Easter Basket Ideas

In our family, Easter baskets are a must. It's sort of a tradition along with an Easter egg hunt.  However, once Vera is a little older, we are hoping to teach her the real meaning of Easter aside from the Easter bunny and all those fun things.  Religion aside, I just wanted to give a few ideas if you are stuck on ideas of what to put in your child's Easter basket this year. We are a family who isn't very fond of candy for our almost 2 year old and are also on a Vegan diet so not much works anyhow.

Here is a photo of the basket I made her:

So far, she's very girly so it wasn't very hard to choose. We literally just went to the Target $1 section and chose a few things. Some things I got for more than a dollar but her birthday is also the day before Easter so I combined a few things for that as well such as shoes and a Dora doll. Vera has only watched Dora a handful of times but seems to remember it well, so I thought I would encourage it. Originally, I was against characters and such. I guess things kinda change once you become a parent.

Anyhow, I bought some plastic eggs and filled them with hair ties, cars, bracelets, necklaces, stickers, and things like that. I also stuck a shirt that she will wear for Easter, an Easter hat, a purse, and a shaker. There is a book in there, as well.

Some more Easter basket filler ideas are: art supplies such as crayons, colored pencils, coloring books, sponges, paint, beads and string to make their own jewelry, figurines, balls, plastic links for babies, small games, plastic animals, stuffed animals, chalk, play dough, markers, Easter eggs full of treats such as goldfish, trail mix, crackers, little cookies, etc. Bubbles, paint, paint brushes, popsicle sticks for arts and crafts, cookie cutters, flash cards, notebooks, headbands, fruit, books, blocks, marbles, photo album.... Those are all just a few ideas and obviously, it will depend on the age of your child. You wouldn't want to give your infants/toddlers things they can choke on.

Hope that helps!