Baby Easter Basket Ideas {or little miss's first Easter basket}

Little Miss will be ten months old the day before Easter. I'm very excited for her first easter basket. My Easter basket was always filled with wonderful treasures. Other than the VERY necessary Cadbury Egg and a couple of Peeps, it didn't contain candy. My mom would fill it with books, Post-it notes, socks, gift cards, and all sorts of other wonderful things. I've had the same Easter basket since my first Easter.

With this rich history surrounding my Easter basket, I put a lot of thought into little miss's. Even if I just wanted to load it up with candy, that really isn't an option for a ten month old. Also, she has plenty of toys so I really didn't want to add to the clutter of our living room {I figure her grandparents will take care of that come her birthday!}. I'm really excited with what I came up with.

This little pink Peep bunny was made using a free pattern from Dandelions and Lace. Something went wonky in one of his years. Even though little miss doesn't need any more toys, I couldn't resist this cute little guy.

An important side note: Has anyone been able to find bunny Peeps? Every where I've looked has only had chicks. I'm bummed.

The bulk of my little miss's basket is books. I went to Half Priced books and picks all of these up for $8. Thrift stores often have very cheap kiddo books. The Goodwill I checked seemed to be tapped out by other Easter basket shopping parents {and I waited until today to start looking}.

My little miss loves the Easter eggs that she found at our church's Easter egg hunt. She's been teething on them all week. I decided to make them a bit cooler and filled them with different things to make cute little shakers. I sealed them with hot glue and then covered that with Washi tape {from Target of all places}. 

Other ideas include filling eggs with puffs or Cheerios. You could also include bath toys or a CD of music to dance around the living room as a family to. Depending on your baby's age, a trip to the aquarium or the zoo would be a great Easter basket gift! 

The basket itself is from Target. Most of their baskets were cheapo. I'm impressed with how well made this basket is. I'm hoping this basket will be hers year to year just like mine has been.