Today Alex and I made an Easter basket made from a gallon tea jug, construction paper, glue, and cotton balls. I found all of these things around the house. We always have gallon jugs, whether it is milk or water or tea.
To start the project, I rinsed out the jog and peeled off of the stickers from the jug. Then came the part where I needed to cut the jug. This took me a second to figure out and some time staring at the jug. I used my husband's knife to start the cut and then a pair of scissors to cut out the rest of the hole for him to collect eggs. Leave the handle in tact. That will be needed to help hold the basket when hunting eggs.
Next, Alex glued the face to the front of the jug. For this, I just cut an oval out of a piece of whitish construction paper. Then, he glued on eyes and a nose to the face. Next, came the ears. He glued to black circles inside the white parts of the ears. I tried gluing the ears close to the top of the head but there was just not enough support so we glued them to the side of the head. Finally, we finished our lamb by gluing cotton balls on the ears, face, and around the head. You can use as many as you want and could cover the whole jug if you want. Alex only wanted to do the face and around the face. It turned out really cute and only took a few minutes to make. So easy, cheap, and adorable for any child to use this Easter!
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