Easter Craft Idea: Bunny Basket from Paper Plates

🎂 5 + years ⏱️ 20 min 📍 Everywhere ⭐ medium

Easter is just around the corner, and what’s missing? Exactly, a little basket for your Easter surprise! But not just any basket, a homemade bunny basket made from paper plates, with ears, whiskers, a pink nose, and plenty of space for treasures. All you need are two paper plates, a stapler, and a bit of imagination. In the end, you’ll have not just a basket, but a little bunny that carries your surprise. Whether for home or as a gift: This basket shows what you can do with your head, heart, and hands.

What you'll need

Paper plates
Scissors
Pencil
Tissue paper, pink or your favorite color
Pink felt or construction paper
Pink crayon
Black marker

How it works

Take two paper plates. One stays whole. Cut the other one in half. You’ll need one half right away, and save the other for the bunny ears.
Place the half against the whole plate so that the insides meet. Now staple the half plate on the left, right, and bottom, leaving the top open. This creates a small basket with a 'pocket'. Make sure the edge holds well.
Take the second half of the plate and cut out two bunny ears. Draw them first, which helps with cutting. You can decorate the ears inside with pink felt, paper, or markers. Then glue or staple them to the top edge of your basket. These will be your bunny's ears.
Now your bunny basket gets a face. Glue a pom-pom as the nose on the front of the half plate. Draw two eyes with a black marker. And don’t forget the whiskers! If you want, you can also use googly eyes.
Line the inside of your finished basket with some tissue paper. This protects your Easter surprise and looks really pretty. You can also use straw or Easter grass, depending on what you have.
Now your bunny basket is ready. With ears, a face, and space for whatever you put inside. Maybe fill it with chocolate. Maybe something completely different. What you make of it is up to you. Because from a simple paper plate, you’ve just conjured up a little Easter bunny.