30 DIY Easter Baskets for Boys to Make

Easter basket ideas for boys don’t have to be boring or sports themed.  Check out these amazing boy Easter baskets in cool themes and great textures.

You’ll find this list to be creative with unique Easter basket ideas for your sons and grandsons.  I’ve included cool buckets, pails, and masculine themes that any boy will love.

We’ve taken away all the guess work on how to make Easter baskets with these incredible tutorials. For even more ways to make baskets Tip Junkie’s Creative Community has over 83 basket ideas.  You can always search there if you’re looking for more tutorials with step-by-step instructions. {wink}

Unique Easter Basket Ideas For Boys

Choosing unique Easter basket for your little boys can be a challenge, but our homemade Easter basket list for boys can help! Check these cool and easy Easter baskets!

1.  Sports Themed Bucket ~ Decorate a plain white bucket with duct tape to make a sports-themed basket for Easter.  You could make a soccer ball too! This easy Easter basket idea is just so cool!

2.  DIY Mickey & Minnie Easter Basket ~ How fun are these Mickey & Minnie DIY Easter baskets?  Plain white wicker basket are painted and embellished with felt to transform them into Disney’s favorite characters.

Yummy DIY Edible Easter Basket

Give your favorite little bunny a yummy Easter treat this year by making him an edible Easter basket out of candies. They’re gonna love this sweet homemade basket for sure!

3.  DIY Edible Easter Basket ~ Here’s how you create an easy Easter basket using candy. Such a fun Easter basket idea for boys!

4. Edible Candy Easter Baskets ~  Make a sweet Easter basket out of sweets. Your young man will love this idea, surely.

Cute DIY Easter Pail Ideas

Easter is a time for fun and creativity, which is why it’s always a good time for DIY Easter crafts. Do your family a favor and make easy Easter pails that your little boys will look at for years to come.

5.  Chalkboard Pail Baskets ~ How to make these super cool DIY chalkboard Easter pail baskets? Easy!  You can even count your eggs as you hunt.  {{wink}}

6.  Chalkboard Personalized Easter Bucket ~ How to make these beautiful Chalkboard Personalized Easter Buckets.  You can even count your eggs as you hunt.

7.   Vinyl Easter Pails and Paper Easter Grass (Unavailable) ~ Simply add white vinyl cut from a Silhouette, initials on one side, and names on the other side, and voila! You have a cool and easy Easter bucket for your boy!

8.  Metal Bucket Easter Baskets (Unavailable) ~ These Easter bucket idea from Hobby Lobby are with orange and white striped ribbon and monogrammed vinyl decals. {Since publication, this blog has become private. Sorry, ladies!}

9.  Fabric-Wrapped Easter Tins ~ For a more playful, colorful look, turn a tin planter into an Easter basket for boys. Colorfully fun homemade Easter basket ideas!

10.  Tin Pail Easter Baskets ~ This fun homemade Easter bucket idea for boy is first painted, then put some hot glue coordinating ribbon to the top of the painted area, placed stickers around the pail, and then add ribbon to the sides. Check out more easy Easter basket ideas too!

11. Foam Bunny Bucket for Boys ~ I wanted to find a really cheap (but cute) & easy one you could do with your boys. Here’s a craft foam bunny Easter bucket that makes me smile every time I see it.

Homemade Easter Bunny Bucket

For some people, Easter and the egg hunt afterwards is the most fun time of the year. A big part of the fun is the Easter basket, especially if it’s a bunny! Check out these cute DIY Easter bunny bucket ideas and make it yourself, or with the boys!

12.  Canvas Bunny Easter Buckets ~ With ears that can be bent and shaped, rick-rack “whiskers” and fluffy little tails, these homemade easy Easter basket idea buckets are fun to make with your kids.

13.  DIY Bunny Fabric Easter Buckets (Unavailable) ~ Here’s how to sew a Fabric Bunny Bucket and Fabric Chick bucket with handles. Cool homemade Easter basket ideas, right?

Creative Recycled Easter Baskets

Have a creative Easter this year by using recycled materials from around your house to make Easter baskets. These ideas are inexpensive, easy to make and they are a lot of fun to make.

13. Tin Can Easter Basket~ How to use paper to transform a tin can into a more masculine one.

Homemade Easter Basket Ideas

14.  Tuxedo Baskets for Boys ~ This is a pictured DIY boys Easter basket tutorial on how to turn white wicker baskets into tuxedo shirt baskets perfect for a boys Easter.

