How To Decorate an Easter Basket
Simple and Stylish Easter Baskets that you can do yourself in less than 30 Minutes! A friend of mine recently ordered two Easter Baskets with her kid’s names embroidered on them! They were cute, but not for $40.00 a piece, but it did give me a great idea on how to make my own at a fraction of the price! Not only are mine cuter than the ones that she purchased, but they totaled a whopping $12.00 for all the material and I had extra materials and crafts left to use for future occasions!
First, find a basket with a cloth lining inside and make sure it has a handle on it to decorate, you don’t necessarily need the handle, but it looks great an allows for easy carrying. Next you will need a spool of ribbon that is an inch in width (big enough for you to glue letters on, so the bigger you buy the letters, the wider your ribbon will need to be), and when you buy the spool it’s about three yards. You will also need to purchase some pre-cut flowers or Easter themed small cut outs that are made of material, you can also add rhinestones for a more “bedazzled” look. The two baskets I made were for girls, so I also purchased a small spool of ribbon with flowers on it, but if it’s for a boy, you can do a solid color or Easter themed. You will need to purchase a pack of sparkly letters or cute cut letters, depending on if it’s a boy or girl. Lastly, you will also need to have a glue gun, glue sticks, and scissors for cutting.
Once you have all of your material, you are ready to begin. to start, you can heat up your glue gun and begin with the thin ribbon with the flowers on it, Easter themed ribbon, or solid color ribbon. All you do is weave the ribbon throughout the bottom of the basket. Do this all around the entire bottom of basket, you can do it as many times as you want, depending on the size of the basket. Next you can start to glue all of your pre-cut flowers onto the outer and inner lining of the basket. All you really need to do is put the flowers/rhinestones/decorations the outer lining that is showing, but it’s pretty if you do the inside and if you have enough flowers. Next, take your thick one inch ribbon and wrapped the handle(s) of the basket. Make sure you have enough ribbon left for a big bow. Once you have wrapped the handle, make a bow on the handle, leaving enough ribbon to hang over the basket. Now that you have your bow and enough ribbon hanging from the bottom of the bow, you can glue the letter on. You can add any extra flowers, rhinestones, or other decorations that you may have. If it’s for a boy, an Easter theme may be more appropriate, such as eggs, bunnies, candy. Add up your total cost and sit back, smile, and watch your kids love this basket that they can use over and over for the Easter Bunny to fill up! Remember, the bigger the basket, the better, wink wink.
