As a mom of 2 young adult daughters and a teen son, I have asked myself if it is time to stop gifting them with Easter baskets. But, why stop if they still enjoy it? Instead, I’m creating their Easter baskets around a theme related to their current interests or if they’re going through a certain milestone. For both baskets, I used shredded tissue paper as fillers.
FOR YOUR YOUNG ADULT CHILD
An Easter basket for a young adult can include items for their dorm if they’re in college or maybe they just started their journey into healthy living. So a water jug, a small sweat towel, or a portable shower caddy for dorm showers would be perfect to include in the basket.
This year, Andrea (my 2nd young adult daughter) went through a milestone. She moved into an apartment and I wanted to create her basket around that milestone. I made sure to find a stylish, neutral basket that she can then reuse in her apartment. I added a multi-purpose cleaner, a honey jar, honey lavender sticks, affirmation cards, and a pretty mauve color decor item that doubles as a pencil/pen holder or a vase. The honey jar and the honey lavender sticks were easy items to choose because she’s into tea and lavender.
FOR YOUR TEEN
Let’s be honest, teens are hard to shop for. But, it can be fun. Since my son recently joined a football tournament team, and there will be some traveling for the tournaments outside of the Miami area, I wanted to shop for fun sports travel items for his Easter basket.
I got him a sports cooling towel, a Bluetooth beanie with a light, and a thumbs-up phone holder all from Amazon. I also included a few of his favorite snacks. Not necessarily the healthiest snacks but we all know how much teen boys eat and they’re fun snacks to share with his teammates after the games. I found a cute football card game and I found a blue plastic storage container at Dollar Tree perfect to make use of after Easter to organize all of his football accessories in his bedroom.
HAVE FUN CREATING THE BASKETS
I brainstormed where both of my children were in life and just had fun looking for these items. My tip for you is the same… brainstorm and have fun making these Easter baskets. They might be older and don’t need the plastic eggs with jelly beans in them (or, they still do) but they will love the thought. Happy Easter!