15.  Monogrammed Apple Basket for Easter ~ Simply add some ribbon and a tag for a perfect Easter basket for boys big enough for a SUPER Easter egg hunt.

16.  Apple Baskets with Liners ~  This DIY boys Easter basket An adorable way to use color to line an apple basket and monogram it with paint and paper.  {not a tutorial}

17.  DIY Easter Basket for a Boy (Unavailable) ~ Follow these 6 easy steps to create this adorable Easter basket for your son, grandson or nephew! {sorry ladies, this blog is no longer online, but hopefully you can get the idea from the image!}

18.  How To Make a Fabric Basket ~  Check out the so cute monkey and banana coordinated fabric the possibilities are endless.

19.  DIY Ribbon Basket (Unavailable) ~ Upscale a regular brown wicker basket into a fun boy basket for Easter.

Easy DIY Burlap Easter Basket

Burlap is an inexpensive alternative to straw for weaving baskets. This easy burlap Easter basket is a great craft for young children. Have fun creating your boy’s very own burlap Easter basket!

20.  DIY Burlap Easter Basket ~ With a plastic plate and some burlap straps you can create a DIY burlap Easter decoration that works as a cute centerpiece for your brunch on Easter morning. The pictured tutorial is easy to follow and you will have an adorable burlap Easter basket decoration in no time and for very little money.

Homemade Felt Easter Baskets

Have you heard of felt? Felt is a super simple craft, and it can also be a great way to keep kids busy during the holiday break. Try this homemade felt Easter basket today!

21.  Personalized Felt Easter Basket ~ Make a little felt Easter basket that had been embroidered your child’s name on it. This Easter basket tutorials will show you how!

22.  Simple Felt Basket (Unavailable) ~ In this easy Easter basket tutorial, you’ll need thick 5mm felt and a simple whip stitch to hold this DIY boys Easter basket beauty together.

23.  Felt Easter Basket Tutorial ~ Here is a homemade Easter basket idea tutorial on how to felt a sweater if you’ve never tried it before and here’s a previous post with a super tip for making learning to sew VERY child friendly.

Easy Hand-Sewn Easter Basket Ideas

Spring is here and spring fever is in the air. With Easter just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about filling those Easter baskets! We show you some easy DIY Easter basket sewing projects to help you create a cool homemade Easter basket.

24. Soft Fabric Baskets ~ Can’t make a burlap Easter basket? How about an adorable customized fabric baskets that can be used for Easter and then year round as storage baskets.

25. Ruffled Easter Basket ~ DIY boys Easter basket with this cute idea: Upscale a plastic Easter bucket with layers of masculine ruffles. A jelly roll works perfectly for this easy Easter basket project.

26.  Boys Easter Basket Tie Stripe (Unavailable) ~ I absolutely love the color combinations and the fabric patterns of these fun Easter basket tutorial. 

27.  Fabric Easter basket (Unavailable) ~ Here’s one of the cutest homemade Easter basket ideas: all about spring and would be so cute for an egg hunt or just for display!

28.  Personalized Easter Basket for Boys ~ A solid ribbon trim, or no trim at all. This DIY boys Easter basket idea is simple, yet durable and will look great in your Easter photos! {not a tutorial}

Quilted Fabric Easter Baskets

Quilted fabric Easter baskets are a fun and easy project for all ages! Use your scraps to make Easter baskets with a coordinating quilt. Make your own quilted Easter basket using these fun Easter basket tutorials.

29.   Quilted Fabric Boy Baskets ~ These may not be burlap Easter baskets, but these quilted DIY boys Easter baskets were doubled from this tutorial and I absolutely love the colors that she used.

30.  Quilted Fabric Easter Bunny ~  I just adore these quilted Easter bunny fabric baskets.  This Easter basket tutorial comes with a free pattern with pictured instructions on how to make them.

More Egg-citing Easter Ideas and Activities from Tip Junkie:

• We have a long list of Egg-citing Easter Ideas from homemade decor to food to games and more.
• These Free Easter Basket Templates for Kids are so fun to make.
• You can do these popular Easter activities and crafts for kids this Easter.
• You’ll be surprised by how easy these Free Basket Liner Patterns are to make.
• These DIY Baskets for Girls are giggly cute and pretty.
• Here are 29 Paper Easter Basket Ideas with free printables for your kids to make!
• These 28 Easy DIY Easter Basket Ideas will look so good when you make them with your kids.