I hope you all had a happy Easter. We enjoyed ours very much. Now that we’ve passed it, I wanted to share my finished Easter baskets! Do you remember the Easter basket I found on Etsy? It really caught my imagination – I liked it – and I wanted to do something similar for my kids. The Etsy basket included a tote bag, a playsilk, a cloth bunny, a cloth carrot, two wooden eggs, and 10 beanbags. (It also cost $75.) My kids already have homemade beanbags, so I opted not to make more. For me, the key elements were a soft toy, some wooden eggs, and a playsilk. Here’s how it all went down.
This was Max’s basket!
- Felt bunny (felt $.30 a sheet, stuffing and thread on hand) – about $1
- Felt carrot (felt $.30 a sheet, stuffing and thread on hand) – about $.50
- Wooden Eggs (Extra large wooden eggs $2 each, food coloring on hand, beeswax expensive! I only used a little of it, though) – about $4.20
- Playsilk (not hemmed yet, shame on me – silk remnant from Joanns) – about $6
- Chick basket from the dollar store – $1
- Coloring book – $1
- Hot Wheels – $2
- Finger puppet in a plastic egg (plastic egg reused, finger puppet from a 10-pack I found at Ikea) – $.50
- Chocolate bunny – $1
- 3 peeps – $.30
Total: $17.50
This was Charlie’s basket!
- Felt Sheep(felt $.30 a sheet, stuffing and thread on hand) – about $1
- Wooden Eggs (Extra large wooden eggs $2 each, food coloring on hand, beeswax still expensive but I only needed a little of it) – about $4.20
- Playsilk (this one not hemmed either – silk remnant from Joanns) – about $6
- Bunny basket from the dollar store – $1
- Coloring book – $1
- Hot Wheels – $2
- Finger puppet in a plastic egg (plastic egg reused, finger puppet from a 10-pack I found at Ikea) – $.50
- Chocolate bunny – $1
- 3 peeps – $.30
Total: $17
Here was Tommy’s Easter basket!
No playsilks for the little guys, and no candy either! (I know, I’m cruel and heartless!) Here’s what was there, though:
- Felt chick in an egg (felt $.30 a sheet, stuffing and thread on hand) – about $1
- Wooden Eggs (Extra large wooden eggs $2 each, food coloring on hand, beeswax still expensive but I only needed a little of it) – about $4.20
- Chick basket from the dollar store – $1
- Coloring book – $1
- Beatrix Potter board book – $1
- 3 finger puppets in plastic eggs (plastic eggs reused, finger puppets from a 10-pack I found at Ikea) – $1.50
Total:Â $9.70
And finally, we have Teddy’s basket!
- Felt duckling in an egg (felt $.30 a sheet, stuffing and thread on hand) – about $1
- Wooden Eggs (Extra large wooden eggs $2 each, food coloring on hand, beeswax still expensive but I only needed a little of it) – about $4.20
- Bunny basket from the dollar store – $1
- Coloring book – $1
- Beatrix Potter board book – $1
- 3 finger puppets in plastic eggs (plastic eggs reused, finger puppets from a 10-pack I found at Ikea) – $1.50
Total: $9.70
That brings our Grand Total to $53.90! So I made four Easter baskets PLUS candy and more toys with more than $20 to spare as compared to only one Etsy basket. My mother must be so proud!
