50 Easter Basket Ideas Under $5

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While Easter doesn’t seem nearly as big as Christmas, it can still cost a pretty penny to fill up a spring-inspired basket with all sorts of fun, exciting, and yummy goodies your children will love.

One stop in the Holiday section at Target, and you’re surrounded by the most adorable stuffed bunnies, carrot shaped candies, and enough of those funky smelling plastic eggs to coordinate an Easter egg hunt for your entire neighborhood. And almost all are severely overpriced!

It’s time to think beyond the Easter aisle and get creative with items that are not always filled with sugar or chocolate, or might not even be related to Easter at all.

This list gives you all kinds of Easter basket ideas (50, in fact!) for less than $5 each. Snag these items at the dollar store, or fill up your cart on Amazon, because this is the year you’re going to celebrate a non-candy-filled Easter for less, and your kids won’t even know the difference!

For the Girls:

• Lip gloss/chapstick
• Nail polish
• Bunny earrings
• Painting kit
• Sand art kit
• Hair bands/bobby pins
• DIY Flower Hair Bows
• Costume jewelry
• Cute stickers
• Mini notebook and pens
• Mini hand sanitizer or lotion
• Bubble bath
• Washi tape
• Mini bunny stuffed animal

For the Boys

• Matchbox cars
• Vinyl balls
• Army Men
• Flashlight
• Lego set
• Pail and shovel
• Toy parachute
• Glow-in-the-dark stars
• Silly putty
• Temporary tattoos
• Trading cards
• Frisbee
• Drawing kit
• Bouncy balls

For Both:

• Mini Play Doh packs (split and put in multiple baskets to save even more!)
• Easter Extravaganza Mad Libs
• Blowing bubble solution
• The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story book
• Small set of crayons and coloring book
• Sidewalk chalk
• Shaped erasers and pencils
• Silly bands
• Fun bandaids
• Finger puppets
• Novelty socks
• Card game {Go Fish, Memory, etc}
• Finger paints
• Slinky
• Stamp set
• Bath toys
• Goldfish crackers
• Raisins
• Trail mix
• Animal crackers
• Granola bars
• Fruit snacks

Now that you’re armed with the best Easter basket ideas ever, it’s time to build your actual basket.

What Easter Basket Ideas would you add to this list?

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