Spoonful of Sugar Free

Registered Dietitian

Last Minute Easter Basket (Eco-Friendly)

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Tomorrow is Easter!

I am very excited! I love Easter and all the joy it brings. The joyful news of Jesus and the prospect of Spring coming. Not to mention the fun of giving Easter baskets, dying eggs, and hunting for easter eggs!

I wanted to give something to a very kind neighbor of mine for Easter, but didn’t have anything planned. Going to the store for the fifth time this week did not appeal to me, so ย rummaged around my house to see what I could find!

Easter Basket Ideas:

Instead of buying a basket, why not make your own with stuff around the house?

  • Re-use cardboard boxes and decorate with colored paper, or paint (shown above).
  • Use tote bags lying around the house and stuff with tissue paper.
  • Decorate your own plastic/paper bag with stickers and ribbons.
  • Have any old t-shirts? Tie a knot or place a rubber band tightly around one opening to use. Tie-dye fun colors, if desired.
  • Old wicker baskets make great easter baskets!

As shown above, I taped the flaps of a cardboard box to the sides. Then, I decorated plain, white paper with markers and taped it to the outside of the box. Instead of buying plastic “grass” to fill, I used recycled paper that was torn and colored.ย 

Inexpensive Non-Edible Filling Ideas:

  • Packets of seeds for a vegetable garden or flower garden.
  • Gardening gloves and a shovel (I found the one in the picture for $1 each at Michael’s).
  • Coloring Book, crayons, markers, and gel pens.
  • Homemade Paper flowers made with recycled paper. Tutorial here. Or use the leftover egg cartons from all the dyed eggs you make.
  • Homemade gifts. The are always the best in my opinion. I made a fabric flower and a lavender sachet to use for laundry.

This gardening glove and shovel was bought at Michael’s for $1 each.

Homemade Lavender sachet on left, and fabric flower on right.

Healthy Edible Gifts:

Forget the chocolate bunnies and candy, try these healthy treats!ย 

Homemade Granola, Recipe Coming Soon! I like to package my homemade goods in plastic or glass containers. Peanut Butter jars work well. Decorate with ribbons and hand-crafted labels. Marla has some cute printable labels here.ย 

For more fun ideas, check out my Holiday Pinterest board.

Happy Easter Everyone!ย 

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

What are you putting in your Easter Baskets? Or, what do you wish you will have in your Easter basket?

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  2. you’re so creative alex! love the homemade lavender pillow, very cute gift idea. No baskets or presents this year, in fact I haven’t celebrated Easter in 4 years. But there will be a big pot luck dinner with my friends! Happy Easter!

    • LOVE homemade jewelry. very creative. My mom used to have a homemade jewelry business!

  9. Alex, this is the most thoughtful Easter basket ~ I have it pinned for next year! A great idea for so many gifts and holidays ๐Ÿ™‚

  11. Cool! I celebrate Passover so I don’t really have an Easter basket… but sidenote, since we don’t consume bread products for a week during this holiday, I made up a little peanut butter cup recipe without any sugar or grains for our seder on Saturday! I melted unsweetened baker’s chocolate and mixed it with a few bananas, and made a filling of whipped natural (chunky) peanut butter and cream, and then just made a ton of little miniature peanut butter cups using a mini cupcake pan and the freezer. While some people were kind of weirded out by them, I thought they were yummy, and a couple of my friends actually enjoyed them! Those could go into sugar-free Easter baskets too, I bet.

    • Wow, that sounds great! I make pb cups all the time with baker’s chocolate and peanut butter whip, but have never thought of putting bananas in it!

  12. This is so cute and thoughtful, Alex… I particularly like the gardening gifts ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m sure your neighbour was stoked!