Valentine's Day Basket Craft
This craft is a woven heart shaped basket. This craft can be done by 4-6 year old children with assistance.
What you need
- 2 4x6" pieces of bristol board
- 1 1x12" strip of bristol board
- 1 heart shape cut from a 7x7" piece of bristol board
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Hole punch
- Brads (7)
- Scissors
Steps
- Measure up 4 1/2" from the bottom of the 4x6" pieces of bristol board and draw a line across the width. Cut short end to round.
- On bottom of the same two peices, measure 1" increments across the width of the pieces. Next cut up from each of the 1 " marks to the 4 1/2" mark made in step 1.
- Weave the two pieces from steps 1 & 2 together to make a heart shape.
- Place the woven heart over the heart cut out.
- Holding the two hearts together, punch holes at the bottom point and twice on each side. Use brads to fasten the two hearts together at the holes.
- Punch one hole at the top of each heart and on each end if the 12" strip. Use brads to fasten strips as a handle.
Photos
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