Easy hand-made Easter Basket!

When I am in the kitchen I have a bunch of different things for Cedar to play with so that he can be near me but not get into any shenanigans! One of those things is a cardboard coffee can.  After writing a post on green Easter crafts for  Living Green with Baby I got a sudden burst of inspiration to make Cedar his first Easter basket! Paul cut the can in half for me and cut out a handle.

Using a nail Paul punched four holes on each side of the can and on the handle.  I used yarn to attach the two together, tying the yarn together in the back to create a good hold.

To create a fun handle, I continued using the yarn, tying it in the back and wrapped it all the way around the entire handle until all the cardboard was covered. For added fun I tied on and wrapped a multicolored yarn around as well.

Poking another hole on the bottom of the can I tied a knot of yarn to hold it in place and wrapped the entire can in the same color yarn as the handle.

Once I finished wrapping the can in yarn Paul used the lid to create a nice lip for the basket.  He cut out the middle of the lid and then attached the last string of yarn to the side of the can with superglue.  The lid was also attached with superglue.

Using an exacto knife I finished off the edges of the lid so that they were even and made sure there were no sharp parts.

Voila! the finished Basket! Perfect size for our little Cedar!

I stuffed the bottom of the can with some brown paper and cut long strips of green yarn (which I will reuse later) to put on top of the paper.  I added the bunny teether we got him and later in the week I am going to make him a hard-boiled egg, dyed yellow with turmeric powder that he can crack on Easter morning!

The only cost was the Bunny teether! He can later use the basket to put little toys in or to collect flowers, fruit or veggies with me in the yard this summer.  Have you ever made your child an Easter basket? What did you use?