This DIY paper plate Easter basket craft is so much fun to make with kids! This fun Easter project is perfect for filling with treats and gathering eggs at Easter egg hunts.
How to make Easter baskets with paper
Can you believe that it’s already Easter? Spring is in the air, and Easter Sunday is around the corner. We’re getting ready around here with a few fun Easter activities, and this DIY paper plate Easter basket craft is one of them.
Paper plate basket craft for Easter
We had a little Easter fun this weekend with watercolor paints and paper plates. That’s right, we made the cutest little Easter basket craft with paper and I can’t be happier about the way they turned out!
This Easter craft for kids is such a simple and easy paper basket. Grab a few materials that you probably already have at home, paint, assemble, and voila! My kids enjoyed making these, they will serve as our dining table centerpiece for Easter dinner.
DIY Paper Plate Easter Basket Craft
If you are looking for a fun Easter basket idea, give our fun paper plate craft a try. These are fun to make and can be used for decoration, or even for toddlers and young kids to use for smaller Easter eggs, candies, and trinkets when they visit the Easter Bunny.
Learn how to make your own Easter basket below!
Materials needed to make this children’s Easter basket:
- Paper plates (2 per basket)
- watercolor paints
- scissors
- stapler
- washi tape (optional, but so cute!)
How to make a paper plate Easter basket
Making these paper plate baskets is actually pretty easy to do. Try out our DIY Easter basket tutorial below and create your very own Easter basket craft.
Step 1: Mark the basket lines to follow on your paper plate
On the inside of the plate, draw a circle in the middle to the desired size using a pen or marker. This will create a bowl shape and be the bottom of the basket. Next, draw 5 evenly spaced, curved lines from the outside of the circle in the middle to the edge of the plate. These will be cut. No need to draw perfect lines, this is the inside of the watercolor Easter basket and will not be seen.
Step 2: Paint the outside of the paper plate Easter basket
Time to get your paint on! Make sure you have a covered painting surface. Flip the plate over and paint the back of it. Make sure you paint all the way out to the edges of the plate, as these will be the parts that are best seen on the basket. Allow paper plates to dry completely.
Step 3: Cut the paper plate along the lines
When the plates are completely dry, cut along the curved lines you drew, stopping at the circle in the middle. DO NOT CUT THROUGH THE CIRCLE! This is the base of the basket, everything will fall out!
Step 4: Fold and staple the paper Easter basket
Fold each flap over the other, and staple together. Go all the way around the plate until all sides are stapled to each other.
Step 5: Make the basket handle with washi tape
Cut a strip down the center of your second paper plate, mine were about 1 – 1/2 inch wide. Paint or decorate it how you wish, then affix it in a rainbow fashion over the top of the basket and staple it to each side. I used decorative washi tape on my handles, but you could decorate them however you’d like.
When you’re ready, add your Easter grass, treats, and a few chocolate eggs or plastic-filled eggs, and you’re all finished!
Enjoy these Easter baskets for kids
Didn’t these paper plate Easter baskets turn out beautiful?! If you have little ones, these are the perfect-sized baskets for an Easter egg hunt, or just to put a few little candies in.
Make this cute Easter craft with your kiddos at home, you’ll enjoy it! Now, we’ll have to arrange these on our dining table and dye some real eggs to put in them. We hope you enjoy this paper plate Easter craft! Kids also love these cute printable build-a-bunny craft where they can color and make their own Easter bunnies!
Love making Easter crafts? Try this DIY Easter PEEPS wreath craft, a beautifully colorful craft project that uses the popular PEEPS® marshmallow candies! It uses a hot glue gun, so please supervise children 🙂
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