Celebrate the season and put together the sweetest DIY Easter baskets for your kids. We’re showing you everything we put in our Easter baskets this year, including the best Easter basket finds for toddlers and young kids!
Never one to shy away from an excuse to celebrate a holiday, I wanted to make something special for our kids for Easter, despite the fact that we will most certainly be celebrating at home. And Easter baskets are the perfect way to celebrate; they’re easy to put together right in your own home.
I want to continue to celebrate the good and special moments in our home and I’m determined to keep our girls’ memories full of joy during this weird time in the world.
Over the next few days, I’ll be teaming up with a few fellow mom bloggers and influencers to share everything we put in our kids Easter baskets this year over on my Instagram Stories. (And of course, you can reference this post for all of the links to the things I featured in this year’s Easter baskets.)
My hope is that although in this season of our lives, things may be difficult, a sweet celebration in your home can bring in some needed goodness. If you take away even one small idea to pass on to your kids, I’ll consider this year’s Easter basket ideas a roaring success.
For More Easter Basket Inspiration → Everything We Put in Last Year’s Easter Baskets
Everything We Put in Our Kids Easter Baskets This Year
We have two daughters, so we made two Easter baskets; one geared towards a toddler (our youngest is two years old) and one geared towards a young child; i.e., preschool age through kindergarten (our oldest is five years old.)
See Also → 35+ Adorable Things to Put in Your Kids Easter Baskets
My big goals when putting together our kids Easter baskets this year:
- activities and toys that lend themselves to more imaginative play
- crafts and art supplies that we can use at home again and again
- books that will really capture their attention (i.e., a book of science experiments, board books for our toddler, chapter books to read aloud to our kindergartener)
- sweet little toys to make them smile
- accessories – like hair clips – I know they’ll use
By the way, I snagged these $3 baskets from the Target dollar spot last year and we use them for so many things. These adorable little wire baskets also double as a great way to organize the girls’ play kitchen. We use them to hold all of the play food and fruits and vegetables in their KidKraft Uptown kitchen. So cute and such a simple way to store all of the loose kids’ kitchen accessories and food. And at $3 a basket, they’re affordable, on-trend, and functional; gotta love it! (You can check out the whole selection of Target’s white wire baskets here.)
Our Best Easter Basket Finds for Toddlers:
VTech Spin and Learn Color Flashlight Amazon Exclusive
Plastic Hair Clips (22 for $5.99!)
Freshly Picked Gold Bow Mini Sole Moccasins
Color Shape Matching and Sorting Eggs (I love that this is not only a great learning tool for our toddler – color and shape sorting, matching, and recognition – but the pretty pink set will be such a cute addition to our girls’ play kitchen!)
Easter Eggs Easter Basket Stuffers Fillers Filled 6 Pack Surprise Eggs with Rabbit Dolls Inside (I’ve already raved about these adorable Easter Eggs – filled with the sweetest velvety bunny rabbits – on my Instagram Stories. Six eggs are just $7.99 with free shipping! Snag them for your Easter celebrations while you can!)
Flower Crown
Petite Plume Kids Gingham Bunny Sleep Mask
Mudpuppy Little Feminist Books and Games
Little Color Fairies by Mara Van Fleet (Our toddler absolutely loves interactive books like this and I love books with extra thick hard pages like this because they can withstand her excited grabbing and pulling.)
Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun STEM / STEAM Projects and Why They Work by Crystal Chatterton (This book is actually for both of our kids! We’ve already done the “Sink or Float” experiment and the “Microwave Soap Bar” and the girls absolutely love trying the experiments. This one should keep us busy for months.)
Our Best Easter Basket Finds for Young Kids:
Plastic Hair Clips (22 for $5.99!)
Fairy Door (Our oldest daughter is completely obsessed with fairies and this sweet fairy door for her room is such a darling surprise/experience. Anything that gets kids using their imagination is great in my book. I’ve even heard of parents having their kids write the fairy “notes” and leaving them at the fairy’s door before bed, being on best behavior so the fairy will come out at night, etc.)
Melissa & Doug Simply Crafty Activity Kits Sets: Terrific Tiaras, Marvelous Masks, Whimsical Wands
I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn
The Never Girls Collection #1 (Disney: The Never Girls) by Kiki Thorpe (We read to both of our kids every night and lately, it’s chapter books for our oldest daughter. So excited to introduce her to Neverland!)
Easter Eggs Easter Basket Stuffers Fillers Filled 6 Pack Surprise Eggs with Rabbit Dolls Inside (I’ve already raved about these adorable Easter Eggs – filled with the sweetest velvety bunny rabbits – on my Instagram Stories. Six eggs are just $7.99 with free shipping! Snag them for your Easter celebrations while you can!)
Toysmith Fantasy Figures (I love these little figures because our girls are always building castles and houses and trains and they’re constantly looking for little dolls and toys to use in their creations. The more imaginative play at home I can encourage, the better!)
L.O.L. Surprise! Spring Bling Limited Edition Doll
Petite Plume Kids Gingham Bunny Sleep Mask
More Easter Basket Finds for Toddlers and Young Kids:
For more Easter inspiration, be sure to check out:
Last Year’s DIY Kids Easter Baskets
35+ Adorable Things to Put in Your Kids Easter Baskets
The Chicest DIY Easter Décor and Easter Party Inspiration
How to Make a Beautiful Spring Floral Arrangement for Easter
Carrot Cake Scones with Cream Cheese Glaze
Amazing Overnight Crème Brûlée French Toast Casserole
Some Bunny Loves You Kids Easter Picnic Party
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Do you make Easter baskets for your kids? Have you started putting yours together? Any favorite Easter basket must-haves?
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