Make DIY Edible Easter Baskets with Dollar Tree Finds (Great for Teens!)
These edible Dollar Tree Easter baskets are a cinch to make!
It doesn’t matter how old my kids get, I still enjoy creating simple little Easter baskets for them! This year, if you’re looking for a unique DIY Easter basket, check out these adorable and totally edible DIY Easter baskets.
The best part, these cute and crafty Easter baskets don’t cost very much to make when you shop at Dollar Tree! Otherwise, you can also shop at your local grocery store for the seasonal items needed for this project too.
Good news! Dollar Tree Easter baskets are a frugal craft project!
DIY Edible Easter Baskets
PrintSupplies Needed
- 4 theater size candy boxes
- glue gun and glue sticks
- piece of cardboard for the bottom of basket
- headband or rope candy for the handle
- grass and filler items for the basket
Directions
1
Use a hot glue gun to glue the corners of the candy boxes together, and also glue to a piece of cardboard for the bottom of the basket.
2
Glue a handle to the inside middle of the basket. This can be a headband as shown, a piece of craft foam, or a rope type of packaged candy.
3
Embellish further by hot-gluing decorative ribbon around the sides if desired, or tie a bow.
4
Fill your basket with faux grass and fun Easter goodies — that’s it! Happy Easter!
Extra tips for making Dollar Tree Easter baskets:
- The theater-size boxes of candy are perfect for this project and so are packages of Easter Peeps marshmallows. If you’d prefer crackers or other savory snack foods, try looking for similar-shaped boxes.
- If you wanted to use clear packing tape to secure everything, I’m sure that would work as well as hot glue.
- For the “handle” of the basket, you can use a headband, piece of craft foam, or long rope candy that could work. On one of my baskets, I actually hot glued two beef jerky sticks together and then glued the ends inside the “basket”. So fun!
Homemade Easter baskets are such an easy and adorable craft!
My daughter could make these for her friends, too! They’d be a cute, thoughtful gift for nieces, nephews, or grandkids. The Cracker Jack version would be fun for a baseball fan, just add sunflower seeds, gum, or even a baseball.
This idea could work beyond Easter as well, like a mini gift basket for a movie gift card or an end-of-year teacher or coach gift. 🎁
Here are two more fun examples I made years ago! I clipped on some little hairbows to the handle as an embellishment on these. What a fun little craft that’s easy to pull off!
Whatever the occasion, we’ve got plenty of gift inspiration!
Love this!
Cute idea for the great-nieces and nephews. I’ll need to do this next year as I already sent their Easter goodies out…..with their Valentine’s Day goodies and birthday gifts. Mailed together to safe on postage.
I’ve made these for my three boys for several years (now 12, 12, and 11). I didn’t realize how much they liked them until I didn’t make them one year and they all asked me where they were! Well worth the few dollars and time!!
As an aunt, I really like that it’s all consumable without an extra basket to store until next year, etc. Kids only need so many baskets, buckets, etc. Totally want to do this!
I did this several years ago when we were traveling during Easter and didn’t want to carry around baskets in my luggage. I just brought the candy and a glue gun and assembled them that night in the hotel room!
I love this idea! I’m wondering if those little boxes of Lego would work as well! More pricey, of course, but perhaps good for a birthday gift and to eliminate candy! I was trying to think of other similar-sized boxes to use for my kids who may be sensitive to too much sugar and food dye! 🤪
I do this for the teenagers. Candy box on the outside. Popcorn bags in the inside with other movie night candy. They love it. Have to keep the cool aunt title. 😊😊
Great idea. Every year we buy baskets then after Easter try to figure out how to repurpose them or donate them.
such a cute idea!