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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2022 21:29:18 GMT
Mine is getting a venus fly trap plant in his basket. LOL. He adopted a plant at school and has mentioned that one of those would be fun. I think he will be surprised, but happy about it! Other than that I got him some snacks to take back to school. His birthday is also that weekend, so we focused on birthday gifts.
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Post by Laurie on Apr 9, 2022 23:31:43 GMT
Sorry, I don't mean to be rude... but I never, ever would have thought to keep making our kids Easter baskets after age 12 or so. Actually, we never made baskets. They had empty baskets and ran around looking for hidden plastic eggs that had Hershey kisses or quarters in them. We had fun hiding the eggs and they had fun finding them. I really didn't know Easter baskets filled with stuff were a thing, for any age. As a kid I do remember always getting a new coloring book and crayons at Easter, and sometimes a jumprope. I cannot like this enough. $50 for Easter??? No wonder kids don’t want to leave home. Another one in the camp that holidays were a big deal in my family so I like to carry it on because I know my grandparents would love it. Plus like a pp said a lot of the basket gifts are things we would be buying anyway. Typically our basket has a new beach towel, sunglasses, swimsuit, etc. Youngest dd still is at the age for bubbles and sidewalk chalk so that is in hers as well. My 8 yo nephew has type 1 so at my parents they do more of a scavenger hunt where the kids gets clues that lead them to their gifts. My parents usually go a little overboard because 1) they are grandparents and that is what they do and 2) they feel bad that my nephew misses out on things that other kids have like searching for chocolate bunnies and at Halloween trick or treating but not being able to keep the candy. The other kids het to reap the benefits of this. 😂
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Post by SallyPA on Apr 9, 2022 23:56:03 GMT
We still do baskets for my girls who are 16 and 19. I loved the years of bubbles and kites and sandals, but it’s still fun.
Now I do a bunch of candy, gift cards for fast food and gas and car wash, new spring clothes or swimsuits, fidget toys, etc…
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Post by mlana on Apr 10, 2022 0:48:45 GMT
I am stumped on what to fill my son's Easter basket with. He is not a sweets lover, so most candy is out. I am thinking of a new swim suit, 1-2 novelty t-shirts, some protein bars, and maybe an amazon gift card. He is all good on items with his college logo and I think he is good on toiletries. Is there anything you are putting in your son's basket that is unique that I haven't considered? I don't want to go overboard, but I am trying to think of thoughtful things that will get used. When each of my kids turned 12, I started giving them kitchen items in their Easter baskets. In fact, I gave them kitchen items as the Easter basket - pots, colanders, anything that would hold items. Over the years they got chef knives, peelers, spatulas, kitchen towels, kitchen timers, etc. By the time they left home, they had most of what they needed to set up their kitchen. Neither were big sweet eaters, so they got a small bunny, a small pack of peeps, and the most exotic fruits we could find. Marcy
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 10, 2022 2:55:03 GMT
I am in my 50's. These days, I have to do my own basket (and Christmas stocking) I'm getting scrapbook goodies.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2022 6:56:12 GMT
Feel free to call me miserly Oooo, you're so miserly I don't have kids but growing up we got chocolate rabbits or an egg. I really can't see the need for baskets and eggstravagant gifts, Easter is a bit of a non-event for this staunch atheist tbh.
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Post by vsimone on Apr 10, 2022 9:31:53 GMT
I'm in the UK, but my kids (and grandchildren when they're old enough) get an Easter egg. That's what easter is about for us being non religious. I dislike the way it's become a thing to go overboard and replace eggs with loads of other gifts. But we do things differently for other holidays too - Valentine's Day is about 'romantic' love, so we (myself nor anyone I knew) never gave Valentine gifts/cards or whatever to our children but nowadays, of course, it's filtering into the way of things here so I guess some people will start doing Easter baskets before long. Just more commercialism imo. Feel free to call me miserly...no one expects more so no one is upset and we spoil them in other ways I'm a miser too,then. I love to go all out for celebrations but only Christmas and birthdays involve purchased gifts. In our house Easter is about eggs, bunnies and homemade hot cross buns. Once my kids lost interest in hunting for chocolate eggs in the garden, I stopped buying them. St Valentine is the patron saint of lovers so I find it weird to send children to school with gifts for their class mates. I do feel sad that it feels like we are heading towards every occasion needing to be celebrated in a commercial way.
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Post by peaname on Apr 10, 2022 11:11:03 GMT
My 20 year old son is getting a $25 venmo. I’ll choose an Easter basket emoji. He’s away at school. Everyone else in my house gets a basket I find even those in their 50’s enjoy a surprise treat!
