I recently shared Isla's Easter basket with you and now here's Tommy's. This is the first time I've made a basket of gifts for Tommy. We don't usually make a big thing of Easter and I don't think we've actually even bought him an Easter egg before. We're not killjoys or anything like that - it's just he usually ends up with loads of them so we haven't ever needed to buy him one. Instead we've bought Tommy a toy or special treat of some kind. This year we thought we'd start a new tradition of making up Easter baskets for our children. I've been searching for suitable items to go in them for a while now.
Although I LOVE chocolate and Tommy does too, I didn't want to just buy him a truckload of sugary, sweet treats. We try to encourage him to eat healthily and don't allow him too much in the way of sweets, biscuits and chocolate and I don't see why this should change just because it's Easter. With this in mind, I decided to try and find lots of items that would encourage us to spend quality time together instead by crafting, baking and getting creative.
First of all, I bought lots of Easter-themed books. Books can be expensive but these were far from it. I bought these from The Works' which is fab for cheap books and craft activities and supplies, and these were on offer at 4 for £5. BARGAIN! I also purchased 'Peppa's Easter Egg Hunt' from Amazon.
Tommy loves getting crafty and baking, so when I saw these i couldn't resist. I bought a Pom pom crafts activity pack, Easter-themed colouring book and cookie-making set from Tesco. If you haven't done so already, check out Tesco's extensive Easter range - they had sooooooo many great things in there, it was a struggle to decide what to buy!
I also included a Happy Easter stake from Home Bargains, as this could be used for an Easter Egg hunt or as a signpost for the Easter bunny. I bought this super cute clockwork rabbit from Wilkinsons, a cheeping chick from a Tesco and a super cute Easter decorations craft pack from the Card Factory, which also had a great selection of cheap Easter gifts.
I picked up this rabbit bubble wand from Tesco, a chick biscuit and Easter egg moulds from Home Bargains and two Malteaser rabbits.
There are so many possibilities for what you might include in a young child's Easter basket and I hope this post has given you some ideas. I'd love to hear any ideas you have for Easter basket gifts.
Happy Easter to you all!
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