If you’ve been in any stores lately, you’ve most certainly noticed all the displays of Easter related items including candy, bunnies, and of course, Easter baskets. I’ve shared previously how I make our own Easter baskets. I wanted to share with you some ideas that our readers had:
Patricia writes that she made Easter baskets for her daughters using plastic canvas and wool. The benefit of this type of basket is that they are washable! She also mentions that having a smaller basket made it simpler to fill it – and her children thought the Easter Bunny was being very generous!
Charlotte shared that she enjoys using non-traditional items for baskets such as a sand bucket and shovel or a needed storage container. These types of “baskets” get used year round and are very practical.
MaryAnn mentions that they use the same baskets every year in her family and just wrap them in different colored cellophane.
We’ll be doing our regular tradition of putting some candy filled eggs and a few other small toys in the baskets and then wrapping them in colored cellophane. I use different colored bows so the kids know which one is theirs. We will be hiding them this year so they’ll have to have a treasure hunt to find theirs.
Do you have a favorite Easter Basket tradition you share with your children?
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My family has always used the same Easter baskets year after year. There really is no sense in buying a new one each year. We don’t even bother wrapping them in celophane. All the goodies are always nicely crammed into the basket and arranged so they don’t fall out. It’s a fun tradition for the kids and helps with the budget for us!
When we were kids, we each had our own woven Easter basket saved from year to year. Each year it would appear with the same plastic grass (I think mom stored them intact), some candy, and perhaps a small toy. When a new child joined the family, so did a new special basket. Seeing that same basket appear again each year was part of the ritual, just like the return of spring. A few days after Easter the baskets must have been collected and stored, but I never noticed.
My sister does this for her kids. She even uses the same baskets every year just dresses them up differently.
the kids love the variety of eggs and toys they receive and has become a real Easter treat they look forward to.
I love putting the “homemade” spin on just about any idea.
From a “frugality” standpoint, and also, I usually turn this into an activity with my son. He loves doing things like this with me, and he usually learns a new skill.
Great stuff
Love the practical easter basket idea. I think my wife and I will do this for Easter. Otherwise you end up with a bunch of Easter baskets with no real purpose that you end up storing.