We love making creative craft activities for kids to enjoy and to expand their imaginations! In this post, we are looking at some really fun paper weaving projects.

We are learning about paper basket weaving for kids to make on their own! You don’t even need a paper basket weaving template; just follow the easy instructions below. Whether your kids just love to weave paper, laminate it and use it as a placemat.

Or, if they want to go a step further and actually make a basket out of their weaved paper, they will find that this fine motor skills activity is a lot of fun!

Basket Weaving Craft for Preschoolers Supplies

You can make weaved paper, a weaved paper Easter basket or just a basket with this project.

If you want an Easter basket, you might want to buy some plastic Easter eggs to go in the baskets.

For these paper weaving projects, you will need:

Astrobrights Neon 8.5 X 11 CardstockElmer’s Glue Stick (E588)Swingline Stapler, Optima 40, Compact, Low ForceOfficemate Standard Staples, 210 per strip, 20 Sheets CapacityEmoji Easter Eggs, 24-Pack48 Toys Filled Easter Eggs, 2.5 Inches Bright Colorful Prefilled

• colored paper
• scissors
• gluestick
• stapler
• staples
• optional: Easter eggs

Paper Weaving Projects

Part 1

First, start with the paper weaving basket template:

• fold a piece of paper in half (the hamburger way)
• measure one inch around the top, the open side and the bottom.
• Make small marks one inch apart, as you go down the folded page to keep track of where to cut the lines.

Look at picture 1 below. You can see how the strips were cut.

Make sure your cuts are made on the FOLDED side of the paper and you stop at the 1-inch mark.

If your kids are old enough, walk them through it. If not, this part might be better to do yourself.

Part 2

Next, pick the colors of paper that you want for the weaving strips.

Fold the papers in half the long way (the hotdog way) and cut strips that are about 3/4 of an inch thick.

If you need to, use a ruler and a pencil to make marks on where to cut.

Cut these strips all the way through.

Part 3

Alright, so now you are ready to begin the paper weaving that kids will love!

Pick any color of construction paper that they want for the template and for the weaving paper strips.

Set the template paper flat (open) on the table.

Pick out out strips for the weaving and have the glue stick handy.

Teach your child(ren) how to start weaving (over and under with the first strip and under and over on the next strip and back to over and under for the third and so on).

Continue weaving until the entire template is full of strips and can’t fit any more.

After finishing weaving each strip, use the glue stick to glue the top and bottom end of the strips to the baskets don’t fall apart.

Once the entire paper is weaved and the strips are glued down on the ends, fold each of the 4 sides of the paper in.

Sides of Basket

Only fold over 2 strips’ worth of paper (see pictures). Crease the folds well.

To make the paper weave basket, you will need the stapler, the staples and an additional strip for the basket handle.

As you see in the picture, you will bring both corner creases toward each other to create a triangle inside the basket-to-be.

Bring the triangle to one of the sides and secure with a staple or two.

Continue doing that for all 4 corners until you end up with a box.

Staple or glue the extra strip on the narrower sides of the box to make it a basket.

It is iso easy that you can definitely say that this is an awesome paper basket weaving for preschoolers!

And there you have it! Fantastic crafting projects that you can put to good use!

Didn’t these woven paper baskets turn out awesome?!

Thank you for visiting our Craft Activities for Kids ~ Paper Weaving Projects post!

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