Easter Basket

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Materials

Plastic strawberry baskets

Various colors of yarn cut in 12" (30 cm) lengths

Gold or silver twine

Instructions

What to do
1. Give each child a strawberry basket.
2. Let each child choose a piece of yarn, and have her weave the yarn in and out of the holes of
the basket.
3. Once the child has reached the end of the first piece of yarn, encourage her to continue weaving
with other colors.
4. Take 2 pieces of twine, approximately 18" (45 cm) each, and tie the ends to the corners of each
basket to make handles.
More to do
Outdoors: Let the children use these baskets on an Easter egg hunt. The children can also take
these baskets outside to collect items on a nature hunt.

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