Easter Gift Baskets Go Beyond Chocolate Rabbits
This Easter, find the perfect Easter gift without resorting to the same old thing
If there's one thing I hate to see, it's an Easter gift basket loaded down with sugar and fat. Sure, kids love those yummy treats, and it's okay to supplement your Easter gift baskets with chocolate eggs and the like. But when you make sugar your Easter focus, it's an unhealthy recipe for disaster.
So this year, pick a few choice treats and use them as supplements in your Easter gifts. What should you use to fill in the rest of the space? Glad you asked -- here are a few fun ideas.
Easter gifts to avoid
Here are a few things NOT to put in your Easter gift basket:
-Rabbits. Every year hundreds of rabbits die or wind up at the SPCA because people unthinkingly give them as Easter presents to people who aren't prepared to properly care for them.
-Cheap candy. There's nothing worse than cheap chocolate. Go with a few quality items over a lot of junk.
-Styrofoam and plastic baskets: protect the environment with reusable and beautiful wicker or straw baskets.
Great Easter gift ideas
So what DOES make an Easter basket gift? Try:
-Small toys (or one big toy as the basket centerpiece with some trinkets added for bulk)
-Stuffies, especially bunnies -- much better than real ones in the long run!
-Healthy treats, such as homemade granola bars or caramel dipped applies
-coloring books and crayons
-picture books with Easter or spring themes
-Items hand-tailored to the recipient's likes and hobbies: they'll love to see how well you know them.
We usually think of Easter gift baskets as containing a wide variety of items, so the perfect gift basket uses one item as a centerpiece (yes, it could be your chocolate item -- but it could also be a toy, stuffed animal, or book). Then arrange smaller gifts around it, including small candies and chocolates, discount store items, mini books, handmade mittens -- the list is endless.
The best Easter gift baskets come out of your own imagination, so use these ideas as a starting point to craft the perfect Easter.