Green plastic “grass”
Yellow “Peeps”
½ Lb. chocolate rabbit
Orange chocolate ball
Hershey’s mini candy bars
Eggums mini egg carton of chewing gum
Colored plastic eggs filled with Hershey’s almond kisses and pastel mini “Reese’s Pieces” eggs
One basket for each of the young girls next door and another for the little boy across the street.
Small, inexpensive toys or school supplies were always my favorite part of Easter baskets as a little kid. Craft supplies, costume jewelry and stickers were great too.
This year, my lil’guy got a box of white peeps, a plastic M&M filled with M&Ms (surprise!), a PEZ dispenser, some kisses, a pound of bubbles, sidewalk chalk, a slew of super-balls (because they dissapear almost as soon as he gets his frantic little hands on them), a twisty straw, a little stuffed duckling, and some miscellaneous miniature candy bars.
We’ll be going to my mother’s soon, and she always goes crazy at Easter time. She says it’s just as fun as Christmas, but moreso, because she doesn’t have to wrap anything. She called me yesterday to ask if I’d rather the easter bunny brought me a porch swing or a picnic table! We’re talking way overboard here–and I’m an adult, mostly. [sub]I told her I’d rather have the swing[/sub]
1 little fuzzy chick that peeps when you move it
2 small sheets of stickers
1 plastic egg filled with hershey miniatures
1 vanilla egg
1 cadbury cream egg
1 small chocolate rabbit
The baskets are ones that Grandma gave them last year, and I put some pink grass stuff in them. It’ll be all over the house in a minute. Later, Paidhi-girl will hide eggs in the back yard, and Paidhi-boy will find them (with a lot of help) and put them in his basket. Last year she demanded the job, so we let her–she had a blast.
A whole box of Cadbury Creme Eggs? Each? I’m moving next door to you.
But I’m disappointed now. I spent a few days in London this week and bought Cadbury Creme Eggs while I was there. After having a taste comparison, the British ones are better than the American ones and I have no more British ones left.
I had a good time at the dollar store making a basket for my bf. He doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth, so although I threw in some candy (including a solid chocolate rabbit, some malted-milk robin’s eggs, etc.), the main thing was the toys:
Little stuffed rabbit, very cute
Pen with fiber-optic stuff that lights up when you write coming out the eraser end
Slingshot with two water-bombs
Jesus nightlight
My daughter isn’t a big candy fan (Dunno where she got that defective gene) but she still likes to get an Easter basket. I found a cute pink metal basket with pearls all around the outside. I got her one solid chocolate rabbit, a mess o’ Reese’s eggs, some sour gummi octopi, a can of honey roasted peanuts, and a stuffed frog. She was happy.
Giant Gummi Crocodiles
Gummi Mummies
Sour Warheads Candy
Snickers eggs
Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs
Eggs filled with Skittles
Peanut Creme Filled Chocolate BonBons
Dove Truffle Eggs
Plastic eggs filled with dollar bills
Into the littlest guy’s basket:
Reeses Peanut butter eggs
M&M minis
Plastic eggs filled with dollar bills
I also used colored shredded paper this year instead of the plastic grass. It’s supposedly environment friendly, and it’s not so much of a b*tch to get up off the carpet!
FaerieBeth