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Post by whipea on Apr 10, 2022 13:48:05 GMT
Never heard of elaborate gift giving at Easter except here. Only thing I thought people did was dress up, make ham, hunt for candy filled eggs and have baskets with candy. Never heard of giving money, toys or gifts.
I am in the US, guess just not a thing with people I know.
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Post by mags243 on Apr 10, 2022 14:26:27 GMT
Our sons are 18, 18 and 8, so as long as the younger one still believes, we are full on for the holidays! For Easter we usually do a chocolate bunny, some other assorted candy and a $20ish gift. The older two are getting flags they want for their dorm rooms, and the youngest is getting a Squishmallow and a penny hockey board. I would love to do an outdoor egg hunt, but the weather is usually awful.
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Post by ellen on Apr 10, 2022 16:25:52 GMT
I put together a basket for my 19 year old daughter. It will include a hoodie that I got on sale, a pack of Brookside Chocolates, some Easter truffles, and a pack of pink Peep bunnies. I think a pack of Peeps is mandatory in a basket because they are cute. I think I have between $25 & $30 invested in this basket. This is pretty good for me because I have a hard time getting enthusiastic about Easter. This is going to sound so awful, but it actually happened. My mom had a fatal stroke on Easter 8 years ago. It kind of ruins a holiday.
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Post by johnnysmom on Apr 10, 2022 17:05:24 GMT
Never heard of elaborate gift giving at Easter except here. Only thing I thought people did was dress up, make ham, hunt for candy filled eggs and have baskets with candy. Never heard of giving money, toys or gifts. I am in the US, guess just not a thing with people I know. That’s how it was when I was a kid but when I had my own kids I didn’t want him to get a huge basket full of candy! So I reduced the candy and put in little stuffed animals and books, that evolved into small toys which now we’re starting to outgrow. I presume my household isn’t the only one that’s experienced the evolution of Easter baskets.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 10, 2022 17:08:45 GMT
I'm Jewish so I'll admit that I know nothing about easter baskets but what I do know is that I never remember seeing them or hearing about them filled with "expensive" items like I see now-a-days. Maybe because we have more discretionary money as compared to years ago??? I think a big part of it is parents wanting their kids to have less candy and sugar. Over the years, parents have been swapping out candy with small toys until it evolved into just presents instead of just candy.
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Post by J u l e e on Apr 10, 2022 17:10:22 GMT
I really really REALLY wish these threads didn’t become competitions. Can’t we just read what others share without comparisons and shock over what they do/don’t do. We all have valid reason why our families operate the way they do and way way WAY different values and lessons we teach through them.
(it gets super super SUPER old on so so SO many threads - feel free to judge my repeated words and all caps!) 😄
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Post by myshelly on Apr 10, 2022 17:23:43 GMT
I really really REALLY wish these threads didn’t become competitions. Can’t we just read what others share without comparisons and shock over what they do/don’t do. We all have valid reason why our families operate the way they do and way way WAY different values and lessons we teach through them. (it gets super super SUPER old on so so SO many threads - feel free to judge my repeated words and all caps!) 😄 I hate this post. It’s ridiculous. I love this thread. It’s interesting and it’s my favorite kind of thread at 2peas. I don’t think anyone has been rude or competitive or judgy or anything. But now I’m thinking, wow, there always has to be one overly sensitive crybaby asshole on the internet.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 10, 2022 17:54:50 GMT
I'm Jewish so I'll admit that I know nothing about easter baskets but what I do know is that I never remember seeing them or hearing about them filled with "expensive" items like I see now-a-days. Maybe because we have more discretionary money as compared to years ago??? I think a big part of it is parents wanting their kids to have less candy and sugar. Over the years, parents have been swapping out candy with small toys until it evolved into just presents instead of just candy. That is true for us. When I was a kid we got SO much candy and chocolate at Easter. My aunt would make custom molded BIG solid chocolate bunnies and other chocolate treats for us plus all the stuff the Easter Bunny left for us. But we were big candy eaters in our house growing up so none of it lasted beyond a week or two. We never got toys or the premade baskets from the store. My kid loves *getting* the candy but she really doesn’t actually *eat* a ton of it. Never has. She still has a huge bag of candy left over from Halloween. Seriously. So for me it seems like a waste of money to buy still MORE candy that DH and I will only end up eating ourselves and we really don’t need that. So years ago the Easter Bunny here started transitioning over to small toys, Lego sets, video games, the chocolate flavored toothpaste she likes, lip balm and snacks that she actually eats like Slim Jims, fun flavors of potato chips, etc. This year I’m going to look for some Ramune soda and candy which she will like because of the novelty. It’s definitely been a struggle. DH complains about it becoming a mini Christmas but I refuse to be a fun sucker when it comes to holidays. Kids are only young once and holidays should be special and memorable IMO. ETA: My kid will get an Easter basket here as long as I am physically capable of doing it.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 10, 2022 18:11:50 GMT
