How to Make an Easter Basket From a Brown Paper Bag

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While you're decorating Easter eggs with your kids, why not let them create their own baskets? They're easy to make and they look great, too!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Use a felt-tip pen to sketch an egg shape on a sponge.
Step 2

Cut the shape out with sharp scissors.
Step 3

Pour a small amount of paint onto a smooth, flat surface such as a glass pie dish.
Step 4

Flatten the sponge gently onto the paint and pat it around so coverage is even.
Step 5

Press the sponge onto a closed (flat) brown paper lunch bag.
Step 6

Continue placing the sponge in the paint and pressing it onto the bag until both sides of the bag are covered with printed eggs.
Step 7

Allow the paint to dry.
Step 8

Add spots, stripes and other designs to the printed eggs with a marker.

Step 1

Open up the decorated bag.
Step 2

Fold the top of the bag down about 2 inches on all four sides, as though you were cuffing pants.
Step 3

Fold the top of the bag down a second time.
Step 4

Use a hole punch to punch one hole on each side end of the bag. Both holes should be one inch from the top folded edge of the bag.
Step 5

Cut a piece of paper twist ribbon 14 inches long for the basket handle.
Step 6

Untwist the middle of the ribbon, leaving 2 inches still twisted on each end.
Step 7

Insert one end of the ribbon into one of the holes in the paper bag from the inside out.
Step 8

Untwist the end. The end of the ribbon should now be too wide to pull back out of the hole.
Step 9

Repeat steps 15 and 16 on the other side of the bag.
Step 10

Fill the basket with Easter grass.

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