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Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Tweens and Teens

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Filling  up an Easter basket is crazy fun. Choosing each person’s favorite candy is the easy part.  Easter is the second largest candy-buying holiday, and there are plenty of choices to suit everyone’s tastes. But overfilling a basket with candy means you’ll still have some left until Halloween (the largest candy holiday!).  Try these Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Tweens and Teens to fill out the basket with other things.

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Easter basket fillers for tweens and teens take a little more thought than those for younger kids. They’re just not impressed with themed, plastic, “disposable” toys. So for this sometimes hard-to-please age group, finding that sweet spot of useful, entertaining, and reasonably-priced is the challenge.

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How to Personalize Gifts for Easter

Adding an Easter or spring packaging to year-round-usable gifts is an easy way to theme your basket for the holiday. I added a bunny shaped display card to these DIY hair scrunchies.  I hand-cut the ear shapes into a 3″ wide strip of white mat board, and added the pink centers with marker.

Poof! Instant Easter basket filler that will actually get used!

Bunny-shaped card with 5 colorful handmade scrunchies.

Adding Easter-themed printable decorations to homemade bath and body products, or using acrylic paint pens to paint spring designs on packaging are also easy ways to personalize your basket fillers.

Non-Candy Easter Basket Stuffers

I’ve compiled a list of non-candy Easter basket ideas for teens and tweens so Mr. E. Bunny can surprise them with a super stash on the holiday morning. The list includes DIY and buy ideas, so you have the most Easter basket filler options.

DIY Easter Basket Gifts to Make

Gifts they'll love, made by you.

1

How to Make Hair Scrunchies

Pick your favorite DIY scrunchie-making method, and whip up a batch of colorful hair ties. Cut a bunny shape from framing mat for an adorable Easter-themed presentation (Shown above)

2

Easy Classic Homemade Cooked Playdough Recipe

Playdough is not just for kids! Teens and tweens will also love smooshing and squishing the dough. Mix up a batch or two and give a container of nostalgic fun.

3

Unicorn Fizzy Bath Salts

Photo Credit: lydioutloud.com

These fizzy bath salts are just like a bath bomb, without having to use a mold or wait for it to dissolve. Make this unicorn version, or change the colors for a different look.

4

Homemade Soothing Aftershave Lotion

Photo Credit: gluesticksgumdrops.com

Great for sensitive skin, this homemade aftershave lotion has soothing, calming properties that will make them feel great.

5

DIY Slim Leather Wallet

A quick sewing project using only scrap leather. Perfect for a gift card and some cash when they're out with friends.

6

DIY Disney Earrings

Photo Credit: www.100directions.com

Make cute earrings using simple jewelry findings, shrink plastic, and your cutting machine.

7

DIY Whipped Body Butter

Photo Credit: crayonsandcravings.com

Whipped body butter has a luxurious feel without the hefty price tag. They'll enjoy the pampering of moisturized soft skin.

8

DIY Beard Balm

Photo Credit: www.therisingspoon.com

Personalize this beard balm with their favorite scents to make a grooming product they'll love to wear every day.

9

Easy Leather Keychain

Photo Credit: 365daysofcrafts.nikimeiners.com

Easy to make from a leather (or faux leather) strip and the keychain hardware, this easy leather keychain only needs one quick line of stitching. Make it in under 15 minutes.

10

Lavender Aromatherapy Dough

Photo Credit: www.turningclockback.com

This grown-up version of dough relies on herbs and essential oils for fragrance. Use lavender for relaxation or switch them up for different scents and purposes.

Easter Basket Stuffers to Buy

Fill out the rest of your teen's basket with these purchased games, activities, and more.

11

Unstable Unicorns Card Game

A game for tweens through adults, each unicorn has a superpower you can use against your friends. Our family's favorite game.

12

Wreck This Journal: in Color

One of my favorite creative gifts for teens and tweens is the book that tells you how to destroy it. Part journal and part art project, they'll love finding their own interpretation of the creative prompts.

13

Reusable Silicone Collapsible Straws

A reusable straw that folds down to a compact size, perfect for clipping to backpacks.

14

Throw Throw Burrito by Exploding Kittens

Ok, you may need a bigger basket for this one. But who wouldn't love pelting family members with squishy burritos?

15

Easter Eggstravaganza Mad Libs

Mad-Libs are classic for a reason.

16

DecoArt FluidArt Ready-to-Pour Paint

Pick up a few colors of ready-to-pour acrylic paint and your teen will be ready to make some cool poured paint art. No extra ingredients or mixing required.

Pin these Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Later:

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Colorful diy scrunchies on easter rabbit white card.

 

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