"Basket Weaving"

Aren't these fun? I have been saving the baskets that I buy strawberries in for quite a while, thinking they'd make some kind of great project. So I pulled them out of the cabinet this weekend and made up these Easter baskets. They are super simple and quick to make using scraps you probably have laying around your craft room.

The directions are pretty easy to figure out from looking at this photo, but here's a run down. Start with a clean "fruit" basket. Cut a few strips of patterned scrapbook paper, or colored card stock. Then weave the strips in and out of the sides of the basket. Make a handle with some wired ribbon; you can either tie the ends on the basket or, as I did with mine, attach with button brads.... whatever you have on hand, there are a lot of possibilities. Then add any other embellishments that you choose and you're done.

These are so easy they'd make a great project for a scout troop or Sunday school class, etc. And you could easily adapt them for any holiday: a May Day basket filled with flowers from the garden, a basket for Mother's Day with chocolates, a Father's Day basket with fishing bait,.... well you get the idea. And the best part is you are recycling.

Thanks for looking. Have a creative day!