25+ Best Easter Basket Ideas for Kids and Adults
Updated: Oct 31, 2022
If your house is anything like ours, filling an Easter basket is the last thing on your mind. Spring break just happened, and maybe you traveled. Maybe you’re still reeling from the piles of post-vacation laundry, or perhaps you haven’t wrapped your head around the fact that kids are off school this Friday because of Good Friday and Easter weekend, so you have to bring your kids to work with you (cue the hair pulling out now).
Your kid’s teacher just sent a note home saying they need 14 Easter eggs stuffed and ready for your child to hunt for on Monday, but they have to be in by Wednesday (which is tomorrow!!!!) because there’s no school Friday. Which bin are the plastic Easter eggs in again? What do I have to stuff Easter eggs with? Oh, look, here’s the wooden bunny set and matching markers I bought last year for the kids to do and forgot to get out…
Anyway, whatever the level of chaos is in your house this time of year, I wish you all the self care you need and this post aims to make your gifting projects easier. Here are some of our favorite ideas for stuffing Easter baskets.
Kids:
Unusual candy
Kinder eggs
Jumbo starburst jellybeans
Mexican flavor beans
Whopper eggs
Cadbury cream eggs
Peeps
Reese’s eggs
Books
Encourage new reading level
New topic
Science or how things work
Cookies or other treat
Girl Scout cookies (Aldi has a great sub if your Girl Scouts are done selling for the year)
Fun shaped pretzels
Fun shaped pasta
Barbie clothes or accessories for existing toys
Build A Bear
Nerf darts
Perler bead color refills or patterns
Lego add-ons
Art Supplies
Glitter glue sticks or scented glue sticks
Twisty markers or crayons or pencils
Refills (color wonder paper or sketchbook)
Could be ink for a graphic designer
Clay for a sculptor
Crafts and craft kits
Scissors for lefties
Stickers
Band-aids
Bath supplies/ toiletries
Bath toys for littles
Washcloths with favorite characters
Bath bombs
Body wash with characters
Toothpaste/ toothbrush (could be new heads for electric toothbrush users)
Jewelry
New earrings
Bracelets
Tiaras
Gift cards
Memberships (museum, movie theater, maker space, mini golf)
Tickets (concerts, lectures, travel, vacation)
Adults:
Office supplies
Graph paper sticky notes
Grown up stickies
Fancy papers, fancy pens
Scrapbook materials
Thread for sewers, quilters
Scissors (because who ever gets their scissors sharpened?)
Tickets
Concert
Play
Lecture
Travel
Vacation
Gift cards
Spa
Shopping
Food
Treats
Beef jerky
Beer
Coffee
Tea (some favorites in this family are Stash Meyer Lemon and Celestial Seasonings Lavender Lemon Lane)
Trader Joe’s seasonal treats (hard to find, but worth the hunt)
Socks or Funny Tees
Gear for hobbies
Bike accessories
Water filter for hikers life straw
Pump for inflatable paddle board or canoe or kayak
Makeup
Lipstick
Nail polish
Thrive eye shadow stick
KVD eye liner
Subscription boxes
Accessories
Wallet (think Kate Spade or Michael Kors)
Subscription boxes
Books
How-tos
Self care
ARCs
Coveted first editions
Keep track of your fav people’s fav authors and check for new releases
Audible or Kindle subscription
Magazine subscriptions
Here’s a tip: order everything from grocery pickup and let the store do the work for you. Now all you need is a hiding spot. Don't choose the garden window in the kitchen because it gets hot in the afternoon and the chocolate will all melt (ask me how I know)...
May your coffee be strong and your Monday be short (wait, it’s Tuesday already). I wish you the best of luck as you fill baskets for the loved ones in your life and plan menus and schedule more holiday things you don’t really have time for. And I also wish you peaceful Easter blessings and maybe a little slowness (*wink*).
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