These inexpensive Easter basket crafts are perfect for little hands and short attention spans.

Strawberry Basket

This basket is fun to make and builds coordination, too.

Materials needed:

• strawberry basket with handle
• construction paper 
• scissors
• tape
• ribbon

1. Cut the construction paper into strips as wide as the basket holes.
2. Weave the paper in and out of the holes, securing one piece to the next with tape.
3. Add a ribbon or bow to the top of the handle, and voila! Your basket is done!

 

Construction Paper Basket

Perhaps the most reminiscent basket of childhood is the construction paper basket. All you need are two complementary colors of paper along with some patient cutting, weaving and stapling.

Materials needed:

• construction paper 
• scissors
• stapler

1. Cut the construction paper into 1-inch strips. Make the cuts as consistent as possible.
2. Lay 10 strips of one color (pink) side by side on a flat surface.
3. Use 10 strips of the other color (white) to weave under and over the first set of strips, leaving 1 inch unwoven on each of four sides.
4. Now you have a flat (pink & white) checked mat.
5. Gather together the end strips of one (pink) side and staple. Repeat for the remaining three sides.
6. Staple another (pink) strip of paper to form a handle between two opposite (white) sides, and a strip of the other color (white) to join the remaining (pink) sides.
7. With one final strip, create a paper bow and staple to the top of the two handles to secure them.

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