This DIY paper weaving Easter basket craft makes adorable paper baskets that are perfect for decoration or small gifts. It is a fun Easter craft for kids too!
Course Craft
Cuisine Don't eat!
Author Sarah
Ingredients
Brown paper - from brown paper bag
Colored craft paper
Scissors
Craft Glue
Pencil
Template
Chocolate or Candy
Instructions
Cut brown paper bag into strips of 3 cm wide and as long as it can be. To create mini basket you can use the template pattern. Fold the width of the strips 3 times, thus creating 1 cm wide strips. You'll need an even number of strips to make this basket, we'll be using 8 strips for this project.
Layout 4 strips vertically and weave the 5th strip horizontally, over and under the 4 strips.
Take the rest of the strips (3 more) and weave over and under the first four strips. If a strip is woven over a strip the strip on the next line should be woven under that strip. Tighten the weave carefully and glue the overlapping strips on each corner to secure the weave. Notice strip 1 and 2 in this step.
Fold up strip over strip 2. This weave will form a corner
Now continue weaving over and under with the strips on both sides of the strip 1 and 2.
Repeat the process for the 3 other sides of the woven pattern to form all 4 corners of the basket.
Now continue upwards by simply weaving over and under.
Find out the weave with the shortest height. Fold the strip inside if there's any amount remaining after weaving or simply glue the strips together to secure the weaving. Here's an inside view of the closed weave.
Bring all the closed end of the weaving to the same height and glue them to secure the weaving.
Trace and cut out the scallop border pattern from the template. Select 4-5 colored craft papers and cut out small square pieces from them. Glue the small square patterns on the scallop border.
Glue the scallop border around the basket. Cut some thin strips of colored craft papers and put them inside the basket and then place the candy or chocolate inside it.