Easter Baskets

[kleine.maus]

What are you doing for your LOs for Easter?

This is DDs first easter and i want to buy an easter basket that will last a really long time that will be a yearly tradition.... i was thinking about getting a longaberger basket but if you have any better suggestions i'm totally open :)

[Jenni1894]

Mine aren't anything special.  I got them at garage sales.   I don't think quality (for me is an issue) b/c they are used for like 20 minutes once a year.  

But if quality baskets are what you are looking for yes, longaberger or Pottery Barn Kids.

Michael's usually has baskets also, but am not sure onthe quality.

[crunchy_mommy]

Originally Posted by Jenni1894 

Mine aren't anything special.  I got them at garage sales.   I don't think quality (for me is an issue) b/c they are used for like 20 minutes once a year.  

We just use whatever we have lying around (dump out some toys from a basket we already have, just for that one day).

I am very excited because this year we are growing grass in the basket from wheatberries!! We started a little late so it probably won't get very tall but I think DS will love it. In it will be some books (religious & just regular books as well), a stuffed bunny I'm knitting, and maybe a chocolate bar (I'm kind of anti-holiday-candy but he looooves chocolate so maybe this year I'll bend on that).

[Mittsy]

We got baskets from the local craft store, and are currently growing grass in them. For what goes in the basket, 1 chocolate bunny per child, and a few small wooden toys.

[RollerCoasterMama]

When he was 2 I used a pretty basket I've had forever.  When he was 3, I got a cute lined one from Target and that's what I'll be using going forward.  It's actually never been put away---it's a nice size and the handle is hinged.  Currently it's the toy train basket.  :)  But it will sneak along when we go to Grandma's next weekend. 

I like to just grab a playsilk instead of grass for the basket.  He doesn't care and it's pretty!  (Those silks are so handy!  I use them for photo backdrops, instant wrapping paper, summer blankets...not to mention the little boy uses of super hero/knight capes, forts, baby blankets, etc.) 

A couple of years ago, I made some hollow wool eggs...not pretty, but they work.  I'm going to add a couple of small wooden toys, and the next set of Bob books.  (He's in Montessori preschool, so he's been begging to learn to read for a while.  It got to where I couldn't hold out any longer, and we are admittedly a very hybrid home.)  Treats will be a colorful chocolate or two and a few jelly beans.

His favorite part is finding the eggs anyway.  And ours are solid, so it's simple to keep the sugar to a minimum!  He's already planning on "pretending to the be the Easter Bunny" to re-hide the eggs for his little cousin.  :)  (I let him pretend to be Santa this year and we picked out presents for Grandma and Grandpa's stockings since Santa only brings the kids presents.  He thought it was SO COOL.  All the magic is still there, but he gets in on the giving fun and family silliness too!) 

The Easter bunny might also be bringing a new umbrella if I can't find his old one in the very near future!!

[livinlovinlaughin]

Please tell me more about growing grass in the baskets.

[appalachiamama]

We use an Easter basket from Longaberger that was a gift to my little girl last year.  This year, I'm expecting a baby any moment, so who knows?  ;-)  But, I have made some wet felted eggs and a needle felted bunny.  We might hide eggs, but I'll be in bed for that.  I have paper grass that we use from year to year.

[crunchy_mommy]

Originally Posted by livinlovinlaughin 

Please tell me more about growing grass in the baskets.

Here's a simple way to do it:

http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_50.shtml#Grassy%20Basket

although we are using these instructions:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5632910_grow-wheatgrass-wheatberries.html

We are just starting to grow ours so I'm not sure what we'll end up with lol but I think DS will be just as excited with a basket of dirt & seeds

[Jenni1894]

I love the grass!!!  I wish I knew about this sooner!  Can't wait till next year!! 

Thanks for the idea!

[aHikaru]

Just bought my 2 year old a basket at Michaels, currently fourty percent off :)

We are making playsilks together, and ill be putting them in her basket after she goes to bed and i wash them. My father will also be getting her wooden animals, which i know she'll love.

[Melaniee]

Our baskets are also random ones with liners. I think my eldest's was from Target but found in their home section (years ago) instead of Easter section. His sister's isn't quite as nice but was likely Michael's or Jo-Ann's at Easter.  I also bought a basket for her to grow grass in at school, recently, at Michael's. I try to only buy with sales or coupons there as it seems there is nearly always something going on. It wasn't pricey, but we also do not use these year-round for storage. They get put away and are only Easter/Spring baskets. My storage baskets are sturdier.

[mommariffic]

Okay I totally decided against some things and changed our baskets (again!) 

We are doing tins because they can go right into the mudpie kitchen after. I was toying with DS's and ended up just putting this beautiful stuffed rabbit I got at the health food store in there..it's also a puppet and both kids like puppets so I figure it can be used again and again. DD's basket contains one small homemade chocolate bunny from town, some twig colored pencils, a lemon carrot cookie and some wooden peg people my DH is painting to look like Superheros. 

Instead of grass I put yellow and green felt 

[TheSlingMama]

I'm honestly not sure how to approach Easter.  We're a Buddhist household so it hold nothing but commercial appeal for us and I don't want to encourage that, kwim?  Thankfully she won't really remember until next year so I have time to figure it out.

[justinefbs]

My parents actually just gave us my old Easter basket - it's lasted almost 40 years, so it must be good quality    Before they dug that up, though, I just bought an inexpensive basket at Michael's, or something. I love everyone's ideas - both the playsilks and the grass are great; will have to remember that for next year. If you're looking for ideas of what to put *in* the basket, I just wrote something for my blog on How to Build a Healthier Easter Basket: http://fullbellysisters.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-build-healthier-easter-basket.html

[Subhuti]

Justine

All your posts have links to your blog for your business. You cant do that here. I think u have to a supporting member and pay 30$. Then you can list it in yr siggy.

Liz

[justinefbs]

Thanks, sorry, didn't realize!

[Subhuti]

Justine

I wondered if you hadnt realized it because you are new...

Welcome to MDC its a great place!

[justinefbs]

Thanks for the welcome! As a SAHM, especially, I find the internet to be a great way to stay connected to grown-ups (you can only talk so much with a toddler!)