Weave Colorful Easter Baskets for Your Dolls

The finished basket.

       You may have learned how to weave a basket similar to this one in school. It is a smaller version of the same craft that many school teachers teach to children in the fourth and fifth grades in the U. S. Baskets like this one are made using small paper cups like Dixie cups. You can also cut a larger paper cup down a bit to make a doll sized basket as well, if you do not have smaller paper cups at home.

Supply List:

• thin strips of colorful paper (I used quilling paper for my basket weave.)
• small paper cups 
• white school glue
• hot glue gun and hot glue
• Easter grass 
• Mod Podge (optional)
• ribbons for trimming (optional)
• scissors

Step-by-Step pictures of - weaving a tiny
Easter basket for your dolls.

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. First, cut a series of strips all around the cup's surface, starting from the rim and working your way  down to the bottom of the cup. You may prefer to cut a wavy pattern instead of straight cuts. This will ultimately determine the pattern of your basket weave. (pictured right) This cutting will act as the warp part of your basket weave.
2. Then take a small amount of white glue and add it to the tip of your colorful quill paper. Tuck this behind one of the warp stripes and begin weaving the thin stripes of paper in and out of the warp strips. These colorful paper strips will act as the weft part of your basket weave.
3. Work around the bottom fourth of your cup using hot pink, then purple, followed by the blue and last by the yellow, if you would like to make a pattern similar to the sample shown here.
4. Use a toothpick to help push down the rows of paper weave as your proceed.
5. Then used a soft, clean paint brush to layer Mod Podge on top of the weave work in order to keep it clean and in place. 
6. Hot glue a white ribbon around the top rim of the cup to give it a finished look.
7. Cut a long strip of white paper to act as a handle, hot gluing both ends to opposite sides of each other on the interior of the paper cup.
8. Again trim the handle and the rim of the cup with additional paper ribbons and bows using yellow and hot pink paper.
9. Now your doll sized, paper Easter basket is ready to fill with candy, chocolate, small toys etc....

See more examples of doll sized Easter baskets:

• Weave a Miniature Yarn Easter Basket
• Paper Doily Baskets for Easter
• Easter Baskets for American Girl Dolls
• Cup weaving from Mt. Bethel Art
• How to shape an easy rope basket for Easter...