Chipboard Berry Basket 1

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It’s the time of year for outdoor events, like enjoying fresh flowers and produce from the local farmer’s market! I’m Amy, from Amy Latta Creations, and today I want to share a fun and very easy little project that will bring a touch of the market to your home; a chipboard berry basket! You can use it to hold anything you like, including real or faux produce, sweet treats, or even some favorite art supplies. Let’s get started!

How to Make a Chipboard Berry Basket

Image contains a chipboard berry basket filled with small felt strawberries. An organizer filled with colored markers, an Xtreme Adhesive Tape Runner, a Fudenosuke Pen, and a mechanical pencil sit nearby on a wooden table.

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Use a ruler and the mono graph pencil to mark the cut and fold lines on your chipboard.

DIMENSIONS:
Large basket – 7 3/4” square with 2” square cutouts in all four corners
Small basket – 6” square with 1 1/2” square cutouts in all four corners

Step 2: Cut your chipboard and scrapbook paper.

Cut out the chipboard square you drew, and remove the square from each corner. This will give you a shape that resembles a plus sign, as shown below. Then, cut two 1” wide strips from the piece of scrapbook paper for the large basket, or two 3/4” wide strips for the small basket.

Image contains a piece of cut chipboard and two scrapbook paper strips on a wooden desk. A mechanical pencil, an eraser, and a marker organizer sit nearby.

Step 3: Erase any visible pencil lines.

Image contains Amy’s hand holding an eraser over a cut piece of chipboard laying on a wooden desk.

Step 4: Fold all four sides of the box in toward the center and crease them.

You can use a bone folder for this step if you like.

Image contains Amy’s hand folding a piece of chipboard on a wooden desk. Two strips of pink patterned scrapbook paper sit nearby.

Step 5: Optional – Hand letter on the flaps.

I decided to write the message, “farm fresh,” on my basket using brush script. You can write anything you like, or nothing at all. I used the Tombow Fudenosuke, my favorite brush pen, for the lettering.

Image contains a piece of chipboard with “farm fresh” written on it. A Fudenosuke pen and a folded piece of scrapbook paper sit nearby on a wooden table.

Step 6: Attach the two 1” strips together to form one long strip.

Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive is a perfect choice for this berry basket project because it has an instant bond, and is 5x stronger than other tape runners. It makes the basket easy to assemble and also means our project won’t fall apart. Plus, when you eventually run out of this adhesive, you can simply purchase a refill cartridge instead of a whole new runner.

Step 7: Fold the strip in half lengthwise.

Image contains Amy’s hand folding a piece of pink patterned scrapbook paper. An Xtreme Adhesive Runner sits nearby on a wooden table.

Step 8: Apply adhesive to the inside of the folded strip.

Image contains Amy’s hand applying an adhesive tape runner to a piece of scrapbook paper. A chipboard box sits in the background on a wooden table.

Step 9: Starting in the back, slide the folded strip down on top of your box sides.

At each corner, gently bend the strip about 90 degrees to form the shape of the box.

Image contains Amy’s hand applying a pink scrapbook paper strip to the top of a chipboard box labeled “farm fresh.”

Overlap the ends of the strip in the back, pressing to adhere them in place with the Xtreme Adhesive.

Image contains a chipboard berry basket sitting on a wooden desk next to a marker organizer. A brush pen and a mechanical pencil sit nearby.

Now, all that’s left to do is fill your berry basket with something fun! I decided to use felt strawberries, but you could also use real fruits and vegetables, or a sweet treat like candy or cookies. Another option is to use the basket to store your favorite Tombow adhesives.

Image contains a chipboard berry basket filled with small red felt strawberries sitting on a wooden desk. A marker organizer sits nearby.

No matter where or how you choose to display it, this little basket will be an adorable accent! If you create your own Chipboard Berry Basket, make sure to tag @amylattacreations and @tombowusa in your social shares so we can see and celebrate your creativity!

Image contains a chipboard berry basket filled with red felt strawberries sitting on a wooden railing.

Looking for more paper crafting ideas? Be sure to check out these other posts.

DIY Paper Flowers
Paper Bows
Paper Roll Snowflakes

Happy creating!

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