As far as my kids are concerned, Easter is definitely one of the top three days of the year – they have been looking forward to it and counting down the days on our calendar for ages. Personally though, I like Easter a lot less as an adult than I did as a kid, the chief reason being that feeling I get when I see my kids scoff too much chocolate at once. Do you know the feeling I’m talking about? But then, I remember how much I loved eating chocolate at their age, and how exciting it was to hunt for eggs and how much I loved making Easter crafts.
So at our place, we do egg hunting, we do Easter crafts, we do hot cross buns on Sunday morning and if there is a little too much chocolate and other junk food around I try not to let it get to me. If truth be told, I feel like there is only a small window of time left for my girls to enjoy some of these things before they realise that the Easter Bunny is just a tall tale and experience the inevitable guilt factor that goes along with eating too much junk as they grow older and more aware of their bodies. I’m not even going to get into the over-commercialisation of religious holidays and the sour taste it leaves in my mouth! While they are little, I want them to enjoy this special and meaningful long weekend as much as they can.
When it comes to Easter crafts, I love making baskets best of all because the possibilities are limitless. In the past we’ve made them from toilet rolls, yoghurt tubs, and paper. This year I decided to design some printable paper bunnies for them to make, and they both loved them. Miss 7 was able to cut them out and put them together by herself, while miss 6 only needed a little bit of help with the gluing and folding. I was originally going to make them in grey or white like a real bunny but pink and purple were requested, and we also decided to make them in yellow, green and blue. Thank goodness for kids’ creativity – they look so much brighter than they would have!
How to make printable Bunny Baskets
To make one at home print out this template and follow the instructions on the page. All of the different colours are included in one pdf document, so you just need to scroll through them to choose the colour you like best.
These little bunnies would make sweet gift baskets for friends as well, and another good thing about them is that they only hold mini eggs – that way parents can be happy too!
More Easter craft ideas for kids:
• Make some cute paper chick baskets
• These printable Easter bunny sweet wraps are perfect small gifts for kids’ school friends
• Make a paper plate Easter chick
• Use this simple technique to make some DIY scratch art Easter eggs
• Make a fun Easter bunny pom pom popper using a toilet roll
• Decorate hard boiled eggs with sharpies
• Use potato stamps to make easter chick art – great for mini gift cards!
Paige says
April 14, 2017 at 10:02 pmThese are cute!! Are they big or small?
Kate says
April 15, 2017 at 12:21 amThey are quite small
Karen says
March 2, 2018 at 2:11 amAre they big enough to hold one plastic Easter egg?
Kate says
March 6, 2018 at 3:17 amI would think so 🙂
Charlotte says
March 3, 2018 at 12:21 amHow do I print out the templet
Kate says
March 6, 2018 at 3:17 amthere is a template link under the ‘how to’ header which will take you to the pdf file
Charlotte says
March 19, 2018 at 5:52 amWhat do you do from there?
Kate says
March 19, 2018 at 6:38 amYOuu fold and glue together. There are some instructions on the page, but basically the head is glued to the extra tab on the basket, the tail is glued to the extra folded piece (which is in turn glued to the back of the basket), and the feet are glued to the base of the basket. The handle is glued to the inside (or you could use sticky tape for extra strength)
Dawn Bradford says
March 5, 2018 at 6:54 pmThank you for creating an sharing this cute basket. These will make perfect table favors and my two years old granddaughter will love it.
Kate says
March 6, 2018 at 3:15 amThanks Dawn, so glad you like them. Hoe your granddaughter enjoys them too 🙂
Deb says
March 13, 2018 at 10:35 amI wanted something for classmates and teacher helpers , office staff too this will be perfect not too big I think just right. Thank you.
Kate says
March 16, 2018 at 8:39 pmThanks Deb! They are just the right size for some little eggs 🙂
Dianne Rabkin says
March 20, 2018 at 8:24 pmPerfect! Isn’t is great to know that you created a timeless project.
Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Kate says
March 22, 2018 at 6:52 pmI’m glad you like them 🙂
Niki says
March 22, 2018 at 2:29 amThank you so much for sharing. This was quick and easy to do with my six year old for an Easter craft for school. Wish the template was a little bigger though, but it is soooo cute! Thank you!
Kate says
March 22, 2018 at 6:54 pmI’m happy you had fun making them 🙂 If you have an A3 printer you could always print to A3 and select “Scale to fit” for a larger sized basket
Clair says
March 24, 2018 at 6:51 pmThank you so much for sharing these, just made them with my daughter for teacher presents, will fill with foiled chocolate eggs
Kate says
March 25, 2018 at 7:57 pmThank you for your lovely feedback, that sounds like a very sweet idea for the teachers 🙂
kayley says
March 8, 2019 at 3:00 amWill these fit a cream egg in please?
Kate says
March 12, 2019 at 11:09 amThe small Cadbury Cream Eggs? I would think so
Meghan Wisse says
April 20, 2019 at 7:18 amThey look great! Thanks!!
Kate says
April 23, 2019 at 2:44 pmYou’re welcome!
Heather says
April 20, 2019 at 3:28 pmThese are perfect for our family of 5 and our Easter breakfast. Thank you for sharing on-line.
Kate says
April 23, 2019 at 2:44 pmThat’s fabulous! I’m glad your family had fun with the baskets 🙂