Daily used items are the most important thing of your household. Among innumerable other things basket is the most required thing. There are two options. Either you buy it or make it yourself. By making it yourself you can make use of your old basket otherwise which will be thrown on the trash can. So remodel your artificial faded basket to a handmade printed basket and this homemade gift basket can easily be gifted on any desired occasions to your loved ones which will again display your creativity by making useful garden craft.

Things You’ll Need

• Basket
• Sponge
• Water-based acrylic paint
• Paints according to your design
• 1 - Potatoes
• Plate
• Brush (optional)

Method

• You can make use of an old-basket in your house or buy a new one according to your desire.
• Wipe the basket with wet sponge.
• Paint the basket with water-acrylic paint and make it a single base color.
• Cut a potato in two halves. Slightly mark with pencil an outline of petal shape.
• Cut the outline design ½ inch deep form the rest of the potato. Scrape out the extra potato.
• In the same manner take out the shape of leaf from the other half of the potato.
• Put some paint on a plate and dip the potato-petal structure on it and test the petal print on a piece of paper.
• If it is okay then follow the same process and design prints on the basket with the same potato-petal structure.
• If you want to make a big flower on your basket rotate the potato stamp and put prints on the gift basket.
• For leaf print use different color.
• To give it a more natural look you can paint stems using a small brush.

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