Repurpose a Plastic Bottle Into an Easter Basket
If you're looking for a fun and eco-friendly way to celebrate Easter, consider repurposing a plastic bottle into a charming Easter basket! Transforming a regular plastic bottle into a charming Easter basket is a fun and creative way to add a personal touch to your holiday celebrations. Not only is it a budget-friendly DIY project, but it also allows you to repurpose materials that might otherwise end up in the trash. This Easter basket DIY is not only eco-friendly but also a delightful way to showcase your crafting skills while spreading holiday cheer.
Instructions
To make this project, you just need a regular plastic water bottle. Make sure that you have removed the labels and washed the bottle off so that none of the sticky residue remains.
Once the bottle is clean and ready to go, use a precision cutting tool like an X-Acto knife to cut off the top of the bottle. You will be using the bottom of the bottle as the basket, so it is up to you how tall or short you want to make it. Just take your time with this step so that you can get the top of the basket as even as possible.
The top edge of the basket is going to be sharp (even though it is plastic), which is something you obviously do not want. This step is going to help you to take care of that issue while also decorating and personalizing your basket.
Select a foam sheet in a color that you like, and use a pair of scissors to cut a strip from it. It needs to be long enough that you can hot glue it around the circumference of the top of the basket.
When you are gluing the foam strip around the top of the basket, make sure that it protrudes a little bit beyond the top. That way, the very top edge of the basket is not the sharp plastic edge that you cut, but the softer foam. You could even go a step further and cut a second strip of foam to glue around the inside of the top edge. That way, you could completely encase the sharp edge inside the foam.
To create the handle of the Easter basket, hot glue a pipe cleaner to the top. I recommend that you make the handle somewhat long so that you can easily put items inside or remove them. You now have a functional Easter basket.
You could call it "done" with the step above, but because the bottom of the basket is transparent, this craft is not really completed unless you put some thought into the presentation of its contents. What you put inside is entirely up to you, but try to choose materials which are aesthetically pleasing. You will notice that the Easter grass and feathers I picked are in colors which complement the orange that I chose for the basket handle and foam.