I'm Jewish so I'll admit that I know nothing about easter baskets but what I do know is that I never remember seeing them or hearing about them filled with "expensive" items like I see now-a-days. Maybe because we have more discretionary money as compared to years ago??? I commented to Myshelly’s response as to why we do it, but wanted to comment on this directly also. Even the candy itself is insanely expensive if someone wants to get any kind of variety. For example, I didn’t go overboard on candy this year because we have been putting money in most of the egg hunt eggs in recent years. I shopped at Target. To get three individual bags of the fun size candy I know we will eat specifically, that’s $10. Three packs of 12 mini Cadbury Creme Eggs was over $12. The Lindt chocolate bunnies I usually get tend to be $3-4 each (we each get one). A big container of Jelly Belly jelly beans from Costco is about $13. One bag of plain chocolate Cadbury mini eggs just for DH was a couple bucks. So just that stuff alone is about $50 for filling our three baskets and to put in some of the egg hunt eggs. To add all the other candy I would typically get as a kid would easily run up a bigger tab, and since I’m not doing that times three, it leaves room in the budget for some of the more expensive gift type things she will actually use.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 10, 2022 18:16:47 GMT
I'm Jewish so I'll admit that I know nothing about easter baskets but what I do know is that I never remember seeing them or hearing about them filled with "expensive" items like I see now-a-days. Maybe because we have more discretionary money as compared to years ago??? I commented to Myshelly’s response as to why we do it, but wanted to comment on this directly also. Even the candy itself is insanely expensive if someone wants to get any kind of variety. For example, I didn’t go overboard on candy this year because we have been putting money in most of the egg hunt eggs in recent years. I shopped at Target. To get three individual bags of the fun size candy I know we will eat specifically, that’s $10. Three packs of 12 mini Cadbury Creme Eggs was over $12. The Lindt chocolate bunnies I usually get tend to be $3-4 each (we each get one). A big container of Jelly Belly jelly beans from Costco is about $13. One bag of plain chocolate Cadbury mini eggs just for DH was a couple bucks. So just that stuff alone is about $50 for filling our three baskets and to put in some of the egg hunt eggs. To add all the other candy I would typically get as a kid would easily run up a bigger tab, and since I’m not doing that times three, it leaves room in the budget for some of the more expensive gift type things she will actually use. This is an excellent point. I had extreme sticker shock in the Target Easter section this year. The Hershey’s chocolate bunnies that I get every year are $9.99 each! I usually get one for each of us, so that’s $50 on chocolate bunnies. I like Cadbury cream eggs and the pack was like $5 this year!
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Post by psiluvu on Apr 10, 2022 19:18:51 GMT
My ds who will be 19 on the 19th (living at home) is getting a large bag of mini eggs, a package of chips ahoy chocolate chip cookies with mini eggs, reese peanut butter eggs and a lindor chocolate bunny. He is going to Cuba with friends at the end of the month so he is also getting sun screen and hand sanitizer.
We are seeing DD 22 who lives 2 hrs away on Friday. She is a T1 diabetic and gluten intolerant and is getting a smaller bag of mini eggs, gluten free cake pops and brownies from a local bakery.
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 10, 2022 19:49:59 GMT
I don't think I ever went to an Easter egg hunt until I had my own kids. The Easter bunny used to fill a small basket left out the way Santa fills our stockings. Usually a 3" hollow bunny, 5 or so small chocolate eggs and a handful of jelly beans. I guarantee my parents were splitting a bag of eggs and jelly beans between the five of us. Somewhere in my teens it stopped, probably when my youngest sister was out of elementary school. After he retired, dad (the chocoholic) made sure to hit Zellers (Canadian store similar to Walmart/Target) on senior's day after Easter for massive discounts on bunnies and would buy all that was left. The flat, solid chocolate ones were his favorite. He is extremely disciplined and would have one a day until the ran out months later. We did small baskets when our kids, added in more things like GC and earbuds through the teen years but whatever we gave had to fit in the basket. I'm now to the point where there is just a bowl of jelly beans and eggs on the island instead of individual baskets. DH grew up with Greek traditions that don't include the Easter bunny and colored eggs. ETA To answer your question shanniebananie , I'd add typical stocking stuffers. My guys like hot sauces and different jerkies. DS especially has loved his Universal Yums boxes and you might something to add from there. Or just wander through the international food sections at Whole Market and grab something savory/salty instead of sweet.
