DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets (12 Pack)

DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets are a fun craft where kids use a cardstock wheel and colorful raffia to create their own mini basket designs, with a satisfying, hands-on weaving process.

Weave Colorful Raffia Baskets With A Simple Cardstock Loom

DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets are a great way to introduce kids to weaving in a simple, beginner-friendly format. Kids weave assorted colors of raffia through a cardstock wheel to create a basket-style woven design that looks bright, textured, and impressive when it is finished.

This craft is perfect for schools, camps, and after-school programs because it builds fine motor skills, patience, and focus while still feeling creative and fun. Weaving crafts also create a calming atmosphere, which makes this an excellent option for quieter craft stations or programs that want a project kids can really concentrate on.

DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets are also great for cultural crafts, summer camp crafts, and nature-themed craft units because raffia has a natural look that feels classic and earthy. The finished woven designs can be displayed, gifted, or used as decorative pieces for bulletin boards and craft showcases.

Why This Weaving Craft Is So Fun And Skill-Building

• Beginner-friendly weaving project that builds confidence
• Weaving develops fine motor skills, patience, and focus
• Colorful raffia creates bright, textured finished designs
• Perfect for camps, schools, and quieter craft stations

Product Highlights

• Beginner-Friendly Loom – Cardstock wheel makes weaving easy to learn
• Colorful Raffia – Assorted colors create bright, textured designs
• Skill Building – Builds fine motor skills, focus, and patience
• Display Ready – Finished crafts look great in showcases and bulletin boards

What’s Included

• Cardstock wheels
• Assorted colors of raffia (colors may vary)

This Basket Weaving Craft Is Great For

• Schools: A weaving and fine motor craft. Perfect for art class units, skill-building projects, and activities that teach patience while still feeling fun and colorful.
• After-School Programs: A calming craft station. Great for quieter programs where kids want a craft they can work on steadily and feel proud of when finished.
• Camps: A classic summer craft. Perfect for nature-themed weeks, indoor craft time, and projects that kids can bring home as a handmade keepsake.
• Recreation Centers: A structured craft activity. Great for group programs because weaving keeps kids focused and creates impressive finished results.
• Home: A hands-on weaving project. Great for kids who like textured crafts, colorful patterns, and projects that feel relaxing.
• Nursing Homes / Senior Centers: A soothing craft activity. Weaving is relaxing, and the finished pieces make beautiful decorative crafts and keepsakes.
• VBS: A calm craft with meaning. Significant for lessons about patience and creating something beautiful one step at a time.

How to Get Started

• Lay out cardstock wheels, raffia, scissors, and glue
• Choose a color pattern before weaving
• Weave raffia through the wheel, alternating over and under
• Trim raffia ends and glue them securely in place
• Let the glue dry thoroughly before displaying or gifting

Tips for Weaving Success

• Weave slowly and evenly to keep raffia from tangling
• Use shorter lengths for easier weaving and less twisting
• Secure ends with glue, so finished baskets stay neat

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You can also explore more weaving crafts in our Weaving Crafts collection.

Order Your DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets Today

DIY Raffia Weaving Baskets are the kind of craft that quietly steals the show. Kids start weaving “just a few strands,” and then suddenly they are fully locked in like tiny basket designers. It is calming, colorful, and gives them that proud feeling of finishing something real.