Anatomy of a “Creative Play Easter Basket”

1. No candy allowed
2. Absolutely every part of the basket has to be usable for play
3. Inexpensive to make (and by that I mean CHEAP!)

Thanks to a lot of clever bloggers and the dollar section at Target, I was able to meet all three of my goals.  I’m really happy with how it turned out and I think C will be thrilled.  Click through and I’ll share all my resources so you can make one of your own.

First up is the basket itself and the “grass” for filling.  These are the two parts of an Easter basket that I find to be the most wasteful.  They’re good for exactly one Easter egg hunt and after that they’re done. So instead of going the traditional route, I picked up this sand pail at target for a little over two bucks (I’ve since seen them for $1 at Michaels – doh!).

For “grass” filling inside my basket I passed on that plastic stuff you end up finding between your couch cushions weeks after Easter and used this method for making yarn pom poms instead.  I made dark green, light green, and a mixture of the two in various sizes.  I’m envisioning lots of sorting and tossing games with these but I have a feeling C will come up with his own uses for them.

 

I also got two sizes of the plastic eggs in Target’s dollar section, perfect for nesting and building activities.  And I couldn’t leave them empty (how sad would that be when C opened them up?) so I filled them with some extra foam letter and number stickers I had.

 

Second is the DIY Easter memory game (with a free printable) I made for you last week.

 

 

 

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