When we
got ready to move I kept the girls plastic Easter themed buckets I bought for
them several years ago. They are pretty
sturdy and I knew they could be put to use when it wasn't Easter. I have been storing my onions and potatoes in
them. I put the onions in a paper bag
and we finished off the potatoes for supper last Friday so I gave them a good
wash up in warm soapy water and they were good as new.
I began
to collect things for the girl's Easter baskets beginning in February by taking
advantage of loss leaders and using coupons along with those sales to purchase
items for nearly nothing. Primarily I
found most of the candy at Walgreens and the rest of the stuff at the dollar
store.
This
year I managed to get all of their candy and two packages of sugarless gum for less than $5. I then spent $7 at Dollar Tree for a few
additional items - each got a package of colorful hair bands, a three pack of
Colgate toothbrushes, a three pack of emery boards and bubbles. You are never too old for bubbles.
In
addition I ordered a violin music book for my youngest and a cushioned thumb
rest cover for a clarinet for my oldest through Amazon. Each item was around $6 and I was planning to
get them anyway so I thought why not give them to them for Easter?
All
items are a combination of things they want and need so I think they'll be
pretty happy. How do you fill your
children's Easter baskets?
You may also enjoy revisiting this post about Easter Egg Dye on a thrifty budget.
Your kids are going to like their Easter baskets- it's nice when you personalize them to fit each kid. And you are so right- you're NEVER too old for bubbles! ;)
ReplyDeleteI do what you do when it comes to my kids Easter baskets- I give them a nice combo of things they would like and things they need. This year they are going to find socks, undies (for the potty-training toddler) hand soap (with a cartoon character on it), goldfish crackers, a coloring book, stickers and a couple of other little things in their baskets. I rely on Dollar Tree for this type of thing. I try to keep it at about $20 total for the two baskets.
Gotta love Dollar Tree! Now that my girls are older it is getting harder to find things for them. They are past the colorbooks and stickers unfortunately. I'm not ready for that either, but they are growing up.
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