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How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

Filed Under: diy and craft, spring, kids projectMarch 21, 2020

If you love to recycle and create craft projects then this post on how to make an easter basket from a grocery bag is perfect for you.

How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

I love creating crafts from recycling stuff around the house. Grocery bags are great for so many crafts.  I was researching online and found several things you can do with them. The one that stood out was the Easter basket by Lia Griffith. Since Easter is around the corner. I thought it is perfect to create a post on “how to make aa easter basket from a grocery bag”.

 Supplies you will need:

  • Grocery Bag
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Ruler

tutorial on How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

Step 1: This part I divided into 4 steps

  1. With a ruler and pencil measure 18  strips of 1.25 inches wide
  2. Cut 18 strips
  3. Glue 6 of the strips into 3 long ones.
  4. Fold remainder of 12 in half.

glueing strip on How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

Step 1:

With 2 extra paper cuts (brace) clue 6 folded strips onto each brace.

Step 2:

Weave both together to form a base. Center and tighten the weave. Glue two more braces into ends of strips.

forming the base How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

Step 3: 

Fold paper and crease at the edge of a weave on all four sides. Take the 3 long strips and weave them through the base over and over until you reach the top

Step 4:

At the ends trim each inside strip and fold-out tucking the strip under the top row strips. Repeating trim outside strips and fold inside and tuck under the top row strip

make the handle for How To Make A Easter Basket From A Grocery Bag

Step5:

Weave the handles of the grocery bag. Cut two square strips, 2 by 2 and glue the handles on each side.



I love how this project turned out. (For more recycling tips). If you shred paper at home you can use that shredded paper as a filler. You can shred color paper for more pop. I added colorful plastic eggs I found at the dollar store.

For more Easter projects

Easter Eggs With jewels

Moss Covered Easter Eggs

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  1. [email protected] says

    March 21, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Sharing on the Weekend Edit (later today hopefully) ;0)
    I love this! Stay Healthy! laura

    Reply
    • Maria Brittis says

      March 21, 2020 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks my friend, hope everything is good.

      Reply
  2. Deana Landers says

    March 30, 2020 at 11:40 pm

    Maria, this is a great and would be a good project for families this Easter. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Maria Brittis says

      March 31, 2020 at 1:25 pm

      Thanks Deanna, its a little time consuming but once you have all the pieces it falls into place.

      Reply
  3. Lori Nell says

    March 31, 2020 at 12:41 am

    What a fun craft idea, Maria!! So adorable!

    Reply
    • Maria Brittis says

      March 31, 2020 at 1:25 pm

      Thanks Lori it was fun to make.

      Reply
  4. Michelle Leslie says

    March 31, 2020 at 12:58 pm

    What a neat idea to do with the kids and teach them about upcycling too. I hope I’ve got enough paper bags to play around with, otherwise, we’ll just have to dig into our wrapping paper stash 😉

    Reply
    • Maria Brittis says

      March 31, 2020 at 1:26 pm

      Wrapping paper is a great idea.

      Reply

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Hi there! Welcome To Simple Nature Decor. I’m Maria and I am a home decor blogger for over 7 years. I live in beautiful Coastal South Carolina. I love to bring what’s beautiful in nature into your home. My goal is to inspired you to decorate with nature inspired ideas… For collaborations contact me [email protected]

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