My "kids" are 19 and 24 now, so we are done with the baskets (well, not completely: I picked up a couple of Kinder Eggs for the first time so they will get those). But in the past it was all about the candy. Maybe some coins in a couple of eggs, golden dollars and such, and a small toy.

When DS#2 was about 15 months old and hunting eggs with his big brother for the first time, I needed to be careful about the candy. So we had Froot Loops for his eggs. Colorful and fun, and I'm talking about the diaper changes a day or two later lol !!

Mine are older and at school but I still make small baskets. For your daughter, I would consider bubbles, a kite, flower pot and seed set or a small craft or jewelry kit. For your son, the itunes card is good. Or inexpensive VR goggles (Best Buy has cardboard ones), flip flops, ear buds or water bottle. A few years ago I sent my older teenage nephews a can of silly string with their Christmas gift cards and they all thanked me profusely :)

Wow, that sounds like a nice gift basket! I need an Easter Bunny in my life! We used to get a small basket of candy and a stuffed animal. Granted, that was 40+ years ago, and we had four kids in our family and my parents didn’t have much money.

I think the iTunes card is perfect for your son, and I love the jump rope idea, especially good for burning off the sugar high. ;) My nieces that age are into art supplies and crafts, and love things like washi tape.

I have mixed feeling about the baskets. They are kind of expensive on one hand. On the other, they often get things they’d pretty much need anyway, like the new swim suits.

I always do an Easter egg hunt and they get candy in the eggs so I try not to overload their baskets with candy too.

I think I will do the jump rope for my seven year old. She had a cheap one last year that I found on clearance and bought randomly and then it broke so I think she would like a nicer one. Art supplies are always a hit here, but she got a lot for Christmas because our families know she likes them.

Ear buds are a good idea for my 14 year old. And I think I will go with the iTunes card.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Oh silly string. They would love that. I will have to think whether I am willing to deal with the clean up. . . .

My children are younger (5 and 7) but every year I do the same- one book for each, eggs filled with coins (I’m sure as they get older I’ll put bills in there), a little candy, and a toy of some sort. This year I am doing family game to share.

My MIL does a book, candy, and a gift card or two for her kids still living at home (in their 20s).

Haven't started mine yet. My kids are in HS. Since they were little , their baskets have always been about 25% candy and 75% anything else. Books, stuffed animals, toys, puzzles, fun socks.

I did a basket for my dd in boarding school last year, in pretty spring pink tones, with new jammies, new shower sandals, cosmetics, gourmet candy and cookies. Plus the basket was a reusable soft, pliable grey and white stripe. I have to find a photo.

My seven year old would like fun socks.

I'm with Seagrass. Candy, eggs, sometimes the hollow plastic eggs with small trinkets. And a new 'church-dress" and shoes, etc.

That’s fine. Everyone has their own priorities. I do not want to overload my kids with candy and prefer a basket that is big enough to hold books and some cute but needed clothes, along with a fun item or two rather than just sugar and plastic trinkets.

Forever 21 has fun, cheap socks! I’ve bought some for myself when standing in line with my teenage daughter.

My kids still get “baskets” even though they’re 17, 22, and 25. I can’t seem to stop!

We don't even celebrate Easter religiously, and my dd always got a basket with some good quality candy (mama don't like cheap chocolate, heh heh), a book or 3, some fun little items, socks, always an item of summer clothing, but the most fun was that we hid the basket in the house and had a series of clues she had to go through to find it; "I'm can be hot but usually I'm not" (the oven), "I'm a plant with blooms to wow the holes in your cranium, I'm a ________", etc. We used to make her go through about 10 clues before she got the one that led to the basket. It was fun and yes, it is absolutely pathetic that I can remember some of the rhymes I wrote and can't recall important info, like sending in my car registration.

She's now a sophomore in college and still likes to find her clues, all the while protesting loudly, of course.

Clues for the basket is adorable! My kids started with a basket outside the door, empty but for grass and a small toy, and a note from the bunny about what color eggs to look for. With a highly-competitive DS#2 and easy-going-but-sensitive DS#1, we needed to keep things fair.

When I was a kid I don't remember ever getting presents in my Easter basket, just candy. I did however get new Easter outfits i.e. a dress and shoes (shiny patent leather) most years when I was very young.

We're going on some long trips around Easter, so...

* Easter book

* Candy

* Keep-busy stuff (paper, crayons, activity books etc.)

Easter baskets when I was a kid were candy only, but for my DD, yeah, we changed it up to include presents. After a long winter in the far north, the prospect of some fun is too tempting, and I only have one, so yeah, she gets a little spoiled in the present arena, all year round. Guilty as charged. When I was a kid Easter meant new clothes too, always a scratchy dress and a hat, both of which I loathed, I dressed only for comfort even as a kid.

When i was a kid baskets were just candy and like schoolhouse an Easter dress and new white patent leather shoes. As we got older mom would do a big platter of candy with one big egg in the middle and place it on the dining room table a few days before Easter.

My youngest just turned 30. When they were growing up besides candy we would always do a book and video and maybe a small toy or game. I stopped doing baskets for them quite awhile ago. Now I just do a little candy treat for each and a gift card for each couple.

Those who continue to do something for their grown kids— that’s really sweet. I hope your kids appreciate you! My parents don’t do anything for me anymore, but they do always send a little something for my kids and they adore it.

We have a 22 and 24 year old, my oldest was shocked in a happy way that they still received a basket when we moved to our new home, I think she thought the tradition would die when we moved from their childhood home. My baskets are fairly practical, this year it will be new swim towels, their old ones are very tired, and a couple of bottles of sun block with a little bit of candy. Not sure how long I will keep doing the baskets, guess as long as it makes me happy.

My mom always sent me flowers for Easter once I moved out. Almost as good as chocolate lol!

hmm, now I'm thinking about Easter. Both my parents are in skilled nursing right now. DS will probably have to work on that Sunday, usually 11am-7pm. I'd love to just go to church then out for breakfast and a walk, but I feel a responsibility to my parents, especially my Dad who is fully aware that we might not go to his club's lovely brunch. A basket just isn't going to cut it for him.