Community Chat

[qvcfreak]

I do Easter gift bags for my son and his Dad. I buy colorful bags, this year I got bright yellow, added lime green Easter grass on the bottom and added lots of candy plus one chocolate bunny and they each get a $25 gift card to their favorite food place plus and Easter Card.

[beckyb1012]

I just have one grandchild, Gwen but she is 7 months old so the basket I made is a "family basket" next year she can have the candy for herself instead of my son and daughter-in-law getting it all. Of course the gifts I put in the basket will go straight into her mouth anyway. I bought her a my first cell phone with bells, whistles, and singing/talking, she will love it.

Happy Easter to all our Grandkids, I so love being a Grandmother!!

[Cakers1]

Oh heck - I still make baskets for DS and DDIL.

The grandchildren will get baskets from us but I agree - the Easter Bunny brings the home baskets. LOL

And the plastic eggs - we used to put hints in them, like a treasure hunt, and little prizes leading up to the final egg which would hint where the baskets were hidden.

What fun!

[abbeythe 8th]

I do not do Easter baskets for our grandchildren as the Easter bunny brings their basket to their homes.

We buy their Easter outfits for them.

[Kachina624]

My mom used to buy my sister and me these big white sugar eggs that were beautifully decorated and had a hole in one end. When you looked inside there was a springtime scene. I've never seen these in a store or heard anyone mention them. I don't know where she got them but they were beautiful.

[jeanlake]

I so love Easter baskets. Great memories from my own childhood, my children's and now grandsons. Grandsons always get a basket. I'm including fewer candy goodies and more books and fun things like Kites, baseballs, and Silly Putty. Before my grown children had partners, I'd put together Easter baskets with certs and stuff they really like. But we switched things up seven years ago when partners came into the picture -- and they all love it!

The 20s/30s kids have a special Easter egg hunt with folding money and small Cadbury eggs inside plastic eggs. Grandparents and grandkids hide their eggs. It's hilarious to watch them open their eggs together and count their money. It's probably cheaper than putting baskets together for each young adult. The 20s/30s hide plastic eggs for the grandchildren.

We start our day together at church, feast, play and laugh a lot. A beautiful time.

[colliegirls]

All of us get an Easter Basket, including the dogs.

[Shorty2U]

I have 3 grandchildren (ages 17, 15, and 11). I no longer make baskets the past few years because they are getting older, and they get baskets from their parents and other relatives with some candy and little gifts inside the basket.

I gave a card, a chocolate bunny (just so no basket) and money last Saturday when my family were all here for dinner. I also gave my own kids candy they love. DH and I wont see them Easter.

But I have fond memories of dying eggs and making baskets (with my kids and grandkids) not that long ago. We always used Hinkle dye to color the eggs artistically instead of just dunking them in egg coloring, and my grandkids still use the Hinkles.

[tishkins]

We have 6 grandchildren and the baskets are filled with spring or summer outfits. Their parents frown on to much candy and I agree. The ages are 2months up to 9 yrs. We also do an egg hunt. The eggs are filled with change and their is one large egg each filled with a dollar. They can't wait for the fun to begin.

[Lila Belle]

Why not contribute a gift or special treat to the basket the parent puts together ?

In my family we only had ONE basket and that was brought by the Easter Bunny.