Past: Basket Making Basics

Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center

Native Plants: Basket Making Basics

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Cape Girardeau Nature Center

Students will learn to make a simple square basket using basic tools and processes. Techniques learned will be putting ribs in a slotted pine base, simple twining, basic over and under weaving, decorative chain weaving, rimming and lashing. Students will also learn shaping and spacing as they weave to achieve an attractive finished basket.

All materials are provided.

For those participating in the Cape Nature Center’s “A Year in Color,” this program will earn a purple arts bead.

Past Dates & Times

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9:00 am - noon

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Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center
2289 County Park Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO