https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:15:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807549 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 05:09:05 +0000 Thenetexan 2807549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: also loving the coins in eggs! My 6 year old will love counting the money and the 3.5 year old will love to fill his piggy bank! This is genius. So much better than the small toy junk that I usually reuse every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807369 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:41:20 +0000 LadyDi 2807369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: for the eggs, what about putting in socks or hair bows? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807368 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:07:29 +0000 AB810 2807368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually do a few things I plan on buying anyways (a new swim suit, sandals, maybe a pair of sunglasses), art supplies (usually for outdoors like new chalk or outdoor paint), maybe some outdoor toys like a shovel or bubbles, and a small treat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807365 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:10:01 +0000 farawayyama 2807365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gardening tools, sunhat and art supplies.<br /> DH will likely slip in a bunch of candy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807289 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:11:45 +0000 IRunForFun 2807289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD will be 14 months at Easter so putting together a basket is mostly for my benefit - because it's fun! It'll probably be little packets of goldfish crackers/animal crackers, boxes of raisins, a board book, a small toy, and I'm also putting a pair of Toms in. Mainly because I ordered them and justified it by telling DH they were for her Easter basket. I'd like to do some plastic eggs for her to open but I'm not sure what I'd put inside... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807237 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:06:32 +0000 Silva 2807237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Working on my list now. I use it as an opportunity to get stuff for the spring/summer. We do an easter egg hunt around the house/yard.</p> <p>inside easter eggs:<br /> small wooden animals<br /> candy/treats</p> <p>5 year olds easter basket:<br /> -jump rope<br /> -drawing pad/pencil sharpener/colored pencils<br /> -Thumbelina book, illustrated by Elsa Beskow (so excited for this one!)<br /> -Summer jams<br /> -Chocolate bunny</p> <p>1 1/2 year olds basket:<br /> little sailboat<br /> rock crayons and drawing pad<br /> Sonya's Chickens book<br /> Summer jams</p> <p>for both of them: a giant bubble kit </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807177 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:36:28 +0000 LadyDi 2807177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WinterBee: I love the boot idea too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807150 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:39:55 +0000 WinterBee 2807150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: DD will be almost 15 months at Easter.<br /> This year for Easter she will be getting a couple books, rain boots, muddy buddy rain suit, gardening tools, snack catchers, puffs and giant coloured bouncy ball. Maybe a couple other cheap Easter type things if I see them.<br /> I loooooove the filling an umbrella idea and will do it when she gets older, but she’s too young to hold one right now, I also like the filling up the rain boots idea. </p> <p>Last year when she was around 3 months she got a couple books, a stuffy, outfit, bunny ears and a ‘some bunny loves you’ sign.</p> <p>We’re not doing any chocolate but will be doing an Easter egg hunt. I got some of the clear plastic eggs that we can fill ourselves. We’ll fill them with goldfish crackers, hair things, socks and other non chocolate items.</p> <p>[attach=6058/18/p4yzij.384x512.5F682BEA-B34C-473C-AA75-8B6225491955.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807086 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:32:27 +0000 hellobeeboston 2807086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: haha. Ok that makes sense :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807085 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:28:14 +0000 FaithFertility 2807085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD 3 and DS is 16 months<br /> I'm thinking of a new water table :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807084 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:27:33 +0000 MamaCate 2807084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: coins in eggs is genius! My kids would go nuts for that and we have about a zillion plastic eggs and I try to find some small non candy things. I am totally stealing this!</p> <p>This is the second year in a row we will travel right after Easter. so I will find new random little stuff for the plane, plus swimsuits, plus a book and probably that is it. Candy and fruit snacks for the eggs and the plane and we are good to go.</p> <p>This is all theoretical of course since I won’t start shopping for a few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807080 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:02:31 +0000 starchild 2807080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just wondering this, too! I picked up a basket for her the other day and had no idea what to put in it because she'll only be just shy of 4 months then. DH already said candy for us, but this thread inspired us to get books. She has a ton but a lot are paper pages for when she's older. A few more board books to keep bedtime routine interesting would be good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807076 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:28:37 +0000 LadyDi 2807076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: haha I’m on maternity leave. I need something to think about during middle of the night feedings and right now it’s Easter :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807074 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:57:32 +0000 LemonJack 2807074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually put a book, sidewalk chalk, and a couple pieces of candy in the easter basket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807071 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:34:14 +0000 wrkbrk 2807071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: The same bunny ears for the third year in a row 😂 Some candy. Plastic eggs filled with little pull back plastic cars I found on amazon. Socks. Bubbles. Chalk. Color wonder finger paint. Wind up chick. And the crowning jewel - Skye’s helicopter from Paw Patrol that he has been asking for 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807066 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:09:20 +0000 hellobeeboston 2807066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Woah! It’s still a month away! :grin:<br /> I will start thinking about this in 2-3 weeks. Ha.