Breaking the Traditional Easter Basket-Look

After scrolling through countless number of traditional Easter baskets in my newsfeed on social media over the past week, I knew I didn't want to become that parent who filled a brightly-colored basket with everything our little guy didn't need or already had in the snack closet.  I am not saying I am 100% against the traditional Easter basket, but I remember growing up and each year my brothers and I would get these humungous Easter baskets filled with all our favorite sweet treats and stuff we never touched until it was time to toss it in the trash.  Thinking back and talking to my mom about this she admitted she fell into the trap of giving us large baskets filled with anything she could throw in the cart that was bunny and spring-time related. 

As I looked at the 2 bags of play sand my husband picked up from Home Depot I knew I could easily turn this into our son's Easter basket- it was both practical and made a perfect toddler gift.  It wasn't something I would toss in the trash in a few weeks nor was it something he would never touch, well unless he hated sand, but luckily that wasn't the case here.  I even tied in the basket-look to complete it. 

My goal is to continue to provide non-traditional, yet practical Easter baskets to our little sailor and his soon-to-be little brother.  I don't want them to look back on their childhood and think about all the candy that was left uneaten for the trashbags to consume because mom and dad felt they had to stuff their baskets full. 

Hope your Easter was filled with happiness and love!

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