Stuffing Easter baskets doesn't have to be a HUGE production. Here is how to make penny pinched Easter baskets by keeping it simple!
If you're still trying to think of ideas of what to stuff your Easter baskets with – we have some great ideas for teen boys and teen girls!
We've had a few readers ask about an inexpensive way to put together an Easter basket. Let me say this – it doesn't have to be extravagant – you can keep it super simple.
Several years ago I bought these buckets at Hobby Lobby for a few dollars and added a monogram to them ~ definitely re-using the basket from year to year will help you pinch those pennies.
Target usually has some really FUN items in the Target Dollar Spot this time of year – super fun to pick up just a few unique items to put into a basket.
There are always great weekly deals at CVS and Target around Easter too for stuffing baskets. (If you've recently signed up for the Target RedCard and have your $40 off coupon this would be a great time to take advantage!)
Nothing fancy or all that exciting, but my kids were always are pretty excited to wake up bright and early to a morning full of chocolate and a few fun treats!
If your kids are older and not really into games or trinkets, you can also throw in something like a $5 iTunes or Amazon card.
What other items do you add to your child's Easter basket? Leave a comment to share – I'm always up for new ideas!
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I am 70 and still have my childhood Easter basket. So I have always tried to save and reuse Easter baskets and now my grandchildren are receiving some of their Dad’s childhood Easter baskets.
My husband has always been a minimalist when it comes to birthday, Christmas and Easter, and it’s helped so much to keep our kids content with that! I tend to want to do too much but he kind of reigns me in, and now that my kids are so much older I’m so thankful because the older they get, the more expensive their items get. I think a Lego set and a box of candy is perfect!
I still recall two things (two different years) my mom gave me in my Easter basket. One was a tennis racket! The other was a new collar and leash for “my” dog. Both of those were some point before I turned 12. I don’t really remember any other specific gifts from all the years of Easter baskets.
I agree that it is a lot of fun and I love the family traditions of Easter baskets, but it really isn’t about the “stuff.” I’m becoming somewhat of a minimalist and hope it doesn’t adversely affect my children. I didn’t even pull down our Easter baskets this year. My 19 year old away at college got an Easter card, a small Target giftcard to splurge on some sweets for herself, and this funny little light up chick ($1 Target find). My 12 year old son will get one (yup, just one) theater box of candy and one small Lego set. If we didn’t “always” have sweet treats available for desserts, I’m sure I would have been more generous in the candy department.
I have three girls and will have a fourth in August. And I cheat for their baskets:) I give them their spring clothing (I usually buy the majority of it on clearance the year before!) that they would have been getting anyway. This year they need new flipflops and I got those last year at Zulily’s blowout sale, so they’ll be getting those as well. I do a small amount of candy and maybe a book or dollar bin toy item and that’s it. The majority of their basket is clothes. I am sure this wouldn’t work with boys… but it doesn’t look like I will find out from experience:)
I’m sure they love that Ashley! I’ve thought about doing the same thing and that’s a great way to give things they would get anyways. (My boy would like it just as much!) 😉
I was a single mom for most of the time my kids grew up. I never hear how they didn’t have (fill in the blanks) but how they loved Easter and Christmas because of what they did get no matter how small and the fact that they got to spend the days with family. They grew up to be really nice adults.
It is not about the basket………
PS always included a toothbrush and toothpaste with the candy…
Love that Carin – thank you for sharing! And so smart to add toothbrushes and toothpaste 🙂
OUR BASKETS ARE FILLED VERY SIMILARLY. MY KIDDOS HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME BASKETS FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING CANDY FROM SALES IT SEEMS SINCE MARCH. LOVE THE LITTLE GOODIES FROM THE TARGET $1 SPOT. WE SAVE OUR PLASTIC EGGS FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE EASTER BUNNY PUTS CEREAL, RAISINS, GOLDFISH IN THEM AS TO NOT RUIN THEIR APPETITES FOR EASTER BREAKFAST. THEY THEN USE THEIR BASKETS AT GRANDMA FOR THE CANDY FILLED EASTER EGG HUNT THAT AFTERNOON!- PS WILL BE MAKING THE RESURRECTION ROLLS AND THE BROCCOLI CASSEROLE AS I DO EVERY YEAR, YUMMY
Hope you all enjoy the Resurrection Rolls – and I love the idea of putting cereal and raisins in them for Easter breakfast! 🙂