Make Fun Mini Easter Baskets for Gifts or table favors. These easy homemade Easter baskets are small, fast, and use materials you have at home. Fill the basket with goodies and give away!
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Cute Craft Alert: Miniature Easter Baskets!
These tiny Easter baskets are just so cute. You can use the baskets to hold so many items. Add a couple Peeps, a few pieces of candy, a piece of jewelry, a small toy, or a special note. What a cute table favor for the Easter table decorations!
You can make a mini basket in minutes from cardstock. So you could make a bunch for teachers, classmates, or people at work or church.
How about taking them to a senior center or leaving one in the mailbox for the mailperson? Follow the step by step tutorial to whip up this craft for kids in no time. Download and print out the free pattern to make it even easier!
Supplies
You don’t need much to bring these cute Easter mini baskets to life!
- Free Pattern- Fun Mini Easter Baskets Free Printable Pattern
- Cardstock paper- Use cardstock in any color or design to make your mini Easter baskets.
- Other supplies- Tacky glue, scissors
- Filler- Fill the baskets with Easter grass and candy eggs or small gifts.
Steps by Step Instructions
Copy the Mini Easter Baskets Free pattern off on paper. Here is the link to the pattern: Fun Mini Easter Baskets Free Printable Pattern
For basket #1 (small 2-inch by 2-inch size) cut on the outline with 9 inner squares. For basket #2 (small 2-inch by 4-inch size) cut out the rectangle of 12 inner squares. The pattern has markings to make this clear.
Use this pattern to draw around on the cardstock paper of your choice. Cut along the drawn line.
Use the pattern to fold the paper up along the dotted fold lines. Press the creases well then lay the paper out flat again.
For basket #1 or #2 clip the two lines on either end of the paper as shown on the pattern.
For basket #1 or #2. From the flaps made from these cuts, fold the inner one inward. Fold the outer two up over the inner one and glue onto that center flap.
Basket #1 will be a 2x2x2-inch basket. Basket #2 will be a 2x4x2-inch basket.
Fill with Easter grass, candy eggs, or small gifts.
The full length video tutorial is found at this link: Fun Mini Easter Baskets for Gifts Tutorial
Craft Tips
- Pattern for folding- Place the pattern on top of the cut to shape cardboard. Turn it over and then fuld up on the pattern lines. This will fold the pattern and cardstock at the same time.
- Tacky Glue- Tacky Glue seems to dry faster and make the gluing easier as a result.
- Binder Clips- Use binder clips to hold the ends of the basket of the handle ends in place as the glue dries.
Craft Variations
Want to switch things up? Here are a few ways you can customize and play with this craft.
- Open shaped basket- Instead of folding in the two flaps over the end flap, only fold them in part way. The ends of the basket will make a mountain shaped edge. The top edge of the basket will be slightly larger as a result.
- Change the size- You can measure and draw 3x3” squares and make a 3x3x3-inch basket. Use your math skills and make various basket sizes.
- More Easter baskets!- If you want to switch up your Easter baskets and try some others, give these Easter carrot baskets a try! Or you can weave your own basket from newspaper with another tutorial.
FAQ
Yes, you can make easy mini Easter baskets for kids with this tutorial. You will copy the pattern, cut it out and draw around if on cardstock paper. Cut this out and fold up the two ends, gluing the flaps in place. Cut out the handle and glue it in place. There are two options of sizes on the pattern, both make cute tiny Easter baskets.
This is one way to make easy homemade easter baskets for kids. Use cardstock paper and cut it to size using the free pattern. Fold the end flaps up and glue in place to make the small basket. Glue on a handle. Fill with goodies and give it away.
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Fun Mini Easter Baskets for Gifts
Equipment
- none needed
Items Required
Instructions
- Copy the Mini Easter Baskets Free pattern off on paper. Here is the link to the pattern: Fun Mini Easter Baskets Free Printable PatternFor basket #1 (small 2-inch by 2-inch size) cut on the outline with 9 inner squares. For basket #2 (small 2-inch by 4-inch size) cut out the rectangle of 12 inner squares. The pattern has markings to make this clear.
- Use this pattern to draw around on the cardstock paper of your choice. Cut along the drawn line.Use the pattern to fold the paper up along the dotted fold lines. Press the creases well then lay the paper out flat again.For basket #1 or #2 clip the two lines on either end of the paper as shown on the pattern.For basket #1 or #2. From the flaps made from these cuts, fold the inner one inward. Fold the outer two up over the inner one and glue onto that center flap.Basket #1 will be a 2x2x2-inch basket. Basket #2 will be a 2x4x2-inch basket.
- Fill with Easter grass, candy eggs, or small gifts.
Elizabeth Brandt says
Do you have a book with all your crafts for each season?
Shelly (aka- Nana) says
As of right now I do not. I have just been brainstorming on making some books for various holidays or using various materials. Thank you for asking and for encouraging me in that direction.