Things You'll Need:
- Basket Reeds
- Buttons
- Ceramic Beads
- Flat Hobby Paintbrushes
- Metal Snuff Can Lids
- Raffia
- Scrap Lace
- Stencil Brushes
- Stencil Paints
- Tole Paints
- Wiggly Eyes
- Wooden Cutouts
- Leather Thongs
- Stencils
- Acrylic Paints
- Basswood
- Beads
- Felt
- Glass Beads
- Water-based Paints
- Acrylic Paints
- Wooden Beads
- Pipe Cleaners
- X-Acto Knives
- Beading Needle
- Needle-nose Pliers
- Scroll Saws
- Tin Snips
- Needle-nose Pliers
- Tin Snips
- Stencils
- Water-based paints
- Pipe cleaners
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Step 1
Purchase or cut out your own wood shape from a thin craft wood, such as basswood, found at most hobby stores. A heart, watermelon, teacher's pencil, or sunflower cutouts make cute embellishments for a market or purse basket.
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Step 2
Cut two slits in the middle of the wooden cutout. The slits need to be the width of the weaver used in your basket.
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Step 3
Use a piece of reed 6 inches longer than the width of your wood cutout.
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Step 4
Thread the wood cutout onto the piece of reed leaving about 3 inches of reed on each side of the cutout.
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Step 5
Slide the reed ends under the spokes and over the weaver so the wood cutout is attached to basket.
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Step 1
Add a bandana when weaving your melon or egg basket about 2 inches from the God's Eye.
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Step 2
Weave the bandana the same as you would a piece of reed.
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Step 3
Make bells from tobacco can lids. The lids are made from a tin that will make a tinkling sound.
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Step 4
Cut the rim from the can lid so you have a round, flat piece. Wear a leather glove when cutting and curling the tin to prevent cuts.
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Step 5
Cut the flat piece in half.
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Step 6
Use needle-nose pliers to roll the half-round piece into a cone shape.
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Step 7
Leave a small opening at the top to slide a piece of leather into.
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Step 8
Slide a leather thong into the cone top and squeeze shut with needle-nose pliers.
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Step 9
Tie the other end of the leather piece to the bandana with the bells hanging down.
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Step 10
Cluster two or three bells for a nice sound.
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Step 1
Use pipe cleaners twisted around a weaver for cat whiskers. This works well on a doorknob basket.
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Step 2
Paint eyes or use large wiggly eyes.
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Step 3
Glue felt triangles for ears and a tongue.
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Step 4
Use tole paint to add "seeds" for your watermelon basket or "petals" falling from your sunflower cutout.
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Step 5
Weave wider birch weavers into your basket to stencil your favorite designs on.
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Step 6
Rough-carve a piece of driftwood into a tiny trout to hang on the side of your driftwood basket.
