Craft's

Easter Baskets

• wooden strawberry baskets (1 quart size)
• pastel poster paints in many different
  Easter Colours
  
• paint brushes 1 for each child
• LOTS of rinse water!!!!!!!
• small kitchen sized garbage bags
• Easter grass in many colours

The garbage bags make great paint smocks when your
in a pinch. Simply cut a slit in the top large
enough for the child's head, measure where their
arms would be and cut two slits for the arm holes
and HEY! You have instant paint smocks!! We saved
ours, but you can toss yours its up to you.

Give each child a basket, and a paint brush.
Scatter the paint colours and the rinse water cups
around the table to encourage sharing and
conversation.

The kids had a ball painting the baskets any way
they wanted. They were so expressive with their
ideas!! It was a wonderful art experience for them.

They were very proud of their work and were so
excited when they saw how each basket was different
from the rest.

Give each child some Easter grass to line their
baskets. If you wish you might give each child
a few Easter Eggs for their baskets. BE SURE TO
CHECK FOR ALLERGIES!!!!


***NOTE** Extension***

Have some sponge and/or potato stamps on hand for
the children to try. These make an interesting
design on the baskets and the children have a lot
of fun trying this.

Try adding a little liquid dish detergent to the
paint it will keep the poster paint from staining
the children's clothes.

Easter Candy Keepers

Materials:

• 1 - 1 1/2" x 2" Chipwood Basket
• Pink Fun Foam or Construction paper
• 7 mm EZ Glue Eyes
• 1" White Pom Pom (1)
• 1/4" Pink Pom Pom (1)

Instructions:

1. Cut 2 ears approximately 2 /1/2 inches long.


2. Glue ears inside of basket.


3. Glue 1" white pom pom to back of basket
   (oppsite end of ears-for basket tail).
   


4. Glue eyes under basket rim below ears.


5. All 1/4" pink pompom for nose between eyes.