Happy Easter! Easter Sunday is a special time whatever your traditions are to celebrate - Easter Brunch, Easter Treats, Easter Candy, Egg Decorating, and Church services. Today we have a fun way to make it even more special - a DIY easter basket. These DIY Easter Basket Ideas will add a finishing touch to your easter celebration. The whole family can participate - these homemade baskets will be an sure upgrade from a wire basket or paper bags and will be great holding those easter basket stuffers.

In this tutorial, Sara will guide you through a fun DIY Easter Basket project that involves using fabric. It is an excellent way to get creative and add a personal touch to your Easter celebrations. Additionally, we've curated the Top 10 DIY Easter Baskets from around the web to provide you with inspiration and help you choose the perfect basket for your needs. Whether you're looking for traditional or modern designs, there's something for everyone. With these unique basket ideas, you can impress your loved ones and make this Easter extra special.

DIY Easter Basket | Make Your Own Easter Basket

Tutorial #1 | DIY Fabric Easter Basket from Sara

Hi everyone! Sara here from Made by Sara with my contributor’s post. This last week my kids asked me to make them baskets for Easter egg hunting. We are still a couple of weeks away but you can already tell how excited they are!

I made them these easy fabric baskets and I thought I would share a tutorial with you. There are several ways of making fabric baskets, but I have opted for this one that I have been using for years that does not require any hand sewing. A winner right?

Instead of making a single or double handle I decided to sew two ribbons and make tie them to a bow. Doesn’t it look precious?

The final measure of this basket is 6” (width) 11” (length) x 6” (height).

Fabric Easter Basket Materials

• 2x exterior fabric: 10” (length) x 18” (width)
• 2x interior fabric: 10” (length) x 18” (width)
• 2x fusible interfacing: 9” x 17”
• 2x ribbon: 20”. Note: I have used a ribbon with about 1.5” width but you can use any ribbon 1-2” wide.
• 1x rick rack (or other embellishment, like pom pom trim): 35”

Optional: bating or any sturdier interfacing, if you want your basket to be really sturdy.

How to make an Easter fabric basket

Step 1: Cut all pieces according to the measurements above.

Step 2: Fuse the interfacing pieces to the wrong side of the exterior fabric pieces.

Step 3: Place both exterior pieces together, right sides together. Pin both sides and bottom side. Stitch at 1/2”. Make sure to leave the upper side open.

Step 4: Cut both corners close to the pivoting stitches. Pull one corner out, matching the seams at the center. Mark a line (either with a tailor’s chalk or with pins) 6” long. Stitch along the line. Trim at 1/4”. Repeat on other corner. Turn right side out. Push out to form boxed corners.

Step 5: Repeat with the interior pieces but in the end keep it with the wrong side out.

Step 6: Press the edges of both the interior basket and exterior basket 1/2” to the wrong side.

Step 7: Get the rick rack. Baste it along the folded edge of the interior basket.

Step 8: Place the ribbon strips at the center of each side of the basket. Pin in place.

Step 9: Place the interior piece inside the exterior so the wrong sides are together. Carefully match the folded edges of both pieces all around. Pin. Edgestitch.

Step 10: Remove the basting stitch (from the rick rack). Tie the bow. You’re done!

You can make this basket as an Easter egg hunt basket or as a gift basket! I am having a baby shower later this month and I am already pulling some sweet blue fabrics to make one to offer along with a gift inside. Happy Easter!

Top 10 Other Easter Basket Ideas & Tutorials

Easter is an exciting time of the year, with Easter egg hunts being a popular tradition. To make the day even more special for your kids, we have compiled a list of ten free Easter basket tutorials that you can try out. Each tutorial can be accessed by clicking on the link above each picture, and they range from simple to more complex designs. You can personalize them with your child's favorite colors and decorations to add an extra touch of magic to the occasion. These baskets can also make great gifts for friends and family members who celebrate Easter.

1. Fabric Easter Egg Basket from Crafty Gemini

Here’s a fun beginner sewing project to make fabric easter baskets. You’ll need some fabric, batting, interfacing, and sewing supplies. She also has a YouTube tutorial to go along with the easter basket. 

2. Bunny Applique Bag from Craftaholics Anonymous

This is more of an “Easter Bag” tutorial. Aki will show you how to take a blank canvas bag and use her bunny template, some fabric, freezer paper, and a few other things to make a bunny themed tote bag for Easter time. There's a lot of different things you can do with applique - add artificial flowers, fake easter grass, a bunny face and many more things.

3. Make a No-Sew Fabric Easter Basket from Diana Rambles

This is a clever design of how to make no-sew fabric easter baskets. You basically use a good amount or rope or cording and wrap it in woven fabric around the plastic bucket to make these fun DIY baskets.  

4. Bunny Easter Basket from While Wearing Heels

If you want to really take your Easter basket designs up a notch you can make one that looks like an actual Bunny. The ears will take a little extra time but not too much for this fun basket. 

5. Fabric DIY Easter Baskets from Hawthorne Threads

Hawthorne Threads has some fun Easter themed fabrics as well as a fun and easy fabric easter basket to go along with it. 

These Mini Bunny Baskets are easy to make with some felt and vinyl. The tutorial includes a free PDF file to create the basket shapes. You will have to do a little sewing around the edges. 

7. BOHO Bag from My French Twist

You can make these adult themed easter baskets with some placemats, a gift bag, and a sewing machine. 

8. Fabric Easter Basket from Positively Splendid

These fabric easter baskets have a ton of color and make an excellent decorative easter basket. You’ll need 3 coordinating fabrics, fusible fleece, interfacing, and a few things for decorations. 

9. Linen DIY Easter Basket from Nana Company

This unique linen fabric basket comes with a great step-by-step tutorial to help you put it together quickly. 

10. Soft fabric basket from Somewhat Simple

Here’s our last entry from Somewhat Simple. This is a great fabric basket tutorial that can be used for many different applications – of course, one of those is as an Easter Basket. Pick your fabric from KnitFabric.com and make the perfect one. 

I hope this inspires you to go out and create some Easter cuteness! Traditional baskets are great but making your own easter basket is a fun easter craft for kids of all ages. It's amazing what you can create with just a few craft supplies.

Thank you for joining us today to check out these DIY Easter Baskets. As always, be sure to come join us in the Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop Facebook Group to share what you make and ask sewing-related questions.