids about what an octagon is, count the 8 sides together, talk about octo- and what it means, ask questions about what animals have 8 legs for example, spiders and octopus

3. Cut out the handle.

4. Cut out the small triangles in between each of the sides.

5. Fold the dotted flaps internally on the basket and backward on the handle.

6. Apply glue to the basket flaps and press firmly, sticking them on the inside of the the basket sides. Do the same with the handle and stick it on the inside of the basket.

TIP: we use FSC approved 160GSM paper and then stuck compostable tape over the handle and where it connected to the basket because it gives the basket more structural integrity.

7. Play, hunt, explore and have a an egg-cellent Easter

Children will need the help of an adult with this activity, especially cutting and pasting.

EASTER CRAFT IDEAS and ACTIVITIES

These Easter Egg templates are so versatile - you can decorate them in any way you like and use them for an egg hunt, an Easter shop, as gift tags, to make an Easter wreath or as beautiful decorations for an Easter tree.

Easter Egg Template - 8 Eggs: FREE DOWNLOAD

Easter Egg Template - 9 Eggs FREE DOWNLOAD