Peat Pot Easter Baskets Craft Tutorial

04/12/2014

Peat Pot Easter Baskets Craft Tutorial

I was rummaging around in my garage the other day and found several peat pots I had purchased a while ago. As I recall, I purchased them for craft projects rather than gardening. Peat pots make wonderful little baskets for holiday decor or party favors. I even have a Pinterest board dedicated to peat pots, which you can view HERE.

I made some little Easter baskets with the peat pots I found in my garage. Here are a couple of them:

These little baskets were easy and fun to make, but they took some time. Here is what you will need to make your own version:

Materials and Tools Needed:

Peat pots

Chalk paint or craft paint

Paint brush

Laser copied images

Mod Podge (matte)

Foam core

Wire for handles (mine was jute covered)

Wire cutters

Hot glue

Paper shred

Lace for trimming

Easter chicks, bunnies, and eggs to fill the baskets

Flowers and other embellishments of your choice

Directions:

Paint the peat pots with your chosen paints. I painted mine with chalk paint, and I was pleased with the outcome.

I painted the bottoms and the insides, which wasn't really necessary. I would suggest just painting inside the rims. They had to dry overnight, which took patience:

After your peat pots are dry, it's time to add the color copied images to them. Using a bit of Mod Podge, coat the back of the image and apply it to the pot. Smooth it out with your fingers to get out any air bubbles and excess glue. Topcoat with Mod Podge.

Next, cut a length of wire for your basket handle and hot glue it into place inside the basket.

Here are the little chicks and eggs I've been finding at estate sales. I'm glad I found a use for them:

I wanted my chicks and bunnies to stay stationary within the baskets. If you want yours to do the same, cut a circle of foam core and insert it about a half inch down inside the peat pot, using hot glue to secure it. This will help keep the basket handles secured, too:

Now you can glue your little chicks, bunnies, or eggs and they won't fall out of your basket. You can even glue some of the paper shred to the foam core so the foam core won't be seen: