Easter Door Decorations with an Easter Basket Wreath

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, then you are all-too-familiar with my Junkin’ Journey series. In that series, I travel to towns across the South in search of wonderful treasures and shops to explore. On my most recent adventure to Durham, North Carolina, I found this hanging door basket at a quaint little thrift shop. And right away, I knew it was meant for Easter door decorations. Specifically as an Easter basket wreath!

And yes. I *have* already upcycled an Easter Basket before…

But, between the flat back for hanging and the quintessential Easter basket shape of this one, I couldn’t shake the idea. All I needed was some paint and a few seasonal elements to spruce it up!

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Upcycling a Hanging Door Basket as an Easter Basket Wreath

The first order of business was to give it a pastel, Easter-y makeover with some spray paint. I’ve always found that spray painting wicker is the most effective way to transform a basket.

It should be noted, however, that I used a swatch of painter’s tape to cover the maker’s signature and date on the back of the hanging door basket. That way, it wouldn’t be covered by the paint!

After the paint dried, I gathered some blocks of flower foam to insert inside the hanging door basket.

I used a butter knife to shape the flower foam in order to fit inside the flat back basket.

On top of the foam, I stuffed in handfuls of Easter grass, filling in the gaps and fully covering the foam. Then, I gathered some other Easter basket embellishments for my Easter door decorations!

Finishing an Easter Basket Wreath

Of course I wanted to add Easter eggs to the grass, but I needed to secure them. This would be a wreath, after all, and I couldn’t have eggs bouncing out every time the door opened or closed.

So, along with the eggs, I assembled my heavy-duty crafting scissors, some short bamboo skewers, and my hot glue gun.

With my crafting scissors, I cut down the skewers and hot glued them to the eggs- basically turning them into “picks” like you see at the craft stores!

Then, I pushed my “picks” into the foam underneath the grass, holding the eggs in place!

NOW the flower foam step makes sense, right?

Next, I made a wreath bow with some Easter ribbon and fixed it to the top of the hanging door basket. I thought that would be the last step…

But it still needed something else!

A flocked bunny was the perfect finishing touch for my Easter door decorations! No Easter crafts are complete without a bunny, right?

Just as I had done with the eggs before, I attached a bamboo skewer to the flocked bunny, turning him into an Easter pick that could be pushed into the floral foam.

Easter Door Decorations with a Hanging Door Basket

And that was it! My Easter basket wreath was complete and ready to hang on the door.

The flocked bunny was exactly what it needed, right?

A flat back basket is seriously meant to be upcycled into an Easter wreath. It’s the perfect shape and size, and can be transformed into an Easter basket so easily! 

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PLUS, today is Thrift Store Decor Team Day! Which means my upcycling pals have been working on thrift store re-do projects, as well!

Spring Urns – Our Southern Home

Easter Basket Wreath – Sadie Seasongoods

Gold Leaf Easter Eggs – Domestically Speaking

Banner Garland – Petticoat Junktion

Silverware Wind Chimes – House of Hawthornes

Painted Herb Pots – My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Cheese Cloche Butterfly Display – My Repurposed Life

Tulip Bucket Door Décor – Refresh Restyle

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And if you enjoyed this upcycling idea for Easter door decorations, then you’ll love this collection of upcycling ideas for Spring Decor!

Craft on!

S

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