Design Fruit Baskets
Fruit baskets have a personal touch and make useful gifts for any season. Designing a fruit basket is a simple and quick project. Once you have the basics, you can add variety to your designs by changing the fruit content, or the basket's size and shape. Take the basket along when you shop for fruits to get a better idea of how much will fit. Choosing a basket and ribbon that matches the reason or season for your fruit basket design adds interest.
Instructions
Designing Your Basket
1
Crumple or shred newspaper, add to basket until it is ¾ full. Lay a double layer of tissue paper over the newspaper, and tuck it down around the edges. The result should be flexible but firm.
2
Place the grapefruit in the basket, one at the left edge, the other on the right. Place one apple at the top edge and one at the bottom. If they sink down, remove and add more newspaper under the tissue paper.
3
Place two oranges in the space in the center of the grapefruits and apples. Place the remaining apple and orange diagonally across from each other on top of and between an apple and a grapefruit.
4
Place the four bananas face down over the oranges in the middle of the basket. Separate the grapes into two bunches, and place them in the two remaining corners. The fruit should stick up above the rim of the basket.
5
Cut a 4-foot piece of basket wrap. Center the basket in the middle of the wrap. Bring ends straight up and gather. Working down toward the fruit, gather the wrap and adjust to keep the bunching in the middle of the basket.
6
Tie off the wrap with a rubber band when you get down to ¼ inch above the fruit. Gently pull the corners of each side down toward the bottom of the basket. Fold or roll them until flat against the basket. Tape down.
7
Trim the wrap above the rubber band to 4 inches. Tie ribbons around the rubber band to cover it. Fan out the wrap above the ribbon.
