Updated for 2024
Are you wondering what to put in your child’s Easter basket this year? I mean, besides the obvious Easter grass, chocolate, candy, and real or plastic eggs. It’s definitely something I’ve been thinking about lately.
I have a grandson under the age of two, and last year he was too young to know what Easter is all about. But things are different this year. He’s a whole year older and likely to be a bit more aware of what’s going on with the holiday celebrations. And I can’t leave out his younger sibling either, who will be making an appearance any day now!
Of course, I can fill their Easter baskets with the obvious things I mentioned earlier — the grass, candy, and eggs — but I don’t want to include too much candy as, understandably, their parents would like to limit the amount of sugar they eat (not that their newborn will be eating any candy, of course!). And I don’t blame them!
Ideas for Non-Food Easter Basket Fillers
Fortunately, there are quite a few other Easter basket fillers that aren’t food-related, such as the ones I’ve listed here.
For Toddlers:
- Bubbles, bubble wands, bubble guns, and other bubble toys
- Sidewalk chalk
- Crayons
- Coloring books
- Small toys like Matchbox cars
For Babies:
- Socks
- Diapers
- Travel size toiletries
- Baby toothbrush
- Sleepers
- Sun hat
- Small toys like rattles or teething rings
If you’re trying to fill your child’s Easter basket, here are a few more fillers you could choose:
23 Fun Things to Put in a Child’s Easter Basket
DIY Easter Gumball Gift
From Making Frugal Fun
For kids who are old enough to safely enjoy them, this gumball Easter gift could be a fun and colorful addition to their baskets. If you can’t find a small plastic gumball machine, you might be able to find some instructions online to make one. Or just put them in a clear bag and add the cute tag from the free printable.
The Best Free Easter Activity Printable Pack For Kids
From Smart Party Planning
These printable activity pages are perfect if you don’t have a lot of time to make something for your kids for the Easter holiday. What’s more, you can give them something quiet to do after they’re done hunting eggs!
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Awesome Easter Bunny Coloring Sheets You’ll Want To Download Now
From Smart Party Planning
Most kids love to color, which makes these coloring sheets the perfect thing to put in their Easter baskets this year.
Easter Activity Book: Puzzles and Games Your Kids Will Love
From Rediscovered Family
Keeping your kids busy, entertained, and using their brains is sometimes challenging over a holiday weekend. But these Easter-themed activity books can help.
Free Printable Easter Bunny Letter Templates
From Lil Tigers
Here’s a way you can add a special message to your child’s basket for the weekend holiday celebration. You can even use the blank template to write your own message if you prefer.
Easter Carrot Treat Box Paper Craft
From Ottawa Mommy Club
Want a craft that’s a little different for the holiday? Check out these carrot treat boxes. What a cute addition they’d make to any child’s Easter basket!
Super Easy DIY Bunny Headband For Kids
From Ottawa Mommy Club
Your children will love making and wearing these adorable bunny ears for the Easter holiday. It’s a fun and easy craft that’s sure to entertain them — and they can personalize their ears however they’d like.
Easy Bunny Ears Headband for Easter
From Tikkido
We just had to include a second set of bunny ears because the ears on this headband are poseable! It only requires a few supplies to make them and there’s a free template to get the shape just right.
Pokémon Easter Egg Tutorial
From Tikkido
If your kiddos like Pokémon, these Easter eggs are sure to be a hit! They’re not even that hard to make.
Baby Easter Basket Ideas
From Homemade for Elle
You can’t leave out the baby, especially if there are older kids around who will notice if there’s no Easter basket for the youngest family member. These ideas can help you fill a basket for little ones too.
Easter Bath Bombs
From Ruffles & Rain Boots
Of course, kids love candy, but these cute bath bombs will be a fun addition to their Easter baskets as well. You can use a variety of molds to make lots of different shapes.
Make this Adorable Easter Shirt for Kids with Sublimation in Minutes!
From Ruffles & Rain Boots
If you have a Cricut, you can add a few other items to make these cute shirts for Easter. Once they’re done, fold them and add them to the kids’ Easter baskets.
DIY M&M’S Easter Story Gift
From Making Frugal Fun
Obviously, this Easter basket item actually does include candy, but I think a little candy is probably ok as long as you don’t overdo it. And this is a fun way to include a short Easter lesson for children too.
