I made these fun and colorful Mod Podge Peat Pot Easter Baskets a couple years ago, when we still lived in our former house. As I’m preparing to decorate for Easter in our new 100 year old house, I thought it would be fun to show you again how I made these mini Easter baskets.
This was one of my favorite crafts I’ve ever done for Easter. To make these peat pot baskets was quite easy, (this could be a fun craft for kids too) I just found it to be so relaxing, puttering away on them, and it was very low cost as well.
So here’s what I did:(I will have shopping links for you towards the end of this post)
For me, since I have so many craft supplies and paints etc. this would have been the only additional cost for except I found this bag of peat pots out in the barn, so I actually had everything on hand. But this is what you would need to buy if you didn’t have a shed full of stuff… (which now that we’ve moved, I’m glad to report that we cleaned out that shed full of stuff!!)
I gathered all my craft stuff together, like this vintage ribbon I had purchased on Ebay. (great resource for vintage ribbon)
After I painted the peat pots and set them aside to dry, (I found that inverting them on the craft paint bottles was the perfect height to keep them off the counter) I started to work on the graphics I planned to Mod Podge onto the peat pot baskets.
Playing around on power point, this is the graphic I came up with. The cute vintage bunny band is a graphic I found on Graphics Fairy. She has tons of fantastic antique and vintage graphics for you to use for free!
I added the letters with a font called ‘Orniste’ I downloaded from dafont.com. That’s one font resource I haven’t had any trouble with… some other font resources have added junk on my computer that I’ve had to fix.
I cut the bunny letters apart and after the paint on the peat pots was totally dry, I applied a generous coating of Mod Podge, then laid the bunny letter on the pot and more Mod Podge over the top. I printed the bunny graphics on my inkjet printer, so the colors did want to run once they got wet with the Mod Podge… so be warned, either use a laser printer, or don’t rebrush the Mod Podge once it goes on.
To prevent the ribbon handles from flopping over on the peat pot Easter baskets, I lined the inside of the ribbon with thick cardstock paper. I just simply cut it out just slightly thinner and shorter than the ribbon. Then with a hot glue gun, glued the cardstock stiffener to the ribbon.
I left each end of the handles unglued though, that gave me a way to attach it to the peat pot baskets. I slipped the basket between the ribbon and cardstock stiffener, and glued both to the peat pots.
I added buttons to each handle side just by hot gluing them onto the ribbon once it was secured onto the pots.
Then for a fun, yet totally free, nesting material to set the eggs on, my husband ran some newspaper through the paper shredder at work.
Now I just need to figure out where I’m going to put these E-A-S-T-E-R baskets in our new 100 year old house…
Want to try your hand at making some of these peat pot baskets? Well here you can shop everything you need:
Super cute Button selections at Joann.com
Easter Eggs for inside the baskets at Joann.com
Peat Pots at Home Depot
I have an affiliate relationship with the ads and most of the links you see on my blog… in other words, that’s how I get paid… I search for the deals, and then tell you about them, and the stores are so happy that I told you, they give me a tiny amount to say thanks to me, when you buy something from them.
Want to read a little more?
Click here to see all the Spring and Easter posts I’ve written about.
Click here to see all the DIY and tutorials I’ve posted about.
Click here to read about the dining room in our former house.
Click here to read about the dining room in our new 100 year old house.
Please feel free to share this blog with your friends, as well as on Facebook and Pinterest and Flipboard and Houzz the more the merrier! I appreciate you stopping by.
I am thrilled to use BlueHost for my self-hosted blog, their customer service is awesome!
Shop World Market for fun Easter Decor and Baskets
Shop Wayfair for more fun Easter items!
This post is linked to these sites:
Skip to my Lou
StoneGable
Home Stories A to Z
Design, Dining and Diapers
Too Much Time on my Hands
Shabby Nest
It’s Overflowing
Under the Table and Dreaming
Those are really cute! Thanks for joining HSH!
Sherry
These are really cute! Thanks for sharing your crafty inspiration on this week’s Monday Funday Party!
I love these, and it sounds like a fun craft to do with the kids!
Your little Easter baskets have to be the cutest idea. Have got to get some peat pots and the ribbon and get to work. Maybe youngest grand daughter would like to help me, out of 6 grandkids she’s only one that likes crafting and since she lives close by we can spend some quality time together, loving it.
Love that this is a simple inexpensive craft to do. I don’t have one of fancy die cutting machines or any of that and no money to buy one. Do have a Big Shot so will look for a die maybe or an embossing sheet. Love all that stuff but forget to use it, shame on me. I was looking at Michaels few weeks ago and was surprised how much the Big Shots and ones like it have gone up. We don’t all have money to buy the new machines.
As a previous commentor said I love texture of peat pots also. Hope I can find some cute graphics to put on mine. So glad you shared your adorable project. Happy week
Oh I’m so glad that this had inspired you! It was a very fun project to do. Thanks for reading here.
I like the texture of the peat pots. Cute idea!
Thanks! I didn’t come up with the idea, but it was super fun to create my own take on it! 😉
HI! LOVE YOUR POSTS. COULD READ THEM FOR HOURS. THANKS!
I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE. I AM MAKING A BAR-LIKE TABLE FROM AN OAK WINE
BARREL. IT IS NEW, & MY CONCERN IS, WHAT SHALL I PUT ON THE WOOD TO DARKEN IT, &
ALSO PRESERVE IT? ALSO I HAVE FOUND A GRANITE TOP FOR IT AT A THRIFT STORE. IT
HAS A SCRATCH (A DEEP CUT-LIKE SCRATCH) ON TOP OF IT, ABOUT 4″ LONG. I HAVE SOME
EPOXY. WILL THAT DO THE TRICK, THEN TOUCH UP W/ARTIST PAINTS?
THANKS BUNCHES,
PAM
Hi Pam, Thanks so much for reading over here at HometoCottage.com! Your table idea sound fantastic! I’d love to see a picture of it when you’re all done. I don’t know much about fixing scratches in granite, except for when I’ve watched the guys installing granite countertops at different jobs for me, and yes, they did patch the seams with an epoxy, so I’m sure you’re on the right track! Good luck. Liz