Mother's Day Woven Basket
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Spring is an exuberant season, as flowers and grasses pop up in all their colorful glory. You can purchase Mother’s Day baskets, of course…but there’s nothing like a homemade paper basket that your child can make.
Step 1: Gather up some colored construction paper. You will need three pieces of sturdy construction paper in spring colors such as green, blue, and lavender
Step 2: Trace your Template two different colors of construction paper, and use scissors to cut each one out.
Step 3: Following the lines on the template, cut strips from the bottom of the template shape.
Step 4: Trace Template solid heart—onto a piece of solid construction paper, and cut out a solid heart shape, which will form the back of the “basket.”
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Step 5: Help your child “weave” the two sides of the heart from Step 1. Encourage kids to do as much of this as possible independently, so that they develop hand-eye coordination skills, and practice the pattern of “over-under” that they need for their math work. When they are done, they will have an attractive woven heart.
Step 6: Staple the woven heart to the plain one, ( I glued mine since I was out of staples) and staple the strip of paper across the top to make a handle. Now you have a “heart basket” that is perfect for a special message.
Step 7: You can also purchase some faux flowers at the Dollar Tree and separate them and insert them into the top of the basket. They can also decorate the outside of the basket or make a special note to insert into the basket.
Don’t forget: you can also make this one for grandma, or for some other really cherished maternal figure in your family’s life.
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