How to make a giant Easter Basket Lawn Decoration

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make a giant Easter Basket Lawn Decoration

Building a rustic Easter Basket from vines, sticks and twigs to display in your yard as a lawn ornament is a unique way to celebrate Easter.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Sticks and twigs of roughly the same diameter
Willow or other flexible material
Saw

Step 1

Decide where you want to build your Easter Basket lawn ornament. The one in my neighborhood is about 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet high. Mark the location and size on the ground by sprinkling an outline of flour in a circle the size you want the finished basket.
Step 2

Gather sticks that are of the same diameter and at least 1 foot longer than the planned height of your finished East Basket. The more rustic they look, the better. Leave lichen and bark on for that cabin look. These will be the uprights. You will also need 2 sticks that are at least 2 feet longer than the basket height for the handle supports.
Step 3

Begin by driving the sticks into the ground. Follow your flour outline and keep the sticks an equal distance apart. Pound the longer handle stakes on opposite sides of the Easter basket. Try to keep the uprights straight.
Step 4

Now you can start weaving your Easter Basket. Using the flexible material such as ivy vines, willow branches, Virginia Creeper or thin saplings, weave around the uprights. Keep going until you get to the height you want your basket to be. Saw off any protruding upright sticks but leave the 2 longer handle uprights.
Step 5

Using a very long, flexible branch like a willow sapling, attach one end to the handle upright on one side of the basket. Wire works good for this. Attach it on the inside of the basket. Arc it to the other side of the basket where the other handle support upright is and attach it to that side. You now have a handle.
Step 6

Wrap grape vines or other flexible, twiggy looking material to the handle and wire into place if necessary.
Step 7

If you want to have plants in your basket, stand logs on end inside. Set pots of flowering plants on the logs. You don't want the pots or logs to show, just the plants bursting out of the top of your giant Easter Basket. You could also put colorful balloons or balls inside to resemble giant Easter Eggs. If you use balloons, be sure and secure them with string so they don't blow away.
Step 8

When Easter is over you can use the giant Easter Basket as a planter. It should last at least a season.

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FrazzledNanny said

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on 4/14/2009 Thanks for the giant Easter Basket lawn decoration instructions. My daughter wants to make one for her Easter basket. She says the Easter bunny can fit more sour candy in it. LOL 5*

MarlaineMarie said

on 4/9/2009 Wowow - wish I could see that basket in real life!

Lilfix said

on 4/8/2009 I love this! Thanks for sharing your info on making a giant Easter basket lawn decoration...I'm going to give this a try...RRCR5*

on 4/2/2009 It occurred to me that growing a flowering vine on the Easter Basket during the summer would be very pretty. I wish my picture did it justice - because the yard is very large it looks small but it's giant. They also have a giant bed in their yard!