As of: March 25, 2024, 7:00 p.m
By: Carina Blumenroth
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Small Easter nests or Easter baskets are perfect as souvenirs for friends and family.
How to easily make one yourself.
Easter is approaching and you are invited to brunch with the family.
It's a good idea to bring a little something with you.
How about an Easter basket that you can easily make yourself?
You only need a few parts and you can get most of it for free in nature.
Make an Easter nest from natural materials: leaves, birch bark, branches
You can easily make an Easter basket yourself from various natural materials.
(Symbolic image) © Zoonar.com/Cornelia Pithart/Imago
If you have your own garden, you can easily make an Easter basket yourself using materials you have collected.
To do this, simply collect things that you find in the garden.
For example, you can use twigs, leaves, hay and birch twigs.
If you don't have your own garden, you can also pick up small twigs and the like in the forest.
Then you will need craft glue or wood glue.
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Making an Easter basket: This is how it works
Shred branches, wood and hay.
The materials should be about the length of your little finger.
Then put the materials in a bowl and mix everything well.
Add craft glue and a splash of water over it.
Mix everything together with your hands.
If you like, put on gardening gloves beforehand.
Once everything is well mixed, make a hollow in the middle with your hand and shape your Easter nest as you wish.
Let everything dry thoroughly.
This can take a total of around two days,
informs
NDR.de.
Once everything is completely dry inside, you can carefully lift the nest out of the mold.
Place it upside down on a surface so that the floor can also dry out.
You can now cover the finished Easter nest with hay.
For example, you can collect painted Easter eggs there.
Alternatively, you can make an Easter basket out of old milk cartons.
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Without glue, with wire: make your own Easter basket
Do you want to do without craft glue?
Then you can also use wire or jute ribbon to tie the branches together for the Easter basket.
According to
My Beautiful Garden,
you will need some twigs, such as vines.
Place these on top of each other in a star shape.
Secure the middle with wire or jute ribbon.
Then weave thin branches underneath.
Always once over and once under the vine branches so that an edge is created.
The ends are then tucked inside.
You can pad the nest with straw or moss.
If you like, you can insert loose pussy willows or flowering Easter tree branches on the outside.
Place Easter eggs inside.
With a small flower that also fits in the basket, you have made a nice souvenir or table decoration.