Easy Easter Baskets

Transform a plain Easter basket into a stunning piece of Easter decor. All it takes is a bouquet of handmade felt flowers and a simple wicker basket. 

A fun Easter garland is the secret to this pastel Easter basket. Trim a simple basket with scraps of fabric and you're done. Customize your basket with any patterned fabric you like. 

All you need to make our pretty DIY Easter baskets is cord, fabric strips, and glue. Fill them with spring candy and treats for a sweet and personalized Easter present.

Make the Easter Basket:
For each basket, you'll need 3/4 yard of colored print fabric (cut into 16x1-1/2-inch wide strips), 4 yards of cotton piping cord, and a hot-glue gun and glue sticks or needle and thread.

Hot-glue the first fabric strip to one end of the cord, and wrap it around the cord at an angle. Do this until the cord is covered entirely. Coil the cord tightly around itself, hot-gluing as you go, until you have a 2-inch spiral. Continue the spiral until the you've reached your desired base size.

Stack the next round atop the base, gluing as you go, until your basket is the desired height. Add tiny handles fashioned from leftover fabric.

This chic Easter basket makes a gorgeous spring centerpiece. Covered with faux moss and embellished with flowers, this handmade basket lasts all season long. 

No basket, no biggie! Create a trio of adorable Easter treat bags with our free printable download. Fill the finished bags with your favorite Easter candy or treats. 

A little washi tape is all it takes to transform a brown paper bag into a pretty Easter basket. Customize each with your little bunny's name and you're ready to start the Easter egg hunt! 

We'll show you how to refresh a basic wooden basket for Easter with just a bag full of colorful buttons.

Make the Easter Basket:
No need to be exact. Simply hot-glue buttons -- in all shapes, sizes, and colors -- onto your basket for a truly unique look. Tie a pretty pink ribbon to the handle for holiday-ready presentation.

Looking to recycle household items you already own? Spring-pattern rain boots serve as a neat hiding place for sweet Easter treats.

Make the Easter Basket:
Start with a layer of Easter grass tucked in the bottom of each boot. Add plastic eggs, candy, and other small items until you reach the top, then tuck in more faux grass for a pretty display in this clever Easter basket alternative.

This DIY Easter basket is all about the handle. A trio of bold paper flowers adds a handmade touch to a purchased basket. Make the flowers and attach them to your basket with floral tape. 

Improvise a pretty Easter basket using household items, such as a straw hat.

Make the Easter Basket:
Wipe the inside of a straw hat with a dryer sheet to freshen it. Fill the base with wadded dry paper towels for height, and tuck in greenery to cover. Fill it with softly colored eggs, either real or artificial. Hollowed-out eggs can be stuffed with paper ribbons that include spring wishes, egg-hunting clues, or names for place cards.

For a more playful, colorful look, turn a regular tin planter into an Easter gift basket.

Make the Easter Basket:
Determine how much fabric you'll need by wrapping a test strip around a tin pail. Allow extra fabric on all edges to fold under, and plan for holes for the pail's handle. Trim your chosen fabric. Apply decoupage medium to the pail, and then place fabric on top. Smooth out any air bubbles. Finish with a second coat of decoupage medium.

Why get locked into true baskets for Easter when travel-size bags work just as well? The kids and teenagers will love snacks or travel games loaded inside see-through zipper bags.

Make the Easter Basket:
Wipe out clear travel-size toiletry bags. Attach one of our downloadable labels to the package. Our large labels are designed to print on Avery 1x2-5/8-inch folder adhesive labels (#8160), and our small labels are made for Avery 2x4-inch mailing labels (#5163), both available at office supply stores.

Enliven a plain-Jane metal tin as this year's Easter basket. Tin containers with handles are the standard choice, but pretty options without handles work just as well for holding candy and other Easter treats.

Make the Easter Basket:
Trim a thick band of solid-color paper from poster board. Wrap it around the center of a tin pail, attaching with a few dots of glue as you go. Secure the end with tape. To distinguish individual pails, pick each egg-hunter's favorite color for their personal pail.

A recycled-paper Easter nest can serve as a decoration or a fresh and cheap alternative to Easter baskets.

Make the Easter Basket:
Shred long sheets of paper and staple each end together. Add a length of florists wire, hold one end of the strips in each hand, and twist and wrap it into a nest shape. Clip a few strands with scissors for a loosely woven look.

Easter Basket Tips:
- Recycle colorful tissue paper or holiday wrapping scraps to make Easter basket filling.
- Use a shredder for quick springtime basket decor.

A simple label transforms a colorful tub into a kid's Easter basket in a pinch. If you're giving a handful of toys or simply want a long-lasting Easter basket, the large-size tub works great.

Make the Easter Basket:
Write the Easter boy or girl's name on our label and tie to the handle with matching ribbon. Fill with treats and toys to finish the Easter basket.

These oh-so-cute homemade Easter bunny bags are the perfect kid's Easter basket for storing eggs and candy.

Make the Easter Basket:
Stretch an 8-1/2x11-inch sheet of 100% wool felt to a 12-inch length. Cut 3 inches from one long side, then cut this strip in half lengthwise for two ears. Fold the remaining piece of felt in half with the fold on the bottom. Make light marks 3/4 inch from the side edges and across the top, excluding the folded bottom, and along the short ends of the ears. Work a pencil through the marks to create holes; thread ribbon through the holes to sew the sides. Sew the ears onto each side of the bag, leaving the middle of the bag between the ears open. Hot-glue white felt circles and black pom-poms for the eyes. Add a pink felt triangle and two white pom-poms for the nose.