Posted March 14th, 2010

Easter Gift Basket Ideas

Make Easter exciting and memorable for your children by giving them a creative Easter basket. When you think of Easter baskets for children, a colorful wicker container filled with chocolates, candies, jelly beans and other tooth decaying things will surely come to your mind. This Easter, create kids and children’s Easter baskets that are fun to give and a joy to receive without the sugar rush.

Generally children love to draw so create Easter baskets full of art and coloring items and choose a wide, roomy basket and fill it with quality crayons, markers, colored pencils, construction paper and coloring books. For painters, you can even add a palette of paints, some brushes and a small easel. Children’s Easter baskets can be filled with gardening goodies. In a basket decorated with spring flowers, you can put in some planting soil, vegetable or flower seeds, small gardening gloves, and a creative and fun children’s gardening guide. Fill a colorful Easter basket with stickers, books, videos and other items highlighting the child’s favorite activities.

For children who have been experiencing a long, cold winter, Easter baskets celebrating the spring will be much appreciated. Take a spring themed basket and fill it full of items they can use in the spring such as a Nerf football, a new baseball, sidewalk chalk, jump rope, a even a new baseball glove. Inspire your children to read this Easter by giving them Easter gift baskets filled with fun reading material. Children will be very excited and intrigued to get an Easter basket overflowing with books and other creative activities. You can also include a cartoon book and your child’s favorite magazine. Create special Easter baskets that you can donate to children in need. Fill the baskets with healthy treats, soap and toothpaste, small toys and playthings, even a gift card or two to a local supermarket. Put smiles on your children’s faces this Easter with Easter baskets that are filled with necessities and care.