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Homemade Easter Baskets


Bronze Craft Medal for All Time! 52 Crafts
March 25, 2011

I love to recycle and find myself staring at items I use on a constant basis, thinking, "What can I create with this?" Not only does it save space in the land fills, I don't have to empty the garbage as often! One of my most used items is Kleenex and I came up with this idea for my grandson on Easter. Bunny bean bag game or Easter basket.

 

Approximate Time: 1-2 hours approx.

Supplies:

Instructions:

  1. Cut off top of Kleenex box and cover with tape. This will make project more substantial and last a longer time.

  2. Use the box for a template and cut out all four sides from felt, allowing a slight overlap on all pieces and cut even to box at bottom. Remember, you want extra at sides and top. Gluing felt sides onto bunny box.
     

  3. Cover one side at a time with glue. Then, cover with felt pieces. Bring corners together and hand stitch to make seams. Do not glue felt overlaps at top sides yet. Sewing felt sides.
     

  4. Cut square from cardboard box for base and glue to bottom of box on the outside.

  5. To make the strap, cut a strip from posterboard and two strips of felt to cover, allowing extra on all sides. Glue handle between felt and hand stitch all sides. Poke a hole on each side of box and both ends of handle and use paper fasteners to attach. Lay a piece of tape over fastener prongs on inside.

  6. Glue down top flaps of felt on all four sides.

  7. I used dried split peas for my game, but any dried bean or rice will work.

  8. Cut out square from discarded box that will fit inside basket at bottom. Pour a level amount of beans in and glue down square of cardboard over. This will keep box upright for game.

  9. Cut rabbit face from cardboard box. I used an xacto knife so cardboard would not bend during cutting. Pattern for bunny face.
     

  10. Paint face pink, giving two coats, if needed. I covered mine with a coat of jigsaw puzzle saver so the paint would endure kid's usage. It also gives it a nice shine.

  11. Cut ears from foam and draw lines with black marker. Pattern for bunny.
     

  12. Glue or stitch paws, carrot, and feet on. I did both. It's quite easy to stitch through the box. Parts of bunny basket after painting.
     

  13. Glue on cheeks and lay whiskers on top. Glue nose on top of whiskers. Make cheek spots with marker. Glue on eyes and felt flower, if desired.

  14. Glue face inside box. Completed basket and head, not yet attached.
     

  15. Handle is movable by using paper fasteners and can be pushed down while playing game.

  16. Cut egg shapes from felt using different colors for each set for each player. I made mine for two players, making 3 eggs for each. I cut numbers from felt and stitched one on each egg so they can keep score. Felt bean bag eggs.
     

  17. Stitch eggs closed, leaving small area open. Fill with beans and finish stitching closed.

How to Play

Kids take turns trying to toss the eggs into the bunny basket. Make up your own rules for the scoring system.

Note: You can omit the eggs and just make the basket. Fill with goodies for a great Easter gift!

By Mary from Palm Coast, FL

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Questions

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January 20, 2013

Example of bunny basket.I am looking for directions on how to make an Easter basket like one I received as a child in the 60s. (something similar to the attached photo of a pinkytoast basket) My mother made it out of a bleach bottle and it had a hole cut in the front or back.

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The "fur" was made from colored plastic attached to the bottle with pipe cleaners. It was fluffed up like a pom-pom. I got a pink bunny and my brother got a yellow duck. I would like to make some for my grandchildren. Any ideas?Side view of baskets.
 

By Cindy S

Answers

Anonymous
March 29, 20130 found this helpful

Supplies: Hot glue gun and glue sticks, Bleach bottle or any strong plastic bottle, Styrofoam ball (large), Bunny ear headband, Doll face or rabbit face (very hard to find I am using my originals from the 60s), Pipe cleaners cut into 1 inch pieces, a few rolls of cellophane wrapping paper cut into 2X3 inch squares, 1 inch pompoms, 3 inch pompom for tail, accessories to decorate with flowers, birds etc.

Directions: first cut the hole in the bottle where you want the opening, then Hot glue the Styrofoam ball firmly to the top pressing down. Glue on headband, glue on face, Take each square of cellophane and fold it like a bowtie then take a pipe cleaner and twist it in the middle of cellophane.

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After you have your cellophane pieces ready begin gluing them into the Styrofoam head or you can use the pompoms for the head, Then glue the cellophane pieces directly to the bottle. After all cellophane is glued in place you can take scissors and trim cellophane to look nice. I hope this helps.

 
Anonymous
February 7, 20160 found this helpful

I had one as well and have made them too....if you go to Amazon and search "vintage craft bunny faces" it should come up....I plan to make these for Spring craft show....

 
February 7, 20160 found this helpful

I had one as well and have made them too....if you go to Amazon and search "vintage craft bunny faces" it should come up....I plan to make these for Spring craft show....

 
Anonymous
February 13, 20160 found this helpful

I was looking for these instructions for ever. How much cellophane do it take to make these

 
April 4, 20220 found this helpful

My Grand-Moma made Easter Bunnies from a Clorox Jug.
The material are as followed:
(1.)Empty Clorox Jug (2.)Cotton Balls (3.)Glue (4.)Pink Velcro for the ears (5.)Plastic 's

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(6.) Scissors to cut a hole above the handle. (7.)imitation grass (8.)plasticeggs
Hmmm, I regret not inheriting her crafty skills but I will always cherish Family Legacies

 
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February 6, 2015

Has anyone found where you can buy the faces for the old fashioned Clorox bottle bunnies?

By Debbie B

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Anonymous
June 18, 20180 found this helpful

Hi...when I was an arts and crafts counselor years ago, we used markers construction paper on year, but another year someone donated faces like these (see eBay auction) link and they worked.

www.ebay.com/.../153019594651?hash=item23a0adb79b...

Any time I want old-timey items like this...my first line is the flea market, second it Etsy and third is eBay. Inevitablely someone is selling exactly what I need!

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Hope you find what you need!!

 
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March 2, 2010

I am looking for ideas for Easter hats for boys and girls and baskets.

By kerine wattley from Trinidad and Tobago

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April 27, 2009

I designed this Easter Basket for my 1 year old granddaughter. I drew a bunny on both sides by hand, with beads for eggs under him. Then I put a pom pom tail on the end. I spelled her name out on the handle, with more egg beads.

 
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