These little Easter baskets were made from some left-over tubes that were lying around. They were pretty easy to make and quick work too..

Of course, they don't serve any purpose given their size 😄 But are super cute to look at, so may be I will end up making more of these!!

Model Details:

Model: Easter Basket

Difficulty Level: High Intermediate

Tutorial (making newspaper tubes): Youtube

Tutorial (making the basket): Youtube

Quite a few origami baskets are very simple to make and have a utilitarian value as well. And since my last post on baskets, a few of my friends wanted me to try out some simple baskets. They are pretty new to origami, so keeping it simple was my aim.

The first basket I tried out was this simple Easter basket. It comes complete with a handle. Glue the handle in place so that it can be used to carry little eggs.

The next is a very cute Pointed Basket that I found on Youtube. I loved making this one, since it was quite easy to make, but it should be creased properly and accurately. It looks good when made with a big piece of paper. I used a square of 10 inches for this one. Rather than a regular basket, I think this will make a great bread basket.

The last basket that I tried was one that we had done as kids. We used to use these bags to carry small stuffed toys. Quite easy to make. The handle needs to be glued so it does not keep popping out.

Model Details:

Model: Simple Baskets

Difficulty Level: Simple

Paper Ratio: Square

Tutorial: Easter Basket, Pointed Basket

A cute little flower basket, complete with a handle too, to carry Easter eggs! This flower basket is made from 2 squares of paper. One forms the basket and the second one is cut into quarters and each of them for each of the 4 centre petals.

The basket can be made with or without the handle. If the handle is included, it needs to be inserted into the centre petal. It might have to be glued down if the handle isn't only for show :)

For more colourful baskets, sturdy wrapper paper should help. If using solid colours, it looks much better if the 4 petals are in a different colour from the rest of the basket.

Model Details:

Model: Flower Basket 

Difficulty Level: Simple

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 4 inch squares

Tutorial: Youtube