What Do you Do For Easter Baskets?

[Madi100]

I need some ideas for good Easter basket ideas. My sister will be here with her kids, and I tend to go mabye a bit overboard, and she tends to be a little lacking. So, I want to find a common middle ground, without candy. I usually spend more, because I'd rather spend more than to get candy.

We are also going to have an Easter egg hunt with the kids. However, one niece is diabetic, and again, we like to keep away from candy. But, we also have to remember the money part. Got any good ideas for me?

 

[jx3smom]

When my boys were little I used to buy them summer toys for their baskets. One "basket" was usually a sand bucket and shovel with some things in it. They always got bubble lotion and new tooth brushes and kids tooth paste. We stayed away from too much candy and put things like raisins and peanut butter crackers in it.

On the egg hunt we used to hide real eggs and those plastic eggs. We would put change and little prizes in each egg. Little cars, stickers, and stuff like that can be put in the eggs.

 

[kimwim8]

I usually get my kids each a DVD, and then get them one chocolate bunny. Then the rest of their basket consists of crackers, cookies, stuff like that...rather than a whole lot of chocolate. I try not to spend too much.

 

[CEDmom]

I do an Easter egg hunt for DD and the other neighborhood kids. I do put candy in some of them but I also put stickers, temporary tatoos, Chuck E Cheese tokens, capsule sponge animals (the capsules you put in water to dissolve and out comes a sponge animal), fruit snacks.

For DD's Easter basket she'll probably get a little bit of candy, some activity books, some hair things, a new toothbrush, a video or DVD. If Easter where later she'd get more outside stuff like sidewalk chalk, jump rope, new ball etc.

 

[stinkerbelle]

last year my "basket" was a knock off prada purse in easter-egg-pastel-purple.

yes, I'm 28 and my mom still makes me a basket. hehehe

 

[brermomof2]

Look at the Dollar Tree. They have Disney stuff sometimes.

 

[elgerber]

You didn't say how old they were but here are some of the things I usually do. Usually a movie, a small carton of goldfish crackers, some bubbles, sidewalk chalk, stuff like that. Target's dollar aisle is a great place. Also in the toy aisle, they usually have bins of cheap summer toys. I have gotten little parachute guys and shovels etc back there. Stickers are also a good bet. I have also done toothbrushes too. It's doesn't usually matter what I put for candy, because my kids don't eat it anyway. Maybe some sugar free gum??

 

[soccerchick]

I do a lot of what other posters have already mentioned. I usually put a book or two in as well. Crayons, coloring book, sidewalk chalk, etc. I am a budget shopper and when I see stuff on clearance at Target I start buying little things to go in the Easter basket so it doesn't cost much. I also buy on clearance after the season for next year. I just checked out my tote box from last Easter's clearance to see what I have. I'm happy to say I'm almost done ~ I will get a small chocolate bunny and be done!

 

[brermomof2]

I also buy on clearance after the season for next year. I just checked out my tote box from last Easter's clearance to see what I have. I'm happy to say I'm almost done ~ I will get a small chocolate bunny and be done!

Wow, I want to be like you.

 

[cl1067]

I usually do something for this summer. I've put new swimsuits in before or a new summer outfit or sandals or a summer toy. I figure this way, it is stuff the will "need" anyways and my girls like getting clothes. I usually fill in with some things like fruit rollups, small package of sidewalk chalk, bubbles, colors, coloring books etc.

 

[CajunDixie]

We used to do several different things. Some ideas movies, kites, beach toys, beach towel, books, McDs $, money in large eggs, computer or Playstation game and last but not least there was always a letter "from the Easter Bunny." If they are lil computer experts you have to be a lil sneaky to pull this off. Use a search to find a special font and download it to your computer. Also search for a couple of cute Easter Cliparts. Unzip the font and use it in a Word document to write a letter to the kids from the Easter Bunny and then add in the ClipArt. Then the important step is to delete the cliparts and font after you print your final copy of the letter.

For the egg hunt we use plastic eggs and fill with change and candy (you could use bite size sugar free). At my moms she hides real eggs and a few with special change inside...like Susan B dollars or fifty cent pieces.

 

[Southern4sure]

I usually put a cd or a dvd. I also put Disney Dollars, usually about $5, McD's certs. I got the incredibles DVD for my youngest and my oldest picked his own DVD. Bought several fillers at the Disney Store for my youngest. I also bought my oldest a choker necklace you see surfer guys wearing. I buy those eggs with M&M's, Reeses and things in them so it just enough candy and a small Russell Stovers Choc. bunny. I usally go over board without knowing it until it it time to fill the baskets. Since my kids are growing up, we do not use candy and such in the plastic easter eggs. I put money. Mostly is change but I use $1 and the grand prize egg is a $20. My 15 has yet to pass up a easter egg hunt at my house!....

Southern4sure

 

[skuttle]

My SIL had two kids and last year married a man with three of his own so we how have 4 nephews and 1 neice...ages range from 1-9! We bought all of the boys new swimsuits and a pack of water balloons. Our neice, who is actually our goddaughter, is getting a new swinsuit, sunhat, sunglasses, and bubbles.

 

[soccerchick]

Wow, I want to be like you.

Aw... Thanks. I think it's an illness, though. I just can't pay full price for things my kids will use/outgrow so quickly.

 

[oogieboogie]

Last year we put coins and dollar bills in the kids' eggs, and their basket had hot wheels, coloring books, army men, dinosaurs, KFC gift certificates, etc.

 

[Madi100]

Thanks for all the great ideas. I never have a problem finding things to put in the baskets, but like I said I go overboard, and my sister doesn't do much. She doesn't like thinking that every holiday should revolve around gifts for her kids. Which, I believe, but at the same time, I'm doing Eater baskets for my kids. They aren't getting anything for St. Patrick's Day I'd rather spend a little extra and put stuff in there that they "need" or will use instead of cheap little things that I just want to throw away in a day.

 

[JennyMominRI]

I don't celebrate Easter anymore,but when we did,I left a trail of candy to the kids hidden Easter baskets..It was fun watching them find them

 

[buddy&wooz]

I really like the swimsuit idea, skuttle! With my kids getting older it gets harder and harder to come up with ideas- but they always need new swimsuits . Of course, with Easter so early this year chances are they'll misplace them before it gets warm enough to wear them.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

A stuffed bunny of some kind, a religion related gift, a little bit of candy. Our baskets are pretty modest.

 

[McKelly]

I like to put a toy that takes up pretty much of the basket, My Little Pony or Care Bear, Nerf Football, bubble contraption, bug box, etc., and then put just a small amount of candy around it. The basket looks filled up, but the kids aren't getting that much candy and they are getting a toy that will most likely get more use than a "one day" use. I know what you mean about those types of things.