Make Your Own Easter Basket

Hey everybody. Easter is almost here so I decided to combine two of my favourite activities (gardening and doing crafty stuff of course!) and come up with a suitably eggs-citing project for my latest blog. So read on and find out how to make your very own Easter Basket for free!

My Easter twig basket

Easter Twig Basket

You will need:

Some twigs
Some string
Some pine needles/feathers/grasses etc to decorate

To make:

1. Collect some twigs. We found lots lying around the garden but there will probably be plenty shrubs being pruned you can steal some from too!

2. Select six strong twigs which can bend too and make a star shape with them and tie them in place.

I kept a close eye on Grandma as she made
the star shape to make sure she got it right!

3. Weave your other twigs around the star to make the start of the basket.

4. As you weave more you will need to curve your original twigs (the star) up to make the basket shape.

5. Add your decorations.We added some nice pine needles for colour and scent!

6. Fill your finished basket with some pretty Easter eggs, chicks or of course chocolate!

I filled my basket with some pretty Easter eggs

Isn’t that a pretty way to give someone a gift this Easter?

For this and more fab projects get yourself a copy of 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside by Dawn Isaac.

The book is PACKED full of lots
(well 101 to be precise) of awesome ideas

Happy Easter everyone!

Lulu xxx

Daft on Daffodils

Isn’t it wonderful to see the beautiful displays of daffodils at the moment? They seem to be in almost every garden with their nodding, golden heads heralding the start of Spring. They are very cheery (a bit like me!) So, if you are daft on daffodils, here’s a lovely daffodil craft project you can do during the school holidays to add some daffodil cheer to the inside of the home as well as the garden…

Daffodils always make me smile

Paper Plate Daffodil

You will need:

Two Paper Plates
Toilet Roll Tube
Pencil
Scissors
Selection of yellow and orange paints and papers
Glue
String or ribbon

To make:

1. Take one of your paper plates and on the reverse side draw the outline of your daffodil shape. Ask your grown up to cut this shape out, then paint it a lovely bright yellow.

Painting the flower is a lot of fun

2. Take the other plate and draw a similar daffodil shape but slightly smaller and this time draw it on the correct side of the plate. You can paint this one the same colour, or add some coloured paper to give a different texture. We chose some lovely yellow crepe paper to glue onto the plate.

I liked adding the glue to the flower

3. Stick your two plates together. You will now have a lovely 3D effect because the plates have been used opposite ways:

4. You now need to make the daffodil’s trumpet! Root-toot-toot! To do this get a toilet roll tube. Ask a grown up to cut approx 2cm deep slits, approx 1.5cm wide, at one end of the tube (you will have roughly 9 “tabs” when you have finished. On the other end cut lots of slits to make a fringe effect. Once this has done paint the inside and out orange:

5. Once the trumpet is dry gently fold back the fringing. Then glue the tabs at the opposite end and stick the trumpet in the middle of your petals and glue a loop onto the back to hang it up:

The finished daffodil to keep us cheery all winter ;

If you need any more advice on bulbs or would like to contact us about getting some planted in your own garden then please get in touch.

Hugs & kisses,

Lulu xx