Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Easy Easter Paper Craft: Mini Egg Basket



I love Easter! I've always loved dying eggs, hand painting them and hiding them! I'm in the midst of planning our neighborhood egg hunt, so I'm buried in plastic eggs. Here's a fun use for those mismatched ones that always seem to be left over! I thought this idea at the Think Crafts! blog was so darling, I decided to adapt it to what items I had on hand. My girls (9 and 4) loved helping me make these. What's not to love about decoupage?








Here are the basic supplies:
scrapbooking paper
plastic eggs
decoupage glue/brush
ribbon








I cut the paper into angled strips so that it fit better on the egg and layered them on top of one another.






I knew I would find something cute to do with this iron tree that I found on clearance at Big Lots! I'll whip up a few more and maybe the Easter Bunny will fill them with chocolate kisses. Happy Easter!







10 comments:

Barb said...

Super cute Easter tree, Julie!

Laurie said...

Look at you! Always coming up with something fabulous! Love the idea! So cute! TFS!

lynda said...

How ADORABLE these little baskets are....and what a fun project for the kids. Think I'll do this with my granddaughter. I hope the EB leaves lots of treats in them....kisses and m & m's fit nicely, oh, and peanut butter cups!!

Jen Carter said...

This is so cute Julie! You always make the cutest things! What a fun, fun tree!

Jen Carter said...

Oh, and by the way, sure been missing your blog here lately! :) (hint, hint)

Jen Carter said...

This is so cute Julie! You always make the cutest things! What a fun, fun tree!

Anonymous said...

How darling! And how fun and festive! rita w

Conniecrafter said...

very cute and they look so neat hanging from your tree, neat find!

Bridgett Owens said...

Now how cute is that? I love it! To think of all those pieces I end up tossing, now I can make baskets!! Fun!

Heidi Hihn said...

Love this egg tree!! Each egg holder looks so unique!