What? Easter baskets? Yes, my school kiddos make up Easter baskets on the day before vacation. It's a quick little art project, but they love it and I enjoy a place for them to store all their goodies. By goodies I mean their Easter egg that has their name on it (they find their specific one during the Easter egg hunt), the cute bookmark, a Homework Pass, a brand new pencil, and some other odds and ends.
How do they make up their Easter basket? With just a plain paper bag. That's it. I then let them put a quarter piece of tissue paper inside to help fill it out a bit. Then they decorate it. This year I splurged on the foam egg stickers - usually they just color or trace a bunny on it.
Here are some pictures of how to create it, in case you are interested.
Step 1: Take a plain paper bag and cut an inch strip from the top going vertically down about halfway.
Step 2: Open up the bag and fold the outside parts down, leaving only the middle inch strip sticking up
Step 3: Staple (or tape) the strip together - creating a handle.
Step 4: Decorate! (My 6 year old did this project - can you tell? He's a helper!)
Have a great day!
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