45 DIY Easter Baskets That Will Impress the Whole Family
Get creative with one of these egg-straordinary crafts.
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Easter is nearly upon us! It's time to plan the menu for Easter dinner, brainstorm a creative egg hunt and assemble Easter baskets for the entire family. Rather than spend money on Easter baskets this year, challenge yourself to create something homemade — it's probably easier than you expect.
To round up these DIY Easter basket ideas, we tapped Good Housekeeping's crafting experts and a number of our favorite bloggers — but don't worry: You don't need to be a pro. Find easy-to-follow tutorials that repurpose items you already have at home (or can easily buy at stores like Dollar Tree). Think painting a cardboard berry basket, wrapping a plastic cup in pastel yarn or securing ribbon to a plastic laundry basket.
No matter who you're gifting your Easter basket to this year — from toddlers to teens to adults — or what style speaks to you, these creative ideas are guaranteed to wow. The best part? Most of these DIY Easter baskets can be reused year after year — or, double as festive Easter decor.
Yarn-Wrapped Basket
Weave fluffy yarn through a simple wire basket to add softness and color. Create a striped effect by alternating two colors of yarn — one darker than the other. Simply knot the yarn at the back of the basket to secure it.
Terra-cotta Easter Basket
Think "outside the basket" this year by turning a flower pot into a reusable Easter basket. You'll want a pot that's at least 6 inches big. Load it with shredded paper filler, then small presents — sticking to a gardening theme if you wish.
Edible Rice Cereal Basket
This adorable basket is almost entirely edible, with a rice cereal basket and handle made from PEEPS® Marshmallow. Use a big bowl to shape the crispy treat into a basket shape. Layer it with an even layer of melted chocolate before filling it with edible grass and marshmallow chicks and bunnies.
Upcycled Berry Basket
For a zero-waste basket idea, raid your recycling bin for a cardboard berry carton. All you have to do is give it a coat of paint (we chose a dark green shade).
Plastic Bunny Basket
Plastic serving bowls from Dollar Tree can easily become a cheerful bunny basket. Two large bowls (11.25 inches in diameter) act as the body and two fluted bowls (8 inches in diameter) as the face. Everything is secured with clear tape, so it's easy to get inside — and you can reuse the bowls after Easter Sunday.
Reusable Easter Tote
Before you buy expensive Easter baskets, take stock of what you already own — don't we all have a growing collection of tote bags? Secure a felt carrot to the handle using ribbon for a festive touch, then fill it just as you would a basket.
Coffee Filter Easter Basket
Kids will have a blast recreating these floral Easter baskets. You don't need much to make them — just four coffee filters per basket, a few watercolor paints of your choice and green pipe cleaners for the handle.
Jumbo Easter Basket
If you're worried about making an Easter basket that can accommodate larger gifts, here's your answer. This blogger uses a laundry basket, pool noodle and thick ribbon (all from Dollar Tree) to make this decorative basket. She swears it only took 30 minutes.
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.
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 if you're up for it.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
Fry Box Treat Container
With this easy-to-follow DIY, you can turn unused fry boxes (head to Amazon rather than your local fast food chain) into adorable bunnies.
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!
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.
Alyssa Gautieri (she/her) is the associate lifestyle editor for Good Housekeeping, where she covers all things home and interior design. Prior to joining GH in 2022, she wrote for publications including ELLE Decor, Chairish, BobVila.com, Unique Homes Magazine and LODGING Magazine, in addition to crafting product copy for home brands like BrylaneHome and VIGO Industries.
Mariah Thomas (she/her) is an assistant editor for Good Housekeeping, where she covers home and lifestyle content. Mariah has more than four years of editorial experience, having written for TLC, Apartment Therapy, Women's Health and Avocado Magazine. She received her master's degree in journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and published her first book, Heart and Soul: Poems of Thoughts and Emotions, in 2019. She's also the founder of RTF Community, a platform for creatives of color to connect, learn and showcase their work.
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