Color Pop Easter Basket
Designed by: Loann Burke, AIFD, PFCI

Materials Needed

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Eggs: two 6"; three 5"

Other Materials:
Fresh flower stems: pink carnations (3); purple mini carnations (5); pale yellow spray roses (2); green hypericum berries (2); green poms (2)
Leather leaf, three stems
Basket with liner
Sheer purple ribbon, 1-1/2" x 5 yds.
Pink sisal
Foam-safe spray paints: yellow; pink; purple
Bright pastel markers
Wet floral foam brick
Waterproof floral tape
Wooden floral picks, ten 6"
Wired floral picks, six
Floral shears
Floral or other serrated knife
Ruler
Scissors
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Flower food (if using fresh flowers)
Anti-transpirant spray

Instructions

1. Use floral knife to cut floral foam to fit container.
2. Refer to package to mix flower food with fresh, clean water. Soak foam in mixture and drain on towel. Tape foam to basket liner; apply tape strips in criss-cross pattern over top of foam to secure.
3. Working in well-ventilated, protected area, spray paint three foam eggs, each a different color. Use markers to draw dots or stripes on remaining eggs; refer to photo as guide. Let dry. Glue two wooden picks halfway into bottom of each egg.
4. Cut a 3-yd. ribbon length and make a loopy bow with center loop. Cut two 24" ribbon lengths for tails, cutting ends on angle. Hot glue centers of ribbon tails and bow to basket handle.
5. Cut remaining ribbon into 6" lengths and fold in half; secure raw ends of each piece to a wired floral pick.
6. Insert leather leaf stems into floral foam. Insert foam eggs into arrangement; refer to photo as guide. Trim flower stems to 2" lengths and insert into arrangement around eggs.
7. Tuck bits of sisal into arrangement between flowers and eggs. Insert ribbon loops near both sides of arrangement.
8. Spray arrangement with anti-transpirant spray.

A Honey of a Garden Bunny
Designed By: Mary Jo Hodson

STYROFOAM* Brand Foam:
Eggs: one each 3-1/16" x 2-15/16" and 3-13/16" x 2-13/16"
Tapered pot insert, 5-1/2" x 4-1/2" x 2" OR Block, 8" x 4" x 2"

Other Materials:
6" clay pot
Carrot seed garden marker
Jumbo loopy chenille: beige, 5 yds.; white, 1/3 yd.
Pom pom, 1/2" pink
Black eyes, 12mm, two
Straw hat, 6"
Navy homespun fabric, 12" x 16"
Fusible web, 12" x 16"
5/8" black wire-edge ribbon, 2/3 yd.
Artificial vegetable picks including carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and pea pods, two
Artificial grasshopper or bug
Silk florals: assorted spring flowers, one stem; ivy, one bush
Green raffia, small amount
Sphagnum moss, 1 oz.
Jute cord, 2-1/3 yds.
Craft sticks, two
Floral pins
T-pins
Utility knife
Scissors
Ruler
Low-temp glue gun
Serrated knife and candle stub

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Glue foam pot insert to clay pot (if using foam block, trim block to fit pot; glue in place).
2. Make bunny's head by cutting a point in both ends of a craft stick. Push one end into wide end of small egg, letting it extend 2" from foam. Glue to secure.
3. Cut four 3" and four 3-1/2" lengths of beige loopy chenille. Attach 3-1/2" lengths evenly spaced to small egg, pinning chenille at narrow and wide ends of egg. Pin 3" lengths to fill in between longer ones.
4. Make bunny's body by cutting 3/4" from wide end of large egg to flatten bottom; use serrated knife waxed with candle stub to cut foam. Cut points in ends of remaining craft stick. Insert one end in flat bottom of large egg 3/4" from edge. Glue to secure, letting it extend 2-3/4" from foam.
5. Cut three 5" and five 4" lengths of beige loopy chenille. Follow Step 3 to attach 5" lengths, then 4" lengths to egg, leaving a dime-size circle of foam uncovered at narrow end.
6. Join head to body by inserting craft stick from small egg into narrow end of large egg. Glue craft stick to secure. Glue hat to head.
7. Loosely roll two 3" lengths of beige loopy chenille into balls for cheeks and glue side by side to bottom of head. Glue pink pom pom nose and black bead eyes to face just above cheeks (refer to photo).
8. Cut following lengths of loopy chenille: two 10" ears; two 11" arms; two 16" legs. Fold each length in half and twist ends together to secure. Using T-pins and glue, attach body parts to bunny as specified. Pin ears to center top of head/hat, 1" apart, curling tips of ears over brim. Pin arms to sides of body just below neck and bend ends forward. Pin legs to center bottom front of body. Shape in a sitting position, bending and twisting legs at knees and feet.
9. Roll white loopy chenille into a ball. Glue and pin to center bottom back of body for a tail.
10. Iron fusible web to wrong side of homespun fabric, following manufacturer's instructions. Using pattern, cut vest from fused fabric. Cut slits for arm openings where indicated. Place vest on bunny and pin just below chin.
11. Tie wire-edge ribbon in a bow around bunny's neck.
12. Attach bunny body to clay pot, inserting craft stick extension into foam insert near back. Reshape legs as desired, letting one hang down over pot rim (refer to photo).
13. Insert flower and vegetable picks into pot in front of bunny between legs (refer to photo). Secure with glue. Cut a carrot from a vegetable pick and glue it to end of bunny's right arm. Insert carrot seed garden stake into pot in front of opposite arm. Wrap arm around stake and glue. Glue a cluster of green raffia to left side of pot behind bunny. Glue grasshopper or bug to bunny's hat.
14. Glue assorted lengths of ivy to fill in arrangement as desired, letting some drape over sides of clay pot (refer to photo). Glue floral moss to cover any exposed foam.
15. Form a multi-loop bow from a 1-1/2 yd. length of jute. Secure bow at center with a floral pin and attach to foam at front of pot, slightly off-center. Repeat to form small bow from remaining jute and attach between vegetable picks. 
  
  
 

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