Castle Easter Basket - How to make princess castle Easter baskets from a soda bottle bottom and toilet paper rolls. Great for hunting eggs or filling with Easter treats fit for a princess.
1. 1 Recycled 2 Liter Soda Bottle
2. 4 Recycled toilet paper tubes
3. Silver tissue paper
4. Construction paper - pink
5. White card stock
6. Metal fasteners or stapler
Instructions :
1. Cut the top off of a soda bottle and clean it.
2. Cut a strip of silver tissue paper that is about 6 inches wider than the height of your cut out bottle of soda.
3. Wrap and tape your wrapping paper around the bottle. Fold the bottom into the base and tape in the middle like a present.
4. Fold the top part down and tape into place.
5. To make the turrets for your castle, wrap four toilet paper tubes with your silver tissue paper.
6. To make the tops for your castle turrets, cut a pink 8.5 X 11 inch sheet of construction paper into four squares and cut them out. Wrap each around making a cone. Add glue to the top of your tube and push the turret into it until it sticks.
7. To make your castle Easter basket handle, cut out and 11 inch strip of card stock paper. Wrap it with silver tissue paper. Cut out a pink strip to decorate it up. Then either use metal fasteners or a stapler to attach it to your basket.
8. Cut out an oval door with the pink paper and glue it to your castle.
9. Lastly, a responsible adult should use a hot glue gun to attach the turrets to the castle on all four corners.
10. Now you have a castle Easter basket for your little princess to collect Easter eggs or to fill with candy. Just add some Easter grass!
