Inside: We turned these beautiful colored baskets into a beautiful DIY Easter basket!
Now that the twins are getting older, holidays are becoming much more fun. In my attempt to create celebrations they will remember and traditions that will last, the idea of crafting an heirloom Easter basket is perfect. I love taking time to make holiday pieces that I can use for years!
Use craft raffia to dye into several different hues, this beautifully woven basket can be given a festive and personal touch. Read on for the full tutorial.
Finding the perfect basket
The Easter basket started out as a pretty, but plain weaved basket. I see them often at the thrift stores around town. You can purchase plain woven baskets incredibly cheap at craft stores as well. If you want to make the entire basket from hand, learn how to weave your own pine-needle and raffia baskets here. With a purchased basket, depending on the spacing between your layers you may be able to simply dye the raffia and wrap it with the basket together. I had to take mine apart.
How to make a woven DIY Easter basket
After the raffia has been dyed into pretty colors or purchased as colored raffia, begin by separating the baskets layers. Decide on a good spacing to wrap the first layer and be consistent moving up the basket. Re-wrap the corners and leave two tails of raffia hanging off each corner to reconnect the layers. Move around the basket this way wrapping your way up. After you have all the layers wrapped it is time to reconnect your basket. Start at the top layer of the basket and using the tail corner ends of the raffia wrap each corner together, end with a tiny dab of glue to hold into place. Direct the raffia tails to end in the same direction on each wrap and end the connections a bit thinner as you move up to add consistency to the layers.
We love how this DIY Easter basket turned out, it is the perfect basket for all your dyed eggs! And itβs perfect to use as a colored heirloom basket for the years to come!
PS. Found these amazing raffia woven shoes, next project perhaps!?!
12 Comments
Ana
March 27, 2012 at 6:31 amEverything you make is perfection!
Corrie Anne
March 27, 2012 at 8:33 amHow beautiful. I always loved the little things my mom would bring out year after year on holidays!! Those traditions are so special!
Nicole
March 27, 2012 at 2:03 pmSO much cuter than those plastic, crazy-colored baskets I always got as a kid! What a lovely little heirloom for your munchkins, I love it!
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dervla
March 28, 2012 at 12:57 pmwow, gorgeous, impressed that youβre able to do projects like this with children!
katie
March 31, 2012 at 6:07 amwhat a beautiful basket!
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