Easter Candy Bar Wrappers
From Making Frugal Fun
Does your child have a favorite candy bar? Why not add that to the fun things you put in their basket? But first, you can dress it up for the holiday with these cute printables!
DIY Matching Game with a Silhouette Cameo
From A Princess and her Pirates
You can keep your little one’s mind occupied and learning without them even realizing it when you give them the gift of this matching game for Easter.
Free Printable Easter Bingo Game for Little Kids
From GinGin & Roo
If your kids like to play games, this Easter Bingo game should be a winner! It has cute egg, chick, and bunny designs, as well as others, that are just right for the holiday. You could add some Easter MnMs to mark each space and make it even more festive.
Super Cute Easter Chicks Colouring Pages for Toddlers
From GinGin & Roo
Coloring is a good quiet pastime when kids — and parents! — need a break from all of the egg hunting and other activities. These Easter-themed pages will keep your kids busy so you can attend to other things, like cleaning up after Sunday dinner is over.
Horse-Themed Easter Basket Ideas
From The Gingerbread Pony
When you have kids that are into horses you might wonder how to make that work with Easter this year. Luckily, you can use some of these terrific basket fillers to keep the theme going!
The Best Baby Easter Basket Ideas – Both Cute AND Useful!
From The Soccer Mom Blog
You can’t leave the baby out of the Easter celebration. They may not be old enough for egg hunting and other activities that older kids can do, but they can still enjoy the holiday with these Easter basket fillers.
Book Lover’s Easter Basket for Young Readers
From The Soccer Mom Blog
Reading is a great way to help young minds grow, and what better way to introduce more books to your kids than by adding some to their Easter basket?
Slime Easter Basket for Kids
From The Soccer Mom Blog
What kid needs candy from the Easter bunny when they can get cool, fun stuff to play with instead? With this slime recipe, they get to make the slime as well as play with it!
Uncrackable and Easy Knitted Egg Pattern
From Sustain my Craft Habit
If you have small children you may want neither real nor plastic eggs in their Easter baskets this year. Luckily, using the link above to the pattern, you can whip up these little knitted eggs and add them instead!
Adorable Crochet Bunny Finger Puppets (Free Pattern!)
From Sustain my Craft Habit
Soft things are perfect for little ones when it comes to filling up their Easter baskets. And what could be cuter than these little crochet bunny finger puppets? Use the free pattern to make some for your child to enjoy on Easter this year.
Printable Hoppy Easter Cards & Easter Crayon Gift For Classmates
From Simplify Create Inspire
Sometimes you need a little something to add to several Easter baskets at once. This printable card and Crayon gift idea is a great option to do just that.
How to Make a No-Sew Sock Bunny
From Momma Lew
Not everything in your child’s Easter basket has to be elaborate or expensive. With a recycled or mismatched sock and a few basic supplies, you can make these adorable sock bunnies this year.
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Where to Get an Easter Basket
Of course, you’ll need something to contain all of the fun fillers you’ve made or purchased. It goes without saying that there are plenty of department stores and dollar stores that carry Easter baskets of all kinds, colors, sizes, and materials. They also come in many different price ranges.
But I didn’t want to buy common plastic bucket-type Easter baskets for my grandkids this year. Instead, I chose to stitch up a couple of cute baskets on my sewing machine using a pattern from JMB Handmade.
I made a quick trip to visit my good friend who owns a quilt store in my hometown. After picking up fabric and interfacing, per the instructions from JMB Handmade, I sequestered myself in my sewing room and got busy!
Once I finished the Easter baskets, one of which is pictured at the top of this post, I filled them up with some shredding and cute inexpensive Easter toys — and just a tiny bit of candy too. I think they turned out cute, but no matter what type of Easter baskets you choose for your kids, I bet they’ll love what you put in them.
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Jeanne Sloan is a farm wife, mother of two, and grandmother of two who was born in Las Vegas, Nevada but was transformed into a country girl at the age of eight when her parents moved the family to Kansas. You can read more from Jeanne Sloan at mid-lifemusings.com where she writes about whatever strikes her fancy, including advice, recipes, and more.
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