The last 2 days I’ve been working on making some Easter baskets for Kev and Rowan. I wasn’t planning on making a DIY post, but I had a few requests from my instagram feed so I am going to try my best to talk you through it. I don’t have any pictures to show the progress but hopefully you’ll catch the idea. They were quite easy. I just made them up as I went along.
I used 6 pieces of felt (8.5×11) for each basket (not including designs on baskets). 4 to make the basket part and 2 to make the bottom. You really only need to attach 2 sheets of felt to make the circumference of the basket but I made it double thickness. I machine sewed the bunny and dinosaur designs on first then sewed the sides together. I used a plate to trace a circle and cut bottom shape. I hot glued two circles together to make the bottom a little sturdier. Then I hand stitched the bottom to the cylinder shape of the basket. I cut a long strip of felt for the handle and hand sewed to the side of basket with a button on top for decoration.
You could really get creative with your designs on the the baskets. I went with a little bunny for Rowan and a Dinosaur bunny for Kev. I can’t wait to fill them with their Easter goodies on Sunday. We do little presents in our house because Rowan doesn’t eat candy and Kev doesn’t like candy (crazy I know). At least I get all the candy for myself.
Happy Easter.
Absolutely lovely DIY ideas.
Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
xoxo
Natasha
http://www.natashafatah.blogspot.com
SO CUTE!! Do you get a basket? 😉
These are so charming! They turned out really well.
these are seriously so cute! thanks for sharing them!
Entirely too cute! Wondering if there’s still time to make these before Sunday 🙂 xx
Lol I love the dinosaur bunny! Too cute. 🙂
they are fabulous!
These are super cute! I love hand-made items. So much love goes into making them.
Vang 🙂
these are just so crazy adorable!! way to go!
jess
http://www.jesscauseblog.blogspot.com
These are precious! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh my gosh the dinosaur bunny cracks me the hell up! Nicely done, madam.
That dino bunny is hilarious. I’m pinning this for next year. I already bought some pretty cute baskets from world market for this year. I’m not a big candy person myself but I’m excited for the eb to come this year. I’m craving some candy since seeing it all in the stores.
these are SO cute! and i love the ears on the dino bunny.
You come up with the best, most creative DIYs! That dino basket is so cute and silly, I definitely need to start trying out your projects. I’ve been reading your blog for the past few days and just love your style and creativity…I can’t wait to read more!