In our last meeting for my Daisy Girl Scouts, we covered the "Make the world a better place" petal. After think long and hard about what we can do, I settled on 2 projects - this one and a projected with cups. But more on that one later.
Since I love to save things to see if I can give them a "new life", I had saved about 10 boxes of old cereal boxes. Originally, I saved them so I could cut them on my cricut to make cheap chipboard books, but this works to.
With Easter literally around the corner, I figured a craft with the cereal boxes and Easter related... behold the Easter Basket.
Supplies that you will need:
- 1 cereal box
- 2 brads
- Paper cutter
- Scorer
- corner rounder
- paper piercer
This is a pretty easy craft and the math is simple so you can make it either larger or smaller. Math to remember: 3:1 - so if you have a 3 x 3 square, your scores are going to be every 1 inch; 6x6 square, score every 2 inches; and so on. Easy right?!
So after you cut your size that you want, make sure you save a piece for your handle. The size really depends on how long you want the handle. Just place this aside until you need it.
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| 2 sets are shown here |
Ok. Now that we are have the base cut, score your lines. Your square will look like a tic tac toe set up. You will need to cut on opposite sides, along the score line to where it crosses the first score line. Make a total of 4 cuts. Next, you will want to round the corners.
On the side that you made two cuts, bring the corners up to cover up the middle flap. Place the handle in between the corners and the middle flap.
Next grab your paper piercer and poke a hole through all 4 layers. Be careful...
After you get your hole, take a brad and place it in the hole. Do the same thing to the other side.
Then, voila, your finished!
The basket with the bunny on it, my little Daisy made it. The green basket is just a 12x12 paper cut down to 9x9. I used the scraps (3x12) to make the handle and used the i-top tool to make the brads.
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