</p> <p>We don’t do a lot of gifts. Mostly just eggs with treats inside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807052 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:21:18 +0000 codeitall 2807052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with @Bluemasonjar and @Jennibenni, I never heard of the toys in a basket until recently. I'm just going to stick to little plastic eggs hidden around the house and backyard. Since DS is allergic to milk, it will likely be smarties and fruit snacks. Maybe some stickers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807024 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:41:11 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2807024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: For your newborn, do some small things like a board book, vitamin D drops (if you're breastfeeding), a new pacifier, soap and new washcloths. </p> <p>For your older kiddo, Crayola has color bath drops that are super cute and change the color of the water in the bath, sidewalk chalk, a small puzzle, magformers if you want to go bigger, and in the eggs, we'll put some change in them instead of candy. Both of my kids looooove putting change in their piggy banks and hearing it as they shake them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807023 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:31:22 +0000 peaches1038 2807023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a crayola watercolor set and sidewalk chalk and a few books. I’m thinking about getting a squigz starter set and putting some of the smaller pieces into Easter eggs for him to find. DS is 2.25 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807017 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:12:34 +0000 buttermilk 2807017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my 2.5 year old daughter I’m going to do a couple Melissa &amp; Doug Magnetic Wooden Dress-Up dolls, plus some stamps &amp; ink pads (she lovvves) and some classic Easter candy! She’s still eating through her Valentine’s Day candy. I let her have one piece of candy per day after dinner. It’s great incentive for getting her to eat her dinner! Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807008 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:44:45 +0000 ValentineMommy 2807008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Books and playdoh </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2807006 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:43:12 +0000 Ajsmommy 2807006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A bicycle... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806998 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:28:29 +0000 looch 2806998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might do a few Mega Construx sets this year.</p> <p>I almost never put in candy or any type of food. My mom buys a chocolate bunny and that's the extent of it for my son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806977 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:52:07 +0000 Becky 2806977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is a practicing Catholic and I’m not, so he takes care of the church end and I treat the “Easter baskets” as “Welcome spring” baskets. In past years we’ve gotten umbrellas, rain boots, and various gardening supplies. We’ve really lucked out with weather the past few years and have actually gotten to do planting activities during Easter weekend (even if it’s only March, I let them plant a few seeds). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806963 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:31:25 +0000 Tanjowen 2806963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: I found this one on Amazon because he is obsessed with spaceships:<br /> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CH4OE76/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3HH1PYM1F0NH4&#038;psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CH4OE76/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3HH1PYM1F0NH4&#038;psc=1</a></p> <p>I found the idea to fill an umbrella instead of a basket on Pinterest, and it is so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806944 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:47:32 +0000 Mrs D 2806944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 (4.5 years old) is going to get some gardening tools, maybe 1 fun candy item, and this cute purse/hat combo I found on Amazon.</p> <p>(Amazon Link: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XSZ1CJN/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_13?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1&#038;smid=A3CZMAYXWWEHBU)" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XSZ1CJN/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_13?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1&#038;smid=A3CZMAYXWWEHBU)</a></p> <p>DD2 (2 years) will get the same purse/hat combo, some books, and maybe a nightgown. Her birthday is March 9 so its hard to come up with things for her back 2 back!</p> <p>We are steering clear of Candy...just because they get so much of it elsewhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806928 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:04:55 +0000 LadyDi 2806928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: That's exactly why my infant is getting a basket...I just don't want his older brother to question it. </p> <p>@Tanjowen: I LOVE the idea of filling an umbrella instead of a traditional basket! Where did you get the umbrella?</p> <p>@Jennibenni: I like the idea of using things we already have. I think I have a bunny lovey and some pacifiers stored away somewhere. I got gifts in my basket growing up, but I have never been a big candy person...I think after a couple years of seeing candy go uneaten the easter bunny switched to gifts instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806926 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:01:43 +0000 Adira 2806926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually do new swim suits and crocs if they need them. Also a couple toys (either matchbox cars or a Hot Wheels monster truck) and some candy. Oh, and a book usually! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806909 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:24:36 +0000 Jennibenni 2806909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 YO and 4 MO...both are getting a bunny bubble wand, I got a cute little puff ball slingshot at the dollar spot at target for the 2 yo, and I have a stash of plastic eggs but I’m not planning to fill them with anything. I hate small plastic junk and we def don’t need any candy. I will fill the baby’s basket with stuff we already have, like books or a rattle. The 2 yo I may add some art supplies or something. </p> <p>I like to keep them low key, when I was growing up we never got gifts in our baskets, just eggs and candy, so the idea of full on presents is something I find a little strange. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-putting-in-easter-baskets#post-2806898 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:38:43 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2806898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm slowly collecting... so far I have:<br /> - Kinder egg surprises<br /> - A mini hatchimal surprise pack<br /> - Swimsuits </p>