Personalized Easter Basket

Perfect Kid Holiday Crafts

A personalized Easter basket will make this holiday season even more special for your favorite children. Made with recyclable materials you have lying around the house, this kid holiday craft is inexpensive and fun to make. It can be used for collecting Easter eggs during the annual hunt, or as a party favor at your Easter shindig. However you decide to use the finished product, your child will enjoy his or her very personalized child arts and crafts project.

Supplies You'll Need

• empty milk carton
• colored construction paper or
• tempera paints
• hole puncher
• Glue
• pipe cleaners
• markers
• stickers and small objects for decoration

Instructions

• Rinse out an empty milk carton
• Using a serrated knife, cut the milk carton in half
• Mark a piece of colored construction paper to fit the around the outside of the carton. Glue in place...OR
• Paint the sides of the milk carton with paint and let dry....your choice!
• Punch 2 holes on opposite sides of the carton (for your handle)
• Braid two pipe cleaners and place through the holes to form a handle
• Decorate the sides of the "basket" with markers, stickers, buttons, glitter...you name it!
• Fill with Easter "grass" and other holiday goodies

This makes a great child arts and crafts project and adapts itself well to any party theme. Have fun with this activity.

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