Paper Plate Easter Basket to make - Tutorial

 

Paper Plate Easter Basket

Perfect for little hands - a Paper Plate Easter Basket to fill with Easter Eggs and other treats!

You will need...

Two paper plates (ours were basically yellow but any will do)

Double sided adhesive tape or glue

Embellishments - we used Washi tape and Easter themed foam cut-outs - all from our local 'The Works' shop 

OR paint or colour-in the basket if preferred 

Narrow ribbon (optional)

How to make...

Cut one paper plate in half

Cut out a portion of the other plate as per photo below...

If you are going to paint or colour-in your Easter basket then do so before sticking them together. 

Remember the bottom side of the plate will be the outside of the Easter Basket!

Glue the two plates together top sides facing as per photo below...

Using your embellishments, decorate your Easter Basket - tying the ribbon streamers to the handle to finish it off!

Hope you all have fun with this Easter craft!

Birthday and Other Greeting Cards with Tags!

 How about making some Greeting Cards with Tags? They are very easy and can be made from a variety of materials...

 We made them at Mencap and they loved the idea of putting a message or greeting on the Tag - a surprise for the lucky recipient when the tag is pulled out...!

 For tags we used a variety of purchased coloured tags, as well common brown luggage labels.

As you can see the "Tag Pockets" were cut out of printed paper and attached to the cards with glue on only three sides.

Ribbons and stickers completed these pretty, fun cards!

Make a Junk-Mail Flower Collage!

Collage A

Collage B

Instead of dumping the Junk-Mail, cut it up and make a flower collage! 

I used a clothing catalogue, which had such a large range of shades and hues, it was hard to decide which colours I wanted to use...

You will need...
A4 Card

Junk-Mail (or magazine / comic / newspaper)

Buttons (one for each flower) Or just use contrasting colours, cut out from paper, card or felt.
Glue

Double sided sticky pads or glue dots (to attach the buttons and bow)

Thread (I used waxed thread) - Optional (Collage B)

Bow - Optional (Collage B)

Acrylic Paint or Felt Tip Pen - Optional (Collage A)

Die Cutting Machine (Collage A) Optional - use the Flower Template instead


I have made two collages - the one on the black card (Collage A) - I painted the stems with white acrylic paint - like this...

and then I cut out my flowers using my Big Shot Die Cutter - however if you don't have access to a Die Cutting Machine, then use these Flower Templates, which is what I used for the collage with the cream card (Collage B).

Click here for your flowers templates

How to Do It...

Cut out you flowers as detailed above.

Paint the stems if desired (Collage A)

Place your flowers on the card and when you are happy with your layout, stick them on.

Then place a button in the centre of each flower and attach them on using a double sided pad or a glue dot.

If you haven't painted your stems you can use thread, (Collage B) and if you like add a bow!

I am sure you will come up with many variations of this collage - just use your imagination and create your own design!

Enjoy being creative...!