My oldest son, AJ, was gifted a beautiful hand-painted, customized wooden Easter basket five years ago. It was his first Easter, and the gift came from a dear church friend.
This Easter, our newest family addition is celebrating his first Easter! I wanted Teddy to have his own customized Easter basket for this year’s (and future!) egg hunts at church.
I decided I could DIY this project and have a ton of fun.
I got all of the supplies at Walmart: a wooden basket (they have tons of colors – purple, blue, green, yellow, and we selected yellow); black craft paint, 3 other spring colors of craft paint (I choose spring green, tangerine cream, and tropical blue); a pack of cheap paint brushes (30 pack for around $2); and Q-tips. I also made sure to have a pencil on hand.
On the basket front, I sketched out Teddy’s name – well, I put “Ted” which is what we often call him at home (I guess as a nickname for the nickname). Then, I traced the pencil-sketched letters with black paint.
After this black paint dried, I used the other three colors to fill in the letters, bringing a spring feeling to the basket.
Finally, I use Q-tips in the three different colors of paint to create a polkadot handle and border to the basket.
The final product turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself! This is definitely not as gorgeous as the basket my eldest was gifted – but it certainly has a cute springy vibe and is personalized in a really fun way.
Let me know if you have DIY’d or done any Easter basket projects! I’d love to hear from you in the comments below.
And from my family to yours – happy (hoppy) Easter!
Kate with a Twang 