what’s in your Easter basket?

Or, if you’re like me, it’s more like what’s in your Amazon cart?

I love shopping for Easter. Maybe it’s because there aren’t lists that can change last minute like with Santa Claus. At our house, there were one to many mind changes on or around Dec 23rd this year so we ended up going overboard!

This is not to be feared with the Easter Bunny who just brings happy little surprises!

Maybe that’s why I love it. I think there is something more fun about coming up with the items myself. More fun, more controlling…however you want to look at it 🙂

Of course I am going for goodies that I know they will enjoy, but I’m also trying to steer clear of more stuff to stick in the play room.

Last year I did a post on ideas for non-toy items in the Easter basket and this year I plan to keep this in mind again. The toy room is more than a little packed from said overboard Christmas .

So, here is what I’m thinking:

Light up rain boots. First of all we need new rain boots. Second of all, my boys are going to lose their minds over these. And third these are a great price!

A book. If we didn’t have it already, you know from my review that I think The Velveteen Rabbit is perfect Easter basket material. I am going to go with this book on the Easter Story that I want to have in our seasonal rotation. Our Christmas and even our Halloween book game is pretty strong, but we don’t have many for Easter.

Bath bombs. For these I am going with a lady who makes them in my home town and I believe she is making little egg shapes this year. My kids love for their bath to change color or that finger paint soap stuff so anything fun for bath time is always a go-to for me at Easter.

Bubbles, but especially these bubble guns. Anything to keep Tom from repeatedly dumping out all the bubbles! I think these will be a huge hit and practical because it’s easier for kids to easily make tons of bubbles this way.

A board game. I got the boys each a game for Valentines Day—Ants in the Pants and Cooties. There are a surprising number of age 3 and up “board games” out there! It was interesting the first time teaching them to follow directions and take turns but really they did great. Plus I love getting them away from the TV on a cold or rainy day. For this Easter I am going with HiHo! Cherry-O , another one of my old favs, to add to our new family game night collection.

Chocolate bunny suckers. Sam saw the Easter Bunny’s factory on the movie Hop cranking out some chocolate Easter bunny suckers and he thought they were the coolest things he’s ever seen. I made a mental note. Ideally these will pop up in stores because all I can find on Amazon is the DIY option—a
bunny shaped mold with sucker sticks…ehhhh.

S’more sticks! We ended up with a fire pit at my family’s Dirty Santa game last Christmas and I am so excited to roast marshmallows this spring! These sticks are fun colors and super long so kids don’t have to stand too close. I think they will also be perfect to pack for our upcoming vacation to Montana!

Hopefully these baskets are a good mix of fun and practical and won’t contribute any to our struggling playroom. I plan to split up the sticks and bubble gun 2-pack between the baskets and give one the book and one the board game to keep it all within a reasonable budget.

I’d love to hear your Easter basket ideas! Let me know in the comments.

Now if only the weather would comply, I’d be ready to decorate! I skipped it last weekend since it was snowing….but maybe I’ll go ahead and go for it this weekend!