Home made easter gifts

soblivion

That's difficult Little Chicken, the cheapest I've seen it is £1 for 100g at QS but as you say you only want a little bit and if you want 4 or 5 colours it's going to add up. Charity shops maybe cheaper if they do a mixed bag or ebay sometimes has mixes of toy wool but as they're usually ends of balls wound you don't always know how much of each colour you're getting.
I don't know if aldi or lidl sell it cheaper or a place called home bargains all the ladies keep talking of.
Sorry I'm not much help really.

denton6

Hi on ebay someone is selling some little knitted baskets that you can put the mini eggs in.I have emailed her to see if she has a pattern to sell for these or does anyone else no where one is available.I searched small basket in ebay and it came up .Thanks

she_grinch

I remember a few of you were concerned that the crafts were a bit too difficult, these look really easy and could attatch to gift baskets full of mini eggs.
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10838

This one too
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10023

these are sweet (excuse the pun!)
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10112

In fact there are several things to make on this site luding these lol http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10102

soblivion

Following on from candyB's link, I found these http://www.allfreecrafts.com/easter/jelly-bean-bag-bunny.shtml
These bunny egg cosies are cute too
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2008/02/bunny-egg-cozy.html
For denton6
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~woodsy/Baskets.htm
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/holeasterbasket.htm
Not like the ebay ones but the only ones I could find

mary43

Keep the ideas coming -the easier the better for me -my fingers just won't let me knit........ggggrrrrr:mad: Sewing is just as hard so its got to be 'child like' if you know what I mean.
Love the bunnies with the beads:rotfl:

soblivion

While I remember, these look really pretty and easy too.
http://papervernissage.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter-baskets.html

hels102

Thanks for the links Soblivion and She Grinch, I love the heart shaped bag made out of paper, I may give that a try!

I'm with you Mary I can't knit, I'm a very basic crafter!!:rotfl:

mary43

hels - glad its not just me..............lol I used to knit loads and had visions of being the preverbial old lady in a rocking chair knitting for England..........not so...........the onset of age makes me revert to scissors, paper and pritt stick.............going back to my childhood I think.............lol:rotfl:

she_grinch

How cute is this useful if child can't have sweets or for an adult who likes bunnies
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/easter/recycled-cd-memo-bunny.shtml

soblivion

denton6 wrote: »

Hi on ebay someone is selling some little knitted baskets that you can put the mini eggs in.I have emailed her to see if she has a pattern to sell for these or does anyone else no where one is available.I searched small basket in ebay and it came up .Thanks

Hi again denton6, this one is very like the pattern but it's crochet
http://bloglessknitting.blogspot.com/2008/03/miniature-easter-baskets.html