BASKET MAKING CRAFTS FOR KIDS : Arts & Crafts Activities & Projects to Make Baskets with Paper, Cloth / Fabric, Empty Containers, Papier Mache & Easy Instructions for Children, Teens, and Preschoolers

If you want to make a basket, you don't have to be an adult to do so. There are many ways of making a basket that aren't as difficult or as advanced as you might think. We will show you a few different easy ways to create your own handmade baskets and then we will show you some other sites on the Internet that will help you even further. I hope that we can help you do what you are seeking to do.

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Below you will find Basket Crafts Projects and Activities for Kids. Make cool homemade baskets with the following childrens' craft activities.

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Clothespin Basket Making Craft

The first basket making craft idea is a Clothespin Basket Project.

Firstly, obtain a piece of wire to form a circle that is large enough to hold 24 clothespins and to provide for an overlapping of the ends to close the circle. Wrap the wire circle with narrow strips of crepe paper until it is thick enough to fit snugly into the clothespins. Fig. I .

Slip the pins around the circle. Fig. 2. To hold them in place around the wire, weave strips of crepe paper, or ribbon in and out among the heads of the clothespins.

Fig. 3. Fasten securely. Then wrap a second piece of wire with crepe paper or ribbon until it is about the thickness of a lead pencil.

Bend the wound wire to form a handle for the basket. Fasten the handle securely to the lower ring of wire and to the heads of 2 clothespins. Fig. 4. Crepe-paper-wrapped-spool-wire makes a good handle fastener. Paint the basket white or brown or blue. Dry thoroughly. Place a glass or small flower pot inside the basket.

Lace Doily Basket Making Idea

Line a lace doily in the manner shown in Fig. I .

Wrap a pipe cleaner with narrow ribbon. Roll .the doily upward and attach ribboned pipe cleaner to make the basket handle. Fig. 2.

Silver or colored foils, such as that used by florists to wrap flower pots, make excellent linings, especially if you wish to fill the basket with flowers, such as, violets or crocuses, which have had their stems wrapped in wads of moistened cotton to keep them from wilting. A nut cup makes an excellent foundation for a flower basket. Cut flower petals from crepe paper. Fig. 3.

Paste on the cup as shown in Fig. 4. Ruffle edges.

Attach a pipe cleaner handle. Fig. 5.

Easter Basket from Berry Container

 

Line a plastic berry basket with a paper lace doily, foil, or Easter grass. Lace ribbon or crepe paper strips in and out of the holes. Fill the basket with candies, cookies, or gifts.

Cut and Fold Paper Envelope Baskets

Materials needed for this craft are One 9 1/2" x 4" envelope, 1 pencil, scissors, Scotch tape, crayons, and flowers. To make this paper envelope basket just seal flap shut and fold envelope in half lengthwise. Cut as indicated by dotted lines above. (Vary the pattern as much as you wish.) Open the envelope and with your hand inside, flatten the bottom of the basket. Fold two side tabs under and hold in place with Scotch tape. Child may color basket before it is shaped. The teacher should bring flowers so that the child may put a few in his basket to take home as a gift to his mother.

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How to Make and Weave a Woven Heart Basket for Valentines Day - If you want to make this beautiful paper or felt woven heart basket, then you are in luck. Below you will find the instructions. You can bring this into school to hold all of your classroom friends’ Valentine’s day cards or you can fill it with flowers or treats to give to somebody you love.

Make Easter Basket with Flower Petals Paper Folding Craft - This Easter basket is meant to look like it is made out of flower petals. We have provided a printable paper folding template that you can print out, and then fold up, paste, and make a handle to finish it up. It is pretty and can be used as a decorative table piece or to place flowers or candy in. This is a great craft for boys or girls to celebrate Easter, as well as the April and May season.

Clothespin Basket Making Craft - If you want to make a basket out of clothespins then this is the craft for you.

Doily Baskets - Make a beautiful basket out of a doily, ribbon, and pipe cleaner.

Easter Basket with Berry Container - If you like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and other berries than you probably have a lot of extra baskets hanging around. Why not make mini Easter baskets for your friends with them. Decorate it with foil or lace doily.

Detailed Popsicle Stick Crafts - Who would think that with simple crafts sticks, you can make such a beautiful piece of art - this intricate basket.

Basket Paper Basket Craft for Children - This craft makes a thoughtful Purimgift. Children will be eager to help bake real Hamantashen cookies!

Basket Buddies to Make - This friendly mama owl and her baby bring a bit of cheer to your yard with their oversize basket bodies and bright faux-flower eyes.

Basket Crafts to Make - There are many stories that have a basket or two in them - so here are a few different ways you can make and use baskets as a Bible story craft.

Basket Paper Plate Handprint Craft - If you hang it on a wall or the refrigerator you can store notes to the children or that the children write to friends and family. 

Bee Bouquet to Make with Easy Instructions - Create a buzz this May Day with easy-to-make flower baskets.

Bunny Basket - Collect and stash your Easter loot in this colorful, long-eared basket.

Bunny Easter Basket Craft - Follow these instructions and you can make a bunny shaped Easter basket using a paper plate that can be filled with Easter grass and tasty treats.

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Christmas Baskets Making Instructions - Hang near your stockings, on a doorknob or on the Christmas tree, filled with candy or small toys (beanies are a perfect size!) for the kids to find on Christmas morning. 

