75 Easter Basket Filler Ideas

Filling Easter baskets is as fun for me as filling Christmas stockings – but it can also be a little stressful.  What do you buy to make each basket special for the recipient?  I’m always trying to come up with unique Easter basket filler ideas to keep up with the changing tastes of the kiddos as they reach different stages of their lives.  And at 20, 15, and 1, they’re not exactly all clamoring for the same things.

I do try and pick up a few things throughout the year as I see items they might like, and I also shop the after-Easter (and other holiday) sale at Target; last year I found quite a few things at 90% off.  Just remember to store the items somewhere you’ll remember them!  Nothing is worse than opening a package of Easter item scores when you’re putting up your Halloween decorations.

Easter Basket Filler Ideas – Ages 3 & Under

Since sometimes even the Easter Bunny needs a helping hand, here are some Easter basket filler ideas for a variety of ages.  Not all of the items are small enough to necessarily fit inside your basket (unless you’re using a really large basket), but I personally think that’s okay; we often had some wrapped gifts outside of our baskets when I was a kid.

1. Stickers
2. Crayons
3. Coloring Books (I bought a lot of “spring” ones last year from Target for $0.10 each after Easter)
4. Socks
5. Gift Cards
6. Rolls of Quarters (comes in handy with laundry for your college-age recipients)
7. Sippy Cups
8. Books
9. Bubble Bath
10. Matchbox cars
11. Small stuffed animals
12. Soaps & lotions
13. Pencils & fun erasers
14. Notebooks
15. T-shirt or tank top
16. Seed packets
17. Gardening gloves
18. Jewelry
19. Sunglasses
20. Stationery & stamps
21. Nail polish
22. Lip gloss/lip stick
23. Perfume/cologne
24. Character band-aids
25. Baseball/football/basketball
26. Baseball glove
27. Ball caps
28. Inflatable beach ball
29. Bouncy balls
30. Yo-yo
31. Bubbles
32. Sidewalk chalk
33. DVDs
34. CDs
35. Card games
36. Board games (the small travel size ones fit nicely)
37. Silly Putty
38. Dolls
39. Play-Doh
40. Craft kits
41. Markers
42. Legos or other blocks
43. Purse/wallet/cosmetics bag
44. Key chain
45. Disposable camera
46. Picture frames
47. Sports cards
48. Candles
49. Toddler snacks (like puffed cereal, dried yogurt drops, fruit leather, etc.)
50. Word search/Sudoku/crossword puzzle books
51. Magazines
52. Finger paints
53. Tools
54. Team logo gear (favorite baseball, basketball, football team hats, shirts, etc.)
55. Water bottle
56. Gym membership
57. Jump rope
58. Movie tickets
59. Action figures
60. Cash or coins
61. Gas cards
62. Scratch cards
63. Lottery tickets
64. Watches
65. Flip-flops
66. Zoo/museum passes
67. Concert/sporting event tickets
68. Comic books
69. Journal
70. Kite
71. Pool toys & gear
72. Swim suit/trunks
73. Sunscreen/tanning lotion
74. Toiletries (shaving razors, shampoo, deodorant, shaving cream)
75. Last, but not least, candy!  Chocolate bunnies, Peeps, jelly beans, Cadbury eggs (the Creme and candy-coated kinds) – all the traditional Easter candies and chocolates.

What other Easter basket suggestions do you have?