I made these Easter baskets from crayon rubbings and a simple basket stencil that I cut from cardboard. Then I pasted a half dozen Easter eggs into my baskets after cutting egg shapes from decorative papers. This simple Easter egg, basket craft can be accomplished by students as young as six or seven, but I would recommend it for students in second through fourth grade.
- crayons
- construction paper
- decorative papers
- markers and pencils
- white glue
- Woven patterned surfaces on placemats, baskets and glass or plastic plates if you can find them
- scissors
- Cut and trace a basket stencil. Make this shape simple and with plenty of volume sot that a rubbed texture will be obvious once the project is complete.
- Trace and cut the basket shape from yellow or brown construction paper.
- Then place the cut basket shape on top of a woven textured surface and then rub the side of a darker crayon firmly across the surface.
- Draw additional details onto your paper basket's handle and paste it onto an additional sheet of paper for the background.
- Then cut and trace egg pattern onto decorative papers for your Easter eggs. You could also use wrapping paper, wallpaper, etc... for these paper eggs. Use your imagination!
- Paste these paper Easter eggs into your basket picture.
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| "The weave pattern on these Easter basket is created by rubbing crayons across the surface of paper laid on the top of a Depression glass plate." Depressionware is a marvelous surface for children to make rubbings with. Don't use anything too valuable however, they may break the surface accidentally. |
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