It’s never too early to find Easter basket ideas for your kids! We’d never suggest that the benevolent Easter Bunny can’t come up with ideas for the best Easter baskets, but isn’t it helpful to have a starting place? Our curated list has top picks for your child’s basket that will make beautiful memories for years to come.
The Basket
The basket is just as important as its contents! Our recommendation is a customizable basket from Pippero Products. Based in Indiana, you can snag either a wicker or quilted basket with your child’s embroidered name and design. Best of all, you can reuse it and make it a tradition in your family.
A Pop of Color
Spring has sprung, so celebrate with the brightest colors the season has to offer! Many of our products have the perfect pop of color to delight children of all ages. Our picks add colorful fun to every child’s basket.
Colorful Butterfly Wings
Embrace imaginative play with our fantastical Colorful Butterfly Wings! With a 50” wingspan, you can choose from orange, purple, pink, or teal (or buy two or more for a discount).
Color Pops Rocks
A craft with several fun designs, our Color Pops Color-Your-Own Rocks are the ideal rainy-day craft. Liven up gardens, play spaces, and the basket with our customizable rock pets!
EggMazing Egg Lathe with Markers
No matter whether you use plastic eggs to decorate or are a fierce traditionalist with real ones, our EggMazing Egg Lathe allows for easy design work! It rotates with a quick but gentle approach that allows kids to add zig-zags, stripes, dots, and so much more. With eight markers included, they'll have everything they need for a decorating egg-stravaganza!
Tea Sets
Each one of our tea sets, including our brand-new Weekend in Paris Tin Tea Set, showcases unique designs and beautiful illustrations based on an adorable theme. Choose from a Parisian daydream, cute ladybugs, woodland animals, fantasy, or spritely fairies.
Take-Along Posable Pocket Fairies, Set of 6
Pocket Fairies are the greatest pals to take on all your adventures and are a wonderful surprise in an Easter basket. The set comes with six 2.5” fairies and an organza bag for fun on-the-go! See your children discover new ways of imaginative play with these small but mighty Pocket Fairies!
Candle-Making Kits
A fun spring craft, our candle-making kits make the perfect basket gift for creative children. Make up to 12 tall or 24 tapered unique candles or mix and match to see all that they can do! Choose from a Bright or Pastel color scheme…or choose both for even more creative fun.
Bunny Love
For animal lovers or the Easter Bunny’s biggest fans, including a bunny or two in the basket is a MUST. We also have other adorable spring animal toys.
Plush Bunny Portable Play Set
This playset features an adorable plush carrot house with tiny windows for its two bunny residents.
Happy Hopping Bunny
A delightful, snuggly toy, our Happy Hopping Bunny is the perfect new pet for kids to love. Enjoy adorable squeaking and hopping without the actual mess a live pet would make. Plus, kids can snuggle their new friend for as long as they would like!
Bunny Nesting Set
A cute spin on the classic Russian nesting doll set, our Bunny Nesting Set has three painted bunnies and a petite painted Easter egg at its core. It can be used as a decoration or as a portable sensory and counting toy.
Wooden Chicken Coop and Felt Chickens Play Set
Our Wooden Chicken Coop and Felt Chickens are the cutest addition to any basket! Made of natural pine wood and soft wool, this award-winning set comes with a coop, 2 hens, 1 rooster, 4 chickens, and two cozy nests.
Musical Egg-Laying Hen
No need to head to the local farm supply store for a hen! This mess-free, musical version lays colorful eggs and plays “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”. It’s a basket-stuffer built for big laughs and great cuddles!
Sweet Treats
Add a little treat or two to sweeten the deal! Our suggestions include a mixture of classics and snacks for dietary restrictions so everyone can have the sweetest time this Easter.
Peeps
Who could forget to include the iconic Easter candy in the basket? With so many colors, designs, and unique new flavors, you can mix and match Peeps to reflect the theme of your child’s Easter basket. Did we mention they’re also gluten-free?
Annie’s Snacks
Adorable organic snacks that come in bunny shapes? Sign us up! Choose from a variety of flavors of Cheddar Bunnies,Bunny Fruit Snacks, or Bunny Grahams for seasonal organic goodness.
No Whey! Foods PeaNOT vEggs
Free of nuts, dairy, soy, wheat, egg, gluten, and other common allergens, No Whey! PeaNOT vEggs makes Easter inclusive for many specific diets. And they’re still just as adorable as other Easter candy! Also comes in a cream egg variety.
YumEarth Candy
Organic and allergy-free candy? Sign us up! YumEarth offers a wide variety of the sweetest treats. Snag some Choco Yums for the chocolate lover's basket or some Easter Gummy Fruits for a taste of bunny love. Or just don't decide at all and grab an Easter Variety Pack for the adventurous tasters!
Moo Free Natural Bunnycomb Easter Eggs
Dairy free and vegan, Moo Free offers a crispy chocolate egg just like the ones in the Easter candy aisle with a bonus Mini Bar surprise. You can feel good about your purchase knowing that Moo Free sends zero waste to landfills, all their packaging is recyclable, and they support sustainable farming.
Edelweiss Chocolate Bunny
What’s a basket without a chocolate bunny? These decadent, made-from-scratch bunnies designed by Edelweiss Chocolates come in dark, milk, or white chocolate and might be too pretty to eat! Choose from the original classic design to versions with jelly beans or even marshmallows.
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