| Supplies
Needed:
Blue
and Yellow Construction Paper (and any other colors you would
like) - Scissors - Glue or Tape - Crayons - Small Food Box
- Shredded Paper or Easter Grass |
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| Making
a basket of eggs for Easter can be a lot of fun. Coloring
actual eggs can be very messy, this basket of eggs is simple
enough for your toddler to make with your help and the project
is not messy. |
| Step
1: Take your small food box, perhaps a box of crackers,
and lay it on its back and cut out the front of the box. Keep
the front of the box because you will use it later for the
handles of the basket that you are making. Use a box that
is rectangular so you will be able to cut a strip longs ways
out of the front of the box. You can cut the front of the
box leaving a 1/2 inch lip to contain the contents of the
basket better. |
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| Step
2: Cut out strips of paper to cover the box that you
are using. You can use any color of choice, yellow is a popular
Easter arts and crafts color. Cut out the 1 or 2 inch strip
for the handle of your basket, you can choose the the size in
ratio to your box and cut enough construction paper, the color
of your choice, to cover it. You can cut two strips out of the
front of the box if you want your basket to have two handles.
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| Step
3: Help your toddler paste or tape the contraction
paper on to the box and on the strip(s) for the handle(s).
Using white construction paper cut out many egg shapes, depending
on the size of the box you're using will determine how many
you will need, but make sure that you do not cut out more
than your toddler will want to color. If you want to have
your toddler color onto the paper first and then cut out the
egg shapes afterwards that works well too. |
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4: Have your toddler color both sides of the eggs with
crayons, or as mentioned above have them color on the sheet
of paper and you can cut out egg shapes around the designs that
they made. Add the shredded paper or Easter grass to the inside
of the box and stand the colored eggs up in it. Tape or glue
the handle(s) to basket. This makes for a neat decoration that
you can pull out every year or something that your toddler can
make and give as a gift. |
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| The
basket can be made with a larger box to accomodate more eggs
or to even hold plastic eggs. Actual hard boiled eggs might
get a little too heavy for the handles with the is Easter basket
so it is not recommended using it for the official Easter egg
hunt that your child goes on. It makes a great practice basket
though and so those days leading up to the egg hunt you can
hide the eggs you've made for this craft and your child can
find and collect them in the basket. |
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