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Post by belgiangal on Apr 10, 2022 22:22:50 GMT
My son is 18 and a high school senior. His Easter “basket” as he has gotten older has mostly just consisted of a little stack of his favorite Easter goodies on the end of the kitchen bar on Easter morning. He loves his Robins Eggs & Reese’s PB eggs 😉
This year his girlfriend is an exchange student from France and we are trying to give her all of the “American experiences” we can. They already went to the store and bought Peeps, Cadbury eggs and Robins Eggs so she could try them. I got some goodies for both of them for Easter baskets and they plan on dying eggs next week. Today we asked if she wanted DH and I to hide eggs for them and she was thrilled! So it sounds like we will be setting up an elaborate hunt for 2 eighteen year olds this year. 😆
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Apr 10, 2022 22:38:21 GMT
My kids are 22 and 24 and they are both getting baskets. I buy each some candy, graphic T, a few gift cards that fit their personality, and a few eggs filled with cash. I actually still make them find them because one year when they were 16 and 18 I didn't hide them and they were disappointed. If I ever have grandkids, I'll still get the boys baskets too.
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Post by lbp on Apr 11, 2022 14:12:49 GMT
I make my adult son and his girlfriend baskets as well as my husband and 88 year old Dad! For DS and Girlfriend I always get a new beach towel, sunscreen, lip balm, new pool float, a big chocolate rabbit and they love to irritate each other with "flart" so always a can of that! Then I add a $10 gift certificate to their favorite fast food.
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Apr 11, 2022 19:25:20 GMT
My adult daughters (28, 22, and 22) are each getting a 12-pack of White Claw, their favorite gummy candies, adult coloring books, and Sharpies.
Oh, and they aren't going in a basket. They each get a plastic beverage tub for their goodies this year.
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Post by smartypants71 on Apr 12, 2022 21:57:00 GMT
I was just thinking I was slacking for not putting together an easter basket. And then I saw this. I have a feeling he would not appreciate.
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Apr 12, 2022 22:02:29 GMT
Gift card for gasoline, iTunes, cash, maybe a car. Wait, a car? Am I missing something? I don't have kids, but am making my husband a little basket of treats: jelly beans, licorice, lemon heads (if I can find them at the store this week), and as a joke, some hand sanitizer because he uses it constantly at work. It will all go into a utensil holder he's wanted for the kitchen counter since we have so many dang wooden spoons and the like.
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Post by waffles on Apr 13, 2022 4:18:58 GMT
Not a gift, but a fun activity for older kids is to have a jelly bean taste test. Get different brands, different Flavors and see who gets the most correct. I also do a candy cane taste test at Christmas.
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Post by nstar358 on Apr 15, 2022 23:45:38 GMT
I love reading about all the Easter basket traditions! I don't have kids but put together a basket for my cousins daughter (I call her my niece). She's 2 and half so it was really fun picking out cute stuff for her. I got her chalk eggs, a coloring book, crayons, a bath bomb, bath pen/marker things, stickers, hair bows, a couple fidgets, and several books. Most of it picked up on clearance after other holidays or the dollar tree. You don't have to break the bank on Easter but I can see how gift cards and clothing would be more suitable for older kids. I also gave my two youngest first cousins (both teenagers) and my younger sister (25) some Easter candy. I absolutely love gift giving!
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 17, 2022 13:51:51 GMT
I will also do baskets for my entire family until I die. I even did one for my mom and she's 87. I did not do one this year for Ds2 because he lives across country and when we visited last summer I found his basket I sent virtually untouched. So I sent money and told him to treat himself to his favorites. Next year I will copy ideas here and put money in plastic eggs and send them. I generally have one gift in the adult baskets and favorite candy. For 3 mo old dgd she got little toys, books, bibs and baby towels. Dgd1 whi is 3 got lots of toys and candy. She will have an egg hunt later with candy and toys inside. Like myshelly said. Easter is mini Christmas and a great time for gift giving.
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Post by Zee on Apr 17, 2022 15:47:57 GMT
My 24 yo DS has moved back home for a while after struggling mightily with depression. This thread gave me the idea to make an adult Easter egg hunt for him.
I didn't think he'd want to do it and he seemed reluctant when I brought it up, but I went ahead and filled the plastic eggs with candy and cash last night and hid them this morning.
I think much to his own surprise, he enjoyed himself and I brought the kitten out to help search. I got a bunch of cash back from Costco rewards and put those bills in the eggs so it was pretty lucrative for him. His face when he opened the eggs was pretty fun to see and his genuine smile while posing for a pic with the eggs and cat made me smile too.
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! It even if you don't, enjoy the bunnies and peeps! 🐣🐇🕊️💐👒👯
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