Coiled Basket Making with Easy Instructions - These pliable baskets will soon find a home clustered on your child's dresser top, ready to be filled with everything from barrettes to bottle caps. They also make great gifts.

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Dairy Basket Craft - This is an easy craft for the little ones to remember the nutritional benefits of dairy products and the older ones will like it as well.

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Easter Basket Making with Easy Directions - Easter Egg Paper Plate Handprint Basket.

Easter Basket - Easter Basket Paper Craft Instructions.

Easter Basket Craft - Easter is quickly coming so I thought that I would share with you a cute craft for young children and preschoolers … even older children will enjoy it.

Easter Basket Craft - This craft is really a fun for the kids as a part of their Easter activity.

Easter Basket Craft - An interesting Easter craft.

Easter Basket Making Activities - Make your child's Easter morning hunt eggs-tra special with a colorful basket she can craft herself.

Easter Baskets Activity for Children - Hang on a doorknob filled with candy or small toys (beanies are a perfect size!) for the kids to find on Easter morning.  

Easter Bunny Basket - This irresistible Easter basket will surely be at your child's side long after the egg hunt is over.

Easter Bunny Basket - This would be cute on a table as a place setting for Easter brunch or dinner.

Easter Bunny Basket - A holiday basket that is the spitting image of the Easter Bunny.

Easter Duck Basket - Although this duck won't waddle he will hold many Easter eggs.  This Easter basket craft is inexpensive and fairly easy.  The difficult part is cutting the milk carton so let adults help with this step.

Easter Egg Basket - Kathy Berg explains how to make an egg shaped Easter basket using paper mache techniques.

Easter Eggs Basket Craft - This Easter eggs basket craft activity can be adapted as a learning tool for various activities to learn present alphabet letter E (egg), primary and secondary colors, numbers and early math concepts for different age and grade levels (toddlers to first-grade).  This also an opportunity to address the nutritional value of eggs.

Easy Easter Basket Craft for Kids - Go green this Easter . . . help your kids make their own Easter basket from materials in your recycling - bin. This beautiful craft is easy, economical, and fun to make.

Easy Easter Basket Craft for Kids to Fill with Treats - If you’ve had a new addition to the family, are having an unexpected guest, or just don’t have enough Easter baskets around the house, here is a simple an inexpensive way to create your own Easter basket to fill with goodies and put on display.

Egg Hunt Basket - Easter egg hunts are a popular part of this fun and cheery holiday.

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Flower Basket - As this pretty flowerpot proves, a traditional basket isn't the only container that can hold Easter treasures.

Free Easter Basket Paper Craft Project - The Easter Bunny is coming! Here is our free printable, easy to make, paper craft Easter baskets!

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Halloween Bucket Cauldron - Here is a Halloween container for trick or treating which even the littlest kids can make and decorate, with very little help.

Harvest Basket - This Harvest Basket is an adaptable craft which can be used to make a free-standing decoration for your mantelpiece or sideboard, a greetings card, or perhaps a set of place-card holders for your Thanksgiving or Harvest table.

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May Basket with Doilies - Using a Paper Crimper adds dimension to your construction paper.

Mat Day Basket - Your choice of blue or pink for the color printer or black & white.

May Day Basket Paper Plate Handprint Craft - An interesting Easter craft.

May Day Cone Basket - Follow these directions and learn how to make a cone-shaped May Day basket you can hang on a neighbor's door knob.

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Paper Baskets - Native Americans used baskets to store seed, gather crops and sift meal. Follow the lead of these resourceful crafters by weaving a basket out of newspaper "reeds."

Paper Bunny Basket - An interesting Easter craft.

Paper Heart - Celebrate the first day of May with an age-old tradition - making a May basket.

Paper Maché Easter Basket - My four year old made this basket to hold her easter goodies.

Paper Plate Flower Basket - Roll up an ordinary paper plate, and you've got a flower basket craft that's easy for kids to make and is just the thing for springtime occasions like Easter and Mother's Day.

Paper Plate May Basket - Let the children decide how to decorate the outside of the paper plates. The children can make their own flowers from construction paper to put inside. Any mother would love this, and so would a grandmother!

Plastic Bottle May Basket - Make this basket from a small pop bottle.

Personalized Easter Basket - A personalized Easter basket will make this holiday season even more special for your favorite children.

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Recycled Easter Basket - How to Make An Easter Basket Using a Plastic Bottle.

Recycled May Basket - This is a cute way to use up empty Play-Doh containers. Fill with short-stemmed flowers or with handmade flowers.

Recycled Milk-Jug Easter Basket - If you've built up a plethora of baskets to store over the years, you'll love this fluffy recyclable Easter basket that the kids will have fun making!

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Spring Basket - Spring into the season with a project that strings along children's imaginations. Get a handle on holidays from Easter, to Passover, to May Day with this versatile basket idea.

Square Basket - This is a small (4" x 4") square, open basket of hand-pounded black ash woodsplint.

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Weave a Basket Paper Craft - This is a really cute paper-weaving basket craft for kids.

Weave a Cloth Basket - With this fabric-wrapping technique, kids can make a colorful centerpiece for the family table or a catchall for their ever-growing collections.

Woven Heart Basket - This lovely little project starts out as a set of oddly shaped pieces of paper.