Give a sweet springtime gift to your friends and family members by creating special Easter baskets containing treats, sweets and loving messages. When you choose a theme for a gift Easter basket, it's easy to fill it with surprises for any age and interest.
Garden Easter Baskets: Bring in spring for the gardener by creating an Easter basket full of goodies. Fill the basket with some new garden tools, garden gloves, wildflower seed packets, vegetable seeds, a watering can and other garden decorations. Stick to a pastel theme for the basket, and tie a big ribbon on the handle.
Cookie Easter Baskets: Everyone loves cookies, especially when they come in frosted Easter shapes. Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe, and cut out cookies using Easter-theme cutters. Frost and decorate accordingly. Make a batch of chocolate chip cookies using multi-colored chips and add to the basket. Nestle all the cookie varieties in Easter grass, and include each recipe on a fancy recipe card. Also include a few Easter cookie cutters as a gift. Enclose the whole basket in colored cellophane wrap secured with a bow.
Photo Easter Baskets: Give grandparents a memorable Easter candy basket with a photo basket. Include framed pictures of grandkids, blank frames, a digital camera or other photo equipment. Pair a disposable camera with tickets to the zoo or local museum for a built-in memory making activity that family members of all ages can enjoy.
Treasure Hunt Easter Baskets: Give older kids a mystery to solve with a treasure hunt basket. Fill it with tools they'll need to follow clues you've set out. Start with a magnifying glass, decoder card, key or other items needed to solve the clues. Put the first clue in a plastic egg, and give them some munchies to eat along the way. Have children take the basket with them so they can gather more egg clues and other knick-knacks they pick up along the way to finding the big treasure at the end, such as a big chocolate bunny or a new children's Bible.
 | Easter egg hunts can be fun-filled events for kids at any age level. Try some new Easter egg hunt ideas by letting kids dress up or make their own baskets, and keep the event simple and safe so all the children participating have a good time. |
 | Easter celebrations are never complete without Easter crafts featuring bunnies, eggs and bonnets. Families see Easter as an opportunity to spend time with each other, and making Easter crafts is a great way to do this. |
 | The tradition of learning how to decorate easter eggs dates back to the Middle Ages of Europe. Modern Easter egg decorating includes fancy embellishments, such as faux jewels and stencils, as well as more common methods using stickers, crayons and markers. |
Easter baskets can make the eyes of a child light up. However, once the candy is eaten, the basket gets tossed in the trash. These tips can help you find Easter basket options that are useful and sustainable, but still fun. |
Kids can get really creative when it's time for coloring Easter eggs, and having the right work station and the right tools can make it fun for everyone. Since this fun Easter event is easy, it's great for toddlers, yet the creative complexities will engage older kids and even adults. |
