Easter baskets?

[goofy4tink]

Sending my Disney CM dd a gift bag with jelly beans, peeps, peanut butter eggs, chocolate eggs, kisses. My adult dd, at home, is getting a nice hard plastic serving bowl (for chips or salad), with Easter grass in it, jelly beans, peeps, peanut butter eggs, cadbury eggs, and two plastic matching wine glasses. She's moving the weekend after Easter so figure she can use the bowl and glasses poolside!!!

 

[kimblebee]

Ah, the annual ritual where things like chapstick and shoes are passed off as gifts lol

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

Personally, I’d be kinda upset if it was my birthday and I got a comb and a bag of lettuce. Those are grocery list items, not gifts.

 

[DisLiss]

Don't hang your head in shame. Do what I did. Buy the biggest basket you can find. That's one of the reasons I continued to use the same basket, then it became tradition.

Ha! Two years ago, DS's Easter basket was a large cylindrical laundry hamper and DD's was a 2 foot woven basket for her art supplies.

I was just going to add that a friend of mine uses a laundry basket as her child's Easter basket.

 

[mjkacmom]

Ah, the annual ritual where things like chapstick and shoes are passed off as gifts lol

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

Personally, I’d be kinda upset if it was my birthday and I got a comb and a bag of lettuce. Those are grocery list items, not gifts.

My kids get mostly candy since they use got stocked up on socks and underwear a few months ago in their Christmas stockings! It’s really not a gift giving occasion here.

 

[DisLiss]

Ah, the annual ritual where things like chapstick and shoes are passed off as gifts lol

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

Personally, I’d be kinda upset if it was my birthday and I got a comb and a bag of lettuce. Those are grocery list items, not gifts.

Kids have been getting treats for Easter for decades before even I was born. My Dad had an enormous Easter basket as a kid. So it held what many would still see as a ridiculous amount of stuff. And there were Easter books and Easter toys and Easter records as least as early as the 1950s. So giving actual gifts to kids for that holiday isn't new. The type of gifts may have changed, but the gift-giving has been there awhile.

I don't know how summer items are any different than candy, LOL (In terms of giving either of them for a religious holiday.). Except they last longer and are better for people. I got summer clothes and outdoor toys as part of my Easter basket experience back in the :::coughcoughlonglongtimeagocoughcough:::. So it's been going on for decades and decades at least.

As for what type of things people consider gifts...I think it's a good thing when a person appreciates small and even practical items as gifts. It's all in the presentation. That's why countless shops sell baskets of food items for people to give as gifts. I try to teach my kids to appreciate any gift they receive....even if it's lettuce.

 

[Mermaid02]

My kids are 29 and 22 and my Mother is getting them and their/husband/boyfriend Easter baskets.

 

[kimblebee]

Kids have been getting treats for Easter for decades before even I was born. My Dad had an enormous Easter basket as a kid. So it held what many would still see as a ridiculous amount of stuff. And there were Easter books and Easter toys and Easter records as least as early as the 1950s. So giving actual gifts to kids for that holiday isn't new. The type of gifts may have changed, but the gift-giving has been there awhile.

I don't know how summer items are any different than candy, LOL (In terms of giving either of them for a religious holiday.). Except they last longer and are better for people. I got summer clothes and outdoor toys as part of my Easter basket experience back in the :::coughcoughlonglongtimeagocoughcough:::. So it's been going on for decades and decades at least.

As for what type of things people consider gifts...I think it's a good thing when a person appreciates small and even practical items as gifts. It's all in the presentation. That's why countless shops sell baskets of food items for people to give as gifts. I try to teach my kids to appreciate any gift they receive....even if it's lettuce.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t show appreciation for any gift received. I have smiled and graciously said thank you when I received hand soap and bubble wrap for Christmas from my ex father in law.

 

[paisleys]

My kids are in middle school but I still do large Easter baskets for them (I found small collapsible hampers with bunnies on them last year). I fill them with candy and little miscellaneous things that have evolved with their age, gifts like a hoodie and new water bottle for school and flip flops and sunglasses for summer. We aren't religious and, yes, know it's against the whole true meaning of Easter. I had a friend who is very religious recently vent to me about another friend who was buying her kids a ton of stuff for their Easter basket (I kept my mouth shut), as it was a slap to religious people (??). The way I see it is bunnies and chicks are cute and fun! I had a rough childhood, but for some reason Easter baskets were huge with my mother so I have always loved the concept. I have more Easter decorations than Christmas and do egg hunts for my kids in the yard and they love it. No shame here!

 

[DisLiss]

I’m not saying you shouldn’t show appreciation for any gift received. I have smiled and graciously said thank you when I received hand soap and bubble wrap for Christmas from my ex father in law.

Oh, I never thought that you would have been anything but gracious in receiving them, but feeling appreciative and expressing appreciation are different things. I really want my kids to actually be happy with little things, because I really think that is one way of living a very content life. There are many other ways, of course, but that's the way I'm selling at my house.

 

[wenrob]

Ah, the annual ritual where things like chapstick and shoes are passed off as gifts lol

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

Personally, I’d be kinda upset if it was my birthday and I got a comb and a bag of lettuce. Those are grocery list items, not gifts.

Not Chapstick, Lip Smackers. One is plain and the other has fancy flavors that you only get at Christmas and Easter. Some of it boils down to tradition. My stepmom always put Lip Smackers in our stocking and baskets so it’s just what I do.

On the flip of that people lose their minds if you put anything other than little trinkets in a kids basket and start ranting “when did Easter become Christmas?!”

