Q&A for How to Make a Paper Basket

Yes.

Switch the cardboard base with one in a different shape.

Cut extra strips and glue them around the top and the base. The more strips you apply, the stronger your basket will be.

After making the basket, mix glue and water in a bowl with a ratio of one to three. Apply it all round the basket and let it dry.

You could use any paper. It does not need to be colored, either.

As mentioned in Step 5, slide the new newspaper inside the old tube. You can continue for as long as you need to create your desired basket size.

Cut extra strips and glue them around the top and base. The more strips you apply, the stronger your basket will be.

It depends on how thick the paper/material is that you use to make the basket.

You can get another paper tube and glue the tube to the sides. Then just let it dry.

Yes, just do it the same way you would do it with normal paper. Because the paper and the plastic are both flat, it will still work.

Yes, you can make the paper basket as colorful as you want. Just be sure that the paper is sturdy but easy to work with.

Construction is best for this project. You can also use colored construction paper instead of white construction paper if preferred. Crayons, marker, or colored pencils would be fine to use for coloring if you like.

You weave both the sides and the base. So yes, the base is paper. For the newspaper one, you use a circular piece of thin cardboard as the base. I think that a thicker paper, maybe cardstock, would work well as the base.