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I've got a few ideas floating around but nothing concrete yet.

35m toddler
Spring / easter book
Small chocolate bunny or mini chocolate eggs (first time giving candy / chocolate!)
Ball pet (her cousin had one and she loved it)
Matching sunglasses
Hair stuff in plastic eggs
New socks in plastic eggs (she needs socks soooooooooooooo bad!)

7m old
Easter bunny lift the flap book
Bunny or horse plush
Puffs in plastic eggs
Mum mums
Matching sunglasses
Straw cup (she needs one for water)
First Easter bib

DD1 already has a basket but DD2 needs one. I'll pro get it from Home Goods.

Sand Pail/Shovel
New T-Shirt
Hair Stuff (Girls)
Matchbox Cars
Play-doh
Sunglasses or Summer Hat

My parents were awesome at Easter ideas...summery stuff that reminds you outdoor fun is coming again (for us in the snowy regions!)

D is getting Orko (to add to his He-Man collection from Daddy) and an airplane that you stick a key in to make it go that I found in the One Spot. Some candy (I just discovered Swedish Fish jelly beans - YUM). And since his birthday is so soon after Christmas, he kind of gets the shaft for his birthday, so we think we might do a "big" gift for Easter every year. This year may be a balance bike.

This is the plan so far (I've got most of the following already)...

28 months: A book about Easter, a Daniel Tiger coloring book, a pound of sparkly purple kinetic sand, a new bubble gun, some hair bows, a new toothbrush and plastic eggs of Annie's bunny cookies, jelly beans and chocolate treats.

4 months: a lift-the-flap springtime book, a stuffed saint doll, a wooden rosary, a bunny teether, her first toothbrush, a pair of baby sunglasses, a bib and sippy cup for starting solids.

We always got a stuffed animal, chalk, a kite, bubbles, maybe some hair clips, and some candy. I'll probably do the same.

We're planning on going basic every year--we don't want to over-emphasize the gift-giving part of the holiday, but we also think easter baskets are a lovely tradition that we want to carry on so we're trying to walk a line there. We also aren't going to put candy in her basket because we figure she'll get plenty from the church & school easter egg hunts she'll be attending. So we got her a cute little crown-shaped basket from Goodwill and each year will put one toy and one book in it--this year it's a plush doll (she's really into dolls right now!) and an Easter board book. Sometimes the book won't be easter-related. It isn't a religious board book--she has some really good religious board books on Easter already and we'll read them through the season.

For our lo who will be 18 months.
Eric carle flashcards on colors, animals and numbers.
An outdoor bubble machine with bubbles.
A animated in full color book with all the bible stories.
A wicker basket to collect all the plastic eggs we hide outside.
new shoes and Sandels for the summer and a few summer outfits from carters.

Not sure yet, but growing up, we always got new pjs or a new swimsuit in our basket and then the dyed egg/candy ones were all up for the finding.

@rattles: oh my gosh that is the cutest teether!!!

@rattles: omgosh the bunnies by the bay stuff is sooo cute! I think I might get the rattle or bunny plush for A. The wheelbarrow rattle is hysterical.

I got him some Elmo books for the bathtub from the Target dollar spot. I will probably add some puffs or something. And I plan to get him a book about Easter.

I already have B's basket done. He got a few pieces of candy, bubbles, bath paint, flash cards, Annie's gummies, sidewalk chalk. There may have been 1-2 more things. I basically raided the dollar isle at Target.

Probably a bunch of things from the dollar spot or dollar store and a few small pieces of candy. I don't want a big fight over the candy so there won't be much in her baskets this year.

Bumping for more ideas!

I bought this kit to make paper airplanes not knowing when to give it to my son, but last night he asked for some paper airplanes to throw around the house, so I am going to include that in his basket this year.

He'll also get a package of spiderman underwear, some m&ms and a bottle of bubble bath.

@looch: I just picked up some of this Nature Print paper that I thought was pretty cool!

You wet it then put objects on it (handprints would be cool) and then set it in the bright hot sun and reviews says it dries in about a minute - anyway you are left with sun prints once you remove the object - fun outside activity!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042SSSVE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3IDQG8WRUU0VM

I responded before but now I've actually bought her basket stuff for this year so here's our updated list (18 months):

- 2 board books
- 1 stuffed bunny (a new "friend" for her bunny from last year which is her lovey)
- A few pairs of socks (she needed these anyway)
- Melissa and Doug Magnetic Farm Hide & Seek
- Small pack of removable gel decorations ($1 at Target)
- Small bag of Annie's cheddar bunnies

@jedeve: Just make sure they get YOUR basket 1st then a few hours later they can have grandmas - then it wont be so exciting

@jedeve: How old are your children? Would they understand if you did more experience- type gifts? I think you said somewhere else that you hike with them, so maybe trail snacks or new socks plus a 'gift certificate' for a special hike? I'm putting some seed packets in my son's basket and we'll plant them together. We do a lot of plants as gifts now that we have a yard. It's fun to see them and remember the occasion they commemorate, plus they give us something to do together. My parents still have a pine tree we planted when I was 2 in their yard! I think those types of gestures are the things kids really love, even if in the moment the shiny new stuff from Target seems fun. (I'm going to get a chocolate treat too, but the stuff that will probably seem the least exciting will--I hope!--be the most memorable for him.)

@jedeve: My son didn't even notice the doubles in his easter baskets, the basket itself was such a novelty to him.

In the future, would you feel comfortable saying that there's one basket, the grandparents are welcome to contribute something to it, or would that just not go over well? We do this and it works out great!