Because of my own beliefs (or non beliefs as it were) these holidays were and always have been secular for me. THAT tends to get people all up in arms. You really can’t win for losing no matter what you do.

What I don’t get is why people care what others do. Want to buy your kid a trampoline and a new bike for Easter? Go for it. Want to keep it simple and focus on your personal beliefs? More power to you. None of my business, you do you. Let me do me.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

We try to do more little toys and books than candy. This year, DD(6)is getting a Welliewisher doll she wanted, some Disney pins for trading, some LOL things, a Polly pocket toy, a few small easter themed toys, kinder eggs, and a small amount of candy.

I stuff her eggs with small things like hairbows, nail polish, coins, skopkins.

 

[Hikergirl]

Ah, the annual ritual where things like chapstick and shoes are passed off as gifts lol

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

Personally, I’d be kinda upset if it was my birthday and I got a comb and a bag of lettuce. Those are grocery list items, not gifts.

After a few years of throwing out the candy I put in the baskets I decided I'd rather put things in it that my kids would actually use or an "upgraded" version of something they needed.
Now they are much older, I buy candy (that I like ) and put in a bowl on the kitchen counter. That's the "basket".

 

[kimblebee]

After a few years of throwing out the candy I put in the baskets I decided I'd rather put things in it that my kids would actually use or an "upgraded" version of something they needed.
Now they are much older, I buy candy (that I like ) and put in a bowl on the kitchen counter. That's the "basket".

My daughter has never liked chocolate so finding stuff for her was a little harder. Now that she’s older and moved out, the Easter Bunny will etransfer her $20 and she can do what she likes lol

 

[mom2rtk]

When my daughter was little she got a Playstation in her Easter Basket- every year she would get a video game or two in her basket, some gift cards and since I worked at a chocolate factory part time for many years and still got a discount she always was loaded with chocolate- one year she got a 3 foot tall chocolate semi solid bunny(not hollow and not solid but like 3/4 solid with a small hollow in the middle)- that bunny lasted for months-had to be 10 pounds! LOL. She was an only child so she got loaded up for every occasion, also she was the only grandchild, only niece and only kid on the block that was not a teen so she also got for every holiday from 3/4 neighbors!

ETA- I just realized that I DID buy my daughter a Nintendo switch this year for Easter! I gave it to her last week when she was home from college for my birthday, had totally forgotten about that- I got her a switch and a game for it, but no basket this year.

Dang, I hope my kids don't expect me to give them video game systems for my birthday!

 

[jaybirdsmommy]

I was just going to add that a friend of mine uses a laundry basket as her child's Easter basket.

I've done small laundry baskets, backpacks, string bags, shower caddies (they use them to keep school supplies, crayons, etc in), I like that the container gets used and I don't have to figure out something to do with it afterwards. Now that you've mentioned it, we may go the laundry basket route again this year, several of ours have given out in the last couple of months.

We have an early April and an early May birthday, so Easter is usually just candy/snacks, a few small toys - legos, balls, little puzzles, maybe a small gift card ($10 or less) for a treat, books. I may give the little kid some more $$$ than usual this year, he's been eyeing a bike and is about $35 short of having enough to buy it himself. If I do that, he'll get more candy than anything else in the basket.

 

[Floridaman999]

I know that whoever I buy Easter candy for I'm sure to over buy some peanut butter eggs. It's a happy day when the peanut butter Easter eggs get released. For some reason they taste so much better than the regular candy bars to me.

 

[fla4fun]

I know that whoever I buy Easter candy for I'm sure to over buy some peanut butter eggs. It's a happy day when the peanut butter Easter eggs get released. For some reason they taste so much better than the regular candy bars to me.

I just ate some peanut butter eggs earlier today They must have escaped early . . .

We always just got small baskets with candy, no gifts. We got a new outfit and shoes to wear to church (and afterwards) but it wasn’t in the basket. One set of grandparents didn’t celebrate Easter, so nothing from them. The other set of grandparents had a lot of grandkids, so we each got a couple plastic eggs with small candies inside. With the focus on eating healthier these days, I don’t see anything wrong with substituting small toys or other items for some or all of the candy.

 

[cabanafrau]

I always did mostly books in the Easter baskets for my kids because I didn't want to encourage much candy. Then again, I will forever go down in history as the mother who gave her 10 year old the novel Wicked in her basket without realizing the book was much darker than the musical, much.

I remain on alert for the signs she requires therapy.

 

[nikkistevej]

DD16(and an only child) is getting some candy in a small basket, maybe a few gift cards to some local places- she's driving now and wants to go out and about.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

I was raised old school in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Everything in my basket was edible. No toys for me for Easter back in the day. And the baskets stopped by high school. We just partook of the candy my family bought (minus the baskets) and we still dyed eggs until we left home.

Yep, I think we're roughly the same age. Back then it was unheard of in my area to get toys or trinkets in an Easter basket. It was all candy. Maybe the other gifts were given separately, but NEVER in the basket.

One candy I haven't see in years is a hollow chocolate egg that can be filled with smaller treats like jelly beans or speckled malted eggs.

Does anybody actually buy those cellophane wrapped baskets full of cheap toys from Walmart or the drugstore? I can see making your own personalized basket, but those pre-made ones shout "I don't give a damn."

I’m not singling anyone out but when was it decided that Easter (which is probably the second most important Christian holiday) has become the time to restock the kids for summer?

I was taught that Easter is THE most important Christian holiday in a religious sense.