Easter basket Click image to enlarge Designed by: Lisa Falduto This year why not have your child create their very own Easter basket that they can leave in a special spot for the Easter bunny to fill to the brim for them? The Easter bunny can even hide their basket so they can find it on their own. Or better yet the Easter bunny can hide eggs everywhere sending your child on an Easter egg hunt! They carry the basket the made along with them and fill it up with plastic eggs full of Easter treasure! If you don't know any children then you can make these yourself and donate them to a shelter or other charitable organization that will make sure they get to children in your community who otherwise may not receive an Easter basket. Just think of the possibilities... I believe that crafting is a fun way to spend time with your child, while teaching them valuable skills in the process. Kids are often overwhelmed by academics and need time to use their brains in different ways to become creative and critical thinkers. By offering your child plenty of creative time they gain this skill. Sometimes it is fun just to hand them a pile of materials and let them create whatever comes to mind! There are so many inexpensive ways to craft with your child. For this Easter basket I spend $1.00 on this oval bucket at a dollar store. you could use a variety of things from an ice cream pail, a shoe box, or whatever else will make for a cute basket! The other items I used were all things I already had at home for my own crafting purposes. Difficulty rating
Instructions (Print version) 1. First cut strips of Li'l Davis Little One Special Delivery patterned paper to fit around your pail. The size you cut will vary based on what size and shape pail you are using. Since I had an oval container I needed to cut my strips on a curve using my Fiskars Classic No. 8 Scissors.  3. Next we will use the Fiskars Ultra Shapexpress and the Fiskars Flower Template to create some ears for our bunny basket. Place the cardstock and template on your Fiskars 18"x24" mat and cut two ears out of white cardstock using the single petal shape.  5. Attach 2 wiggly eyes using your Fiskars Fingertip Craft Tweezers right under the bunny ears you just attached. 6. Using your Fiskars My Funny Valentine L squeeze punch create a nose out of pink cardstock for your Bunny Basket.  9. Attach a tail to the back of your basket either using cotton balls or some polyester fiberfill with liquid glue.
Supplies 94667097 Fiskars Classic No. 8 Scissors 48007097 Fiskars Ultra Shapexpress 48677097 Fiskars Flower template 12-83717097 18 x 24 inch mat 01-002353 Fiskars Fingertip Craft Tweezers 01-003777 Fiskars My Funny Valentine L squeeze punch 12-99087097 Fiskars 12" Portable rotary trimmer Other: Cotton balls or poly fiberfill, wiggle eyes, black marker, pink glitter, blue, pink and white cardstock. |
