Easter Baskets - how old is too old?

[mhsjax]

I'm 43 married with lids and my mother still makes a basket for my wife and I, sad but true, actually I love chocolate so I really don't mind

Not sad at all, I think it is great.

 

[shortbun]

I don't see a need to set a limit in these kinds of things. Nothing wrong with getting or giving baskets/gifts for a holiday. I usually make an adult basket and a basket for our son. If we're around my MIL, we all get baskets.

 

[ilovejack02]

I never use the shredded plastic grass anymore. I get pretty green tissue paper and crumple it up and fill the bottom of the baskets with that. Looks great and much less mess.

Good idea !

 

[MUFFYCAT]

I send a "basket" to my DD and her boyfriend at college. I put everything in a Easter themed gift bag. There not big items. Last year I put a frisbee in his basket . She said he loved that.
Her basket is more difficult as she doesn't eat sweets much anymore.

 

[dumbodame]

I am 53 and my mom still makes me a basket. She sends a basket to my brother who is 51 and lives out of state. Each year he dumps the candy out of his basket, turns the basket upside down and puts it on his head, and then takes a picture of himself with his cel phone and sends it to my mom.

The caption with the picture always reads the same....

"Thanks for the hat Mom...I love you."

 

[deezeealum]

38 yrs old and still get one, although, my DH and I now share. My mom always gives use a gift cert to a fav restaurant, small kitchen gadgets that I might need but hate to spend the $ on IE a new can opener, always a small chocoloate bunny for me and gum for DH. One year we got a great basket with Omaha steaks in it!!!

 

[2binak]

My mother made baskets for each of us until we got married. When we were dating someone, they got a small basket to themselves too. Once you got married, you got to eat from the family basket. Once we were all married, the family basket was all that was put on the table. She would buy the grandkids all a little gift. I always make a basket for DD and one for DH & I to share.

 

[n2mm]

I still do Easter baskets for all of my kids and now their spouses/SO, their kids and my husband. I didn't know I could stop!! So this year, it's 13 baskets to include the baby not here yet. I try to get more creative each year. I pick up stuff throughout the year. This year the big girls are getting beach bags with their candy. The big boys are getting extra large candy jars. The little girls sometimes get a new pair of crocs and in their plastic eggs there are jibbitz. Sometimes I just use breadbaskets, sometimes tool bags. Every year I try to use something that can be used in other places. The bigs boys love my big glass candy jar, so I went out and bought one for each of them and will fill with their favorite candy. One year I did garden tools and garden gloves with seeds in some of the baskets. One year lawn ornaments, flashlights, tools, candles.....Of course there is the traditional Easter candy too! The hard part is remembering who's favorite is what. I do pretty good, then on Easter Sunday when they all come over for dinner, it becomes a big candy swap meet, because the big girls are always on a diet -- though I do try to stock up on the sugar free candy for them. Been doing this since 1973 when my first was born. I guess I'll be doing baskets as long as I'm here and can continue to do this -- Been doing it for 38 years now!

 

[Nandid]

I still do easter baskets for my older kids. I ship one to my oldest whos in college. My son is 14 and thinks it's cool to get an easter basket still, and than i have a 3 year old too. I taylor my easter baskets to their tastes. My son will get a new video game and some other little gadgets plus traditional easter candy. My oldest wants gift cards so I will make an easter basket with a gift card or two and some other little items and than because she doesn't eat chocolate I will put in gummies and stuff like that. My youngest will get a basket with candy and a toy or something.

We still dye eggs and yes we do hide them. Last year my oldest even went out and hunted them. (she would do it again this year too, but she is going on a cruise with her choir so won't be home for easter) I hide the eggs and my kids go out and find them. Than the older kids always like to go hide all the eggs again in really easy spots so the little one can go out and find them all. My son is all excited about sitting down with his little sister and dyeing eggs for her to go hunt this year.

I don't think your ever too old for an easter basket.

 

[Lu Ann]

I think as long as they are enjoyed by the recipient, you should keep doing it. My Mom did Easter baskets for me until I got married at 22! She just gave us age-appropriate gifts in the baskets, so we were always thrilled! At 19, I remember getting a personalized name plate for my new car (I had bought the car myself - my first - so she put the name plate in the basket). I remember my brother getting a nice fishing pole when he was a teenager once, which he loved. We never stopped Christmas presents, so why stop for Easter? I usually give my DH a basket for Easter, too. It's just too fun to stop. I don't think it has to be age related.

 

[pommfrites]

I'm 35 and still get one from Mom & Dad each year & my aunt and uncle do a $$$ egg hunt with change in them and a couple dollars and the prize egg has $5 for all the older kids like me! The younger kids get candy in their and little change. Why ever quit...now instead of lots of candy, we get gc or small things like perfumes or gadgets, but the thought is still the same. Love Easter and my kids do too with all of us participating!