Every year we look forward to approaching the bright holiday of Easter. Its celebration is closely intertwined with the rituals of paganism: the meeting of spring, games, honoring the ancestors. The hostesses bake Easter cakes the day before, make curd pastries, decorate eggs. Then they put everything in an Easter basket and take it to the church for consecration. Then they treat relatives and friends with Easter cakes. A hand-made Easter basket has become an essential attribute of the great holiday. It reflects a pagan belief that requires appeasing deities for the sake of well-being. On the eve of the holiday, many are interested in the ideas of an Easter basket made with their own hands. We offer you a selection of the best ideas on this occasion. Learn how to decorate an Easter basket in an original way with the most improvised means. Embroidered towels, sisal, burlap, flowers, dried flowers, willow twigs can become your helpers.
Small carton items
The basket is popular primarily because of its convenience. Such beautiful baskets are suitable not only for consecration in the church, but also as a gift for relatives and friends. A small basket is often made from thin chipboard, cardboard. To make the basket look like a wicker basket as much as possible, the cardboard is cut into long strips 1-1.5 cm wide. For a change, two shades of cardboard are used, the combination of beige and dark brown stripes looks beautiful. These stripes are intertwined and folded from the resulting rectangles into a basket. The scheme of the Easter basket made of cardboard is very simple. The main thing is to fasten the edges of the wicker rectangles with a stapler or glue. Then a handle is woven from three strips and attached to the basket. Such a braid is often decorated with colorful butterflies made of colored paper. It looks very elegant and beautiful!
Cardboard baskets do not have to be weaved, there are other ways to assemble them, just show your imagination and get a stapler. A small decorative basket can be made with your children from colored paper. It is not suitable for a heavy load, but will serve as a wonderful decoration for the house and Easter cake. A very small basket can be made in the form of origami from sheets of colored paper. An original basket can be made from a plastic bottle, because they come in different shades. A bright, colorful braid is made from candy wrappers and candy wrappers, as well as baking paper. Decorate such braids with satin ribbons, put in thempainted Easter eggs.
Baskets decorated with flowers and leaves
Flowers and twigs with leaves always look attractive and elegant. Sometimes braids are decorated with live tulips or daffodils, but this decor will not last long. It is better to use artificial flowers or made independently from colored or corrugated paper. Sometimes they are woven directly into the basket. Thus, you can braid the entire basket with flowers or place the composition near the handle. A spring bouquet assembled from artificial flowers will look very cute. The compositions can include not only flowers, but also leaves. It is not a shame to give such a basket of Easter eggs to your loved ones.
Fancy baskets
Easter basket made of wicker or plastic is a classic of the genre. An unusual option would be to make a small basket from the cells of an egg tray. It is enough to cut out four cells, paste over them with colored paper napkins, and attach a handle. You will get an unusual basket where you place white and dark chocolate eggs.
A basket made of felt or other dense fabric looks original. It may resemble a barrel. Lush chiffon ruffles will become a very unusual decoration of the Easter basket. Such a basket will resemble a fluffy ball skirt. Often it is complemented with flowers to match the fabric. The space in the basket between Easter eggs and gifts is best filled with cut colored paper resembling grass.
Original Easter baskets are styleprovence, where ordinary objects are used for an unusual purpose. Some even manage to pass off a metal colander, a brass watering can, containers for washing and storing fruits as a festive basket.
The most patient housewives make an Easter basket of beads. This is a very laborious job, so it is better to choose a small basket scheme for one testicle.
Those who know how to crochet can make a braid from thick yarn. A knitted product is not so difficult to make.
Baskets from newspaper tubes
A full-fledged gift will look like an Easter souvenir to friends and family in a basket made by yourself from newspaper tubes. It turns out that it is also possible to give new life to old newspapers. You can also use unnecessary notebooks. So, to make such a basket, take the following devices:
- newspapers or sheets from notebooks;
- knitting needle to twist paper;
- PVA glue;
- tube of brown acrylic paint;
- acrylic lacquer for shine and durability;
- candle;
- polymer universal glue "Dragon";
- a bowl or other container that matches the required shape of your basket;
- foamiran strip, ribbons, flowers, beads and other decor of your choice.
To make a basket you will need about 80 paper tubes. Wind them on a knitting needle and fix the ends with PVA glue. Then paint the tubes brown to make the basket look like woven vines. howas soon as the tubes dry, start weaving. Take 14 tubes, connect them in pairs, inserting one into the other. Glue the joints with "Dragon" glue. Fold six long tubes in threes and cross each other. Bend the seventh in half, it will be working. Next, weave with a "rope" (braid all the tubes in a circle).
