44 Unique Easter Basket Ideas for Kids, Teens and Adults
Impress everyone on your Easter Sunday gift list with these fun DIY ideas.
Once you've planned the meal for Easter dinner, brainstormed a creative egg hunt and shopped for (or DIYed) the best Easter basket stuffers, it's time to assemble Easter baskets to gift your friends and family on Easter morning. Sure, you can go with something store-bought — but any Easter gift, whether for your toddler, tween or adult partner, feels more personal inside a hand-crafted Easter basket. Here, we've rounded up Easter basket ideas that make the holiday extra special.
You don't need to be an expert crafter to tackle one of these DIY projects. Turn brown paper bags into adorable bunnies, brighten a woven basket with colorful pom-poms or cut and weave strips of cardstock. Or, challenge yourself by coating a basket in preserved moss or sewing strips of felt into a rainbow shape. If you're looking to save money, try repurposed items you already own — for example, wrap a plastic cup in pastel yarn, cover a traditional basket with a colorful scarf or refresh a wooden basket with acrylic paint.
No matter who you're gifting your Easter basket to this year — from babies to adults — or what style speaks to you, these creative ideas are guaranteed to impress. The best part? Most of these DIY Easter baskets can be reused year after year — or, double as festive Easter decor. If you're on the hunt for more spring crafts, check out these egg decorating ideas and "egg-citing" crafts for all ages.
Rainbow Easter Basket
Sew your own Easter basket using felt sheets and gold deco foil (sewing machine optional). For a springy feel, swap traditional colors for pastel shades, like pink, mint and lavender.
Plastic Canvas Baskets
These festive baskets are made from plastic canvas and yarn, including white, pink, purple and multi-color. The end result is guaranteed to be adorable, whether you craft a cute bunny or magical unicorn.
Craft Stick Easter Basket
Add personality to a basic woven basket by decorating the exterior with large wooden craft sticks. We painted these craft sticks with white acrylic paint, but you can choose any shade.
Materials:
- Large craft sticks
- Screw hole punch
- Hot glue
- Top of a round take-out container (ours was about a 4” circle)
- White acrylic paint
- Craft brush
- Burlap or fabric scrap (for the inside)
- ½ burlap ribbon
Steps:
- Make a template craft stick where you put a hole about ½" down from the top in the center. Using your 'template,' mark 18 (or more!) craft sticks with where you need to make the hole and punch it out.
- Paint each craft stick white and let them dry. Hot-glue the bottom of a craft stick (without the hole) to the round and hot-glue the rest of the craft sticks until the entire plastic base is covered.
- Cut a piece of burlap or fabric and attach it to the inside of the basket with a few dots of hot glue to make a nicer finish.
- Finish the basket with a strip of burlap ribbon on the bottom of the basket. Attach the bow with a few dots of hot glue and trim it to fit.
Paper Easter Basket
Create a checkerboard pattern using cardstock, scissors and a hot glue gun — plus this blogger's easy-to-follow template. Light pink and green make for a perfect color combination.
Mini Easter Basket Treat Cups
Turn inexpensive planter pots into mini treat cups filled with crinkle cup paper filler and candy eggs. Use copper wire to create your basket handle. The whole process is quite simple!
Paper Floral Basket
Print a whimsical flower pattern on thick paper, then cut and fold to create a functional Easter basket to fill with sweet treats. The best part is these floral baskets double as decor.
Moss Easter Basket
Showcase twine-wrapped and paper-embellished eggs with this woodsy, moss-covered creation. Simply hot glue craft-store moss to an inexpensive basket.
Fabric-Wrapped Basket
Fasten a bright dishtowel or scarf around a traditional basket for a five-minute look that’s Easter Bunny-ready.
Steps:
- Depending on the size of your basket, cut a large square of fabric (like a cloth napkin, dish towel or scarf).
- Lay the fabric diagonally and place your basket in the center. Take opposite corners and tie a knot at the top of the basket handle. Tuck the extra fabric into the basket.
- Tie a knot around each side of the basket handle to secure and define the handle.
Pastel Yarn Basket
Wrap a plastic cup in pastel yarn — think baby blue, muted yellow and light purple. Then, wrap a pipe cleaner in the same yarn to create a handle and wrap the basket in a polka dot ribbon.
Plastic Cup Easter Baskets
Here's another affordable way to repurpose a plastic cup! All you need is twine, a foam brush and some Mod Podge to create these rustic Easter baskets. Fill it with shredded paper and chocolate eggs, plus a pink felt bird.
Plastic Crocheted Easter Basket
This blogger uses colorful plastic tablecloths to create "plarn," which is typically yarn made from plastic shopping bags. The end result is durable, sturdy and waterproof — ideal for kids! We're loving hot pink, but bright blue or sunny yellow are great options, too.
Rope Easter Basket
Gather the essentials: cotton rope, liquid fabric dye, hot glue and a craft paintbrush to DIY this sweet blue-colored rope basket. Bonus: Sewing isn't required!
Steps:
- Spiral the rope into a circle and apply hot glue as you attach the rope together. Continue wrapping until you make the circle large enough to be the bottom of your basket.
- Start stacking the rope on top of itself to create the sides of the basket and use the same hot-glue technique to secure the rope.
- Continue step two and make sure to keep everything straight until you have your desired height.
- Trim the rope's end and hot-glue the end inside the basket to prevent it from fraying or getting loose.
- Water down some of the fabric dye and brush it onto the sides until you achieve your desired tone of color. Once it's dry, your basket is ready to use!
Origami Bunny Treats
Our origami template will show you all the steps to make these adorable bunny creatures. Stuff their openings with classic Easter treats, like M&M's or Skittles, and add them to your baskets for an extra dose of sweetness.
Easter Bunny Bags
If you're short on storage space, go with something you can fold up or recycle as soon as the holiday wraps. Cut paper bags to make bunny-ear shapes, then draw on a bunny face with a black marker and finish it off with a pom-pom tail. Fill it with all of their chocolates, candies and other holiday treats as you would a normal basket!
Colorful Crocheted Easter Basket
Fasten a sturdy felt handle to a crocheted catch-all to make it ready for the Easter Bunny (and all the treats they'll bring). Use a store-bought basket or stitch your own by following the Good Housekeeping Stitch Club's step-by-step instructions.
Fabric Bunny Box
If you've got a few peepers on your hands, then keep all of their Easter treats and toys under wraps in this fabric-covered box. Make it look like a bunny by separating the fabric ears and gluing on a pom-pom tail.
Pom-Pom Easter Basket
Brighten up a woven basket by painting its base in a vibrant hue, like pink, orange or yellow. Add a pom-pom trim in a similar shade or use a contrasting color to make the basket pop.
Woven Paper Easter Basket
Starting completely from scratch? Grab up to three shades of sturdy colored paper and weave a 4" x 4" basket. You can do this craft all in a day by following eight simple steps.
Painted Baskets
All this craft requires: a wooden basket and acrylic paint. Simply paint the basket's wood strips in multiple colors then gift your charming creation to the Easter Sunday host. Use different shades of one color for an ombré effect.
Golden Easter Basket
Looking for an Easter basket idea for teens? This glitzy gold version will make them feel like the grown-up they claim to be. If you can't find a gold basket, use metallic paint.
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