Easter baskets have been a tradition in our family for a pretty long time....
I don't remember when we started it, but I know that at least since my 6 year old niece Amelie has been on the scene - Easter Baskets have been done every year!
Of course, last Easter Tyne was only 4 days old....so far too little for Easter Baskets ... although he didn't miss out on Easter entirely of course!
But this year, he is old enough to join in with the celebrations and I am so excited for that!
Ok he's too little to do any Easter baking or crafting with me...but he can certainly join in with our traditional Easter Egg Hunt followed by a nice Easter family Lunch....and he can finally have an Easter Basket!
I thought it might be a bit of a challenge putting together an Easter Basket for a little boy - I really wanted to get him a blue bonnet but Jon refused to let me (I'll let it go this year as he's too little to decorate it anyway, but trust me....next year there WILL be a bonnet!).
But I have actually been surprised at how easy it's been to put his basket together, and in fact I have ended up buying too much and am now having to restrain myself from buying more when I`m in shops!
The only thing still left for me is his Easter card but I have already taken care of that as I ordered one one online! I love everything personalised, and Dom & Geri have a fantastic range of personalised cards on offer for all occasions - I ordered my Fathers Day cards while I was there too as that's not too far away now either!
So here's what I bought to fill the basket:
I have always loved Beatrix Potter characters, and since I found out I was having a boy I was so excited about introducing Peter Rabbit to his nursery - so when I saw these super cute Talking Peter Rabbit plush toys advertised on TV recently I had to have one!
I know he'll just love it, and it's so fitting for Easter - I also bought one for my nephew Kier who, at 6 months old, is too young for chocolate gifts!
Of course, there HAS to be an Easter Egg in the basket - and I just loved these baby blue wrapped Bunny Boxed Eggs from Marks & Spencer!
He has way too many of them but Tyne does LOVE stuffed toys, so I had to get an Easter Chick of course!
This cute little Easter Egg tin was a winner as its mainly blue - I've hidden some chocolate bunnies inside!
I just thought this carrot shaped bag was adorable! I've had a hard time finding a boyish bucket for Tyne to use during the Easter Egg hunt, so when I saw this I thought it'd be just perfect!
I've put some Milka chocolate bunnies in here too - he'll have enough chocolate bunnies to last him a lifetime at this rate!
I just adored this blue windmill when I saw it in Hobbycraft, and thought it'd make a lovely decorative touch to the basket!
I've mentioned before how important it is to me that Tyne gets books for every gift-giving occasion and Easter is no different!
I ordered these Peter Rabbit & Peppa Pig Easter-themed board books from Amazon - I know he'll just love them!
I thought this teeny little blue bunny basket was adorable, and the blue Easter chicks were a must too - both from Hobbycraft.
And yes...once again, I've put chocolate in the basket - mini eggs this time, not bunnies!
So there you have it....Tyne's first Easter Basket!
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