Make Your Own Paper Bag Easter Baskets

Surprise your friends with a special Easter basket decorated just for them. Fill them with a few eggs or small treats, or use the baskets for an egg hunt in your backyard. All you need are plain paper bags and our Smarts and Crafts Bright Bundle Craft Kit for all sorts of decorating possibilities.

 

Supplies

-Smarts and Crafts Bright Bundle Craft Kit

-Arts and Crafts Supply Library (fuzzy sticks)

-Brown paper lunch sacks or small paper bags

 

Steps:

1.  Use a pair of scissors to cut off the top section of the bags. You can create a decorative edge by using the scissors to create a wave, zigzag, or fringed edge if you want.

2.  Get creative decorating your bags with colorful tape, fuzzy sticks and pom-poms from the Bright Bundle Craft Kit.

You can also cut the adhesive paper strips into different designs and add them to the front of the basket.

3.  Create a handle for your basket by poking a long fuzzy stick through the side of the bag and bending the end up to hold in place. Poke the other end through the opposite side of the bag.

We used fuzzy sticks from the Arts and Crafts Supply Library but you can also twist three small fuzzy sticks from the Bright Bundle Craft Kit together to create a handle like we did below.

Fill your paper bag baskets with some Easter grass, eggs, and treats.

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Post written by Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised, a website focused on easy DIY projects that make a big impact. Haeley loves transforming simple materials like pom-poms and pipe cleaners into cool kids projects or festive holiday crafts. Her colorful projects are perfect for the busy mom who wants to spend 30 minutes crafting by herself or getting creative with her kids. Haeley lives in San Antonio, TX along with her husband and two daughters Stella, 9, and Hazel, 7.