It’s time to make some cute things for Easter and here are two quick and easy Easter Baskets! All you need is a 6″ x 6″ piece of paper to make the basket. You can make the baskets with either cardstock or designer paper or both. After that, just decorate the basket a little bit and add some “grass” and treats!

Start with a 6″ x 6″ square piece of paper and score like a tic tac toe. Score at 2″ and 4″, then turn and score at 2″ and 4″. Cut on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. See the photo of the basket with designer paper below to see how the basket paper is scored and cut. Cut a handle of about 8 1/2″ x 3/4″ or whatever size you like.

Crease and fold all score lines. Round all four corners if you like or leave them as is. Form the paper into a basket and use brads, staples, or glue to hold the sides and handle together. Make sure you are putting adhesive so that it doesn’t show from the front. If you think of it ahead of time the handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside. ! Or it can just be glued to the inside of the basket.

If you use cardstock for the basket, you can decorate with squares of designer paper as you see on this layout. Since each square is 2″ x 2″, I cut the Storybook Moments Designer Paper at 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″.

If you want to decorate the basket handle you can add a narrow strip of designer paper to the cardstock. You can even tie a ribbon on to the handle if you like.

Here is what the front and back of the basket looks like with the flaps folded in and adhered together.

The basket with the Storybook Moments DSP has a base of Old Olive cardstock. I love the strawberry design on this paper. The other basket (the one show above) is made with the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper. Each basket has a diecut character from the Storybook Moments Paper. The little mouse is layered on a diecut out of Old Olive. I just found it in my package of cardstock, it probably is a retired die but I liked it. You can use anything that fits the size of whatever decoration you are putting on the front and goes with the size of the basket. The plaid basket has a Calypso Coral die cut circle for a layer made from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

Just do whatever you like to make your basket and decorate it. These baskets only take about five minutes to make! So cute and so fun! Especially with chocolate candy inside!