Later you can put the sun-shaped blank on the upside down jar to give the product the shape of a basket. In the process of weaving, dip the tubes in glue. Weave the basket to the desired height. Lift all the tubes and put them into the second hole from them inside the basket. Lubricate the front side of the product with PVA glue. Once everything is dry, cut off the excess tubes. Make holes symmetrically on both sides and advance three tubes for weaving a handle. Do it in the form of a pigtail. At the end, cover the product with acrylic varnish. You can decorate the basket with a ruffle from a strip of foamiran and a wreath of flowers.
Plastic baskets, sweets
Plastic and plastic baskets are considered an excellent way to reuse baskets. Every year they can be decorated differently. An ordinary plastic basket for berries can be an excellent festive container. It will fit a few eggs and other Easter treats.
Regular containers, packages, TetraPak boxes are also great for holiday decor. It is enough just to attach a pen to them and paste over with paper, cloth, felt or decorate with acrylic paints.
The most fantastic ideaIt is considered a sweet Easter basket made of dough. Such rich tiny products will decorate your Easter table. You can bake a small basket in the form of a cupcake with a handle for each guest.
Wicker Easter basket
Many housewives acquire wicker baskets. Shop products from the vine will last for many years and you can decorate them differently each time. If possible, you can weave such a basket yourself. Baskets are found in different colors and with different patterns of weaving. Masters use natural boiled and durable vine, an environmentally friendly product. You can admire these products, because they are all unique and give joy on the bright holiday of Easter.
It is best to decorate the braid with an embroidered towel. This tradition is followed by almost all housewives in Ukraine. Also, special ruffles are sewn for them or tied with satin ribbons with a bow.
Baby baskets
Often holiday baskets are intended specifically for children. Every kid wants to have his own little Easter basket. Children's baskets are decorated with toys, flowers, bows, sweets, chocolate rabbits are put there. It would be appropriate to sew a cover in the form of a bunny with ears on the basket. Do not forget to put in a children's basket a mini-pasochka, intricate Easter eggs with the image of cartoon characters. A baby basket should look fun and light.
Glass and wood decoration items
Holiday basketsfor interior decor are distinguished by their unusual shape, massiveness, many decorations and a minimum of products. In stores, you can buy many decorations for such baskets. These are decorative eggs on a stick, various hens, chicks, chickens, cockerels. You can make or buy figurines of rabbits, figurines of pink bunnies, original coasters for colored eggs.
Master class of handmade Easter basket
From threads, glue and a balloon, you can easily make a very original, light and delicate basket. For such a product, you will need the following tools:
- knitting yarn;
- decorative shavings;
- balloon;
- glue;
- fluffy pompoms in the form of chickens;
- beads.
First inflate the balloon to the desired size, tie the end with a thread. Then wrap the ball with knitting threads. To prevent the yarn from slipping, apply a little glue to the surface of the ball. Wind the yarn so that the turns do not move and lie close to each other. Gradually cover the entire ball with yarn to make a dense and durable cocoon. After you have wound all the yarn, dip the ball in glue. Hang it up to dry. Once the glue dries, deflate the balloon with a puncture and gently pop it out of the cocoon. On both sides, cut out two fragments of the product to get a fairly wide handle. This will give the product the shape of a basket. To make the craft more attractive, stick on top of its surfaceoriginal tape. You can also glue it along the edge of the handle. Fill the basket with decorative shavings and place chickens and sweets in it.
Corrugated Paper Baskets
A corrugated paper basket will become a cute accessory for Easter eggs. Pale blue, light pink, pistachio, cream paper will look vintage. To do this, from corrugated paper of the desired width, you need to sew strips in the form of a ruffle, stitching them in the middle. You can paste over with these paper ruffles any basket or bucket in the house, you can even use mayonnaise. Complete the decor of the product with a large flower or several small inflorescences, tie a basket with lace or a ribbon.
Basket covers
You don't even need a sewing machine to sew a cover for your Easter basket, it's quite possible to make it by hand. For this, choose a natural delicate fabric, you can check it or with an original print. You can take linen or lace fabric. Often, embroidered motifs with inscriptions and symbols of Easter are used for the cover. You can decorate the finished case with beads, beads, lace. Often the bottom of the basket is simply covered with several openwork napkins or one large one so that the ends hang outward. A similar option is shown in the photo below.
What to put in the Easter basket
After you decide on the appearance of the basket that you will carry to church for consecration, think about its contents. Consecrated in the templenot all products. Do not put alcohol there, except for red wine, money, jewelry, blood. And here is a list of products that you can safely consecrate:
- cakes;
- curd cake;
- meat products;
- sweets;
- a jar of horseradish;
- church candle;
- painted eggs.
You can cover the basket with an embroidered towel or a beautiful openwork napkin.
