40+ Easy DIY Easter Basket Ideas for your Munchkins and Cutie Pies

Easter Baskets are expensive. But, Dollar Tree DIY Easter Baskets are so inexpensive and they look so cute and so damn adorable.

With Easter bunny hopping on the doors, it's time we make some cute Easter baskets which looks equally attractive and so much more adorable.

You can prepare a gorgeous Bunny bowl for Easter using some crocheted patterns or felt.

How do you make a homemade Easter basket?

Buy a Dollar store basket from A dollar store.
Buy some Easter supplies from dollar Storie such as - Easter grass, plastic eggs, plastic bunnies, cute Marshmallow peeps, some toys, some coloring pages, some bath bombs.
Organize all these things in an Easter Basket.
Get print outs of some carrots with names printed on them.
Stick the names to the carrots.
And, finally stick it to the basket with the help of a glue.
And, that's how you make an Easter Basket.
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How to make an Easter basket from Dollar Tree?

Visit the dollar spot at Target and get some Easter baskets.
These easter baskets also come with a few goodies such as a carrot, a little bunny, and a "Happy Easter" charms.
Stick those goodies onto the basket. You can also pick more Easter charms and stick them to the basket to make them look more cute.
In case your Son is a baseball fan then you can pick up some football charms.
If your son is a foodie you can pick up some food related charms.
First fill them up with fillers. You can get fillers of whichever color you like. I chose green and blue.
Now put in things which your kids love such as Haribo Gummies, a pack of rapid-filling water balloons, Peeps painting sheets - just so that they can indulge in some summer or spring activity, some Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.
Also add some Easter Reese's Peanut butter cups.
Some innovative and attractive toys.
Now just cover them up in plastic bags and your Easter Basket is ready.
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What can I use if I don't have an Easter basket?

You can use Rainbows to make an Easter Basket.
You can use Pool Noodles to make an Easter basket
You can use laundry basket to make an Easter basket.
You can get a jumbo egg and fill it up with all the cute easter goodies and when the kid opens it'll look like the Egg has cracked.
You can use a Mason Jar and then use cardboard paper to cut up two bunny ears and some googly eyes to make the bunny look real and finally toss in some candies in a basket and call it a day.
Antique Brass Watering Can could also be used as an Easter Basket.
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What typically goes in an Easter basket?

Building block for some activity which they'll be busy with.
Pop straws which comes with candies at the bottom so when they finish off the candy they are left with a crazy cute straw.
Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs and Reese's Peanut butter cups.
Some Easter themed Charms or any other charms that your kids love.
You can get some slime because kids love slime and they can play with it all day.
Some Easter Money may be 5 dollars in each money holder, in case they go to the dollar store and they want to buy somethings.
Also, put in some Dollar store gift card which of course goes into the money holder.
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Easter Basket in a clear acrylic Bin

This is such a cute and attractive Easter Basket perfect for girls. With soft and fluffy teddy bears, alphabet bead kit, lip balms, candies, and more this is so adorable.

Blue Acrylic Box Basket

This Blue Acrylic Box Basket looks perfect for Boys. Use some Easter fillers at the bottom to get some height then add in all those things which your boy loves maybe a baseball some racing cars, some balloons and etc.

Easter Bunny Basket

You'll need some googly eyes and pipe cleaners to make these adorable bunnies. You can use dollar tree bunny headbands to make the bunny ears.

Bunny Bowl for Easter

You can use a plastic bowl and cover it up with a glass cloche in case you don't want to use a traditional Easter basket. To make it look cute, you can use felt bunny headbands with ribbons. Use pom pom for the nose. Pipe cleaners for the whiskers, and goggly eyes to make the eyes for the bunny.

Bunny Basket filled with Candies

You can get these types of Baskets at the dollar spot in Target or at dollar tree. Then you got to make the flowers around the eyes or make a spectacle for the bunny with colorful cardboard paper. Then get a printable for the whiskers and nose.

Cute Bunny Basket for Kids

To make this you can simply inflate a water balloon. And then cover it up with a plastic which has already been printed with a bunny eye and a bunny whisker. Use paper ears to stick it to the back of the bunny and then just hold it like a balloon in a paper bag. Fill the paper bag with more goodies and your cute bunny basket is ready.

Plastic Bowl Easter Bunny Basket

You can get this Plastic bowl from dollar spot and then you can use it to DIY an Easter Basket for your home. You can use felt to make the ears for the bunny. Make the whiskers using a sharpie. You can use a heart charm for the nose of the bunny.

Easter Candy Container

If you don't want to make a traditional Easter basket but want to make an Unconventional Easter Basket, then you can make this mason Jar Easter basket. You can use fluffy bunny ears for the mason jar.

Easter basket for Kids

You can get baskets like these at dollar store. Then instead of keeping the basket just like that you just cover them up with Easter grass or Easter fillers. They are available in various colors and you can choose the ones you love.

Dollar Store Farmhouse Style Easter basket

You can use burlap or rope to cover the Easter basket. You can use buffalo check white and black Easter ribbon to give it an attractive touch.

Easter Basket with ribbons and Plastic Egg

If you're thinking about adding more height to your Easter basket you can use these plastic Easter Eggs filled with candies (maybe Reese's peanut butter cups)

Adorable and Gorgeous Pastel Colored Easter Jar

Pastel colored jars are another something which you can use for Easter. You can fill it up with all kinds of candies which kids love.

Egg Carton Easter Basket

To be more unconventional you can use egg cartons to make Easter baskets. Since Spring is a season of colorful flowers you can use colorful flowers. Just tie the egg cartons with flowers.

DIY Easter Basket with Egg Carton

This is one of the cutest Easter Basket which you can be making with an Egg Carton. You can use egg carton and fill it up with speckled easter eggs or you can use eggs filled with candies for kids.

Easter Basket table decoration

When you've already packed Easter Basket for Kids but you want to make an Easter basket for your Easter table decoration, then you can use this idea for your Easter table.

Pastel Green Easter Basket

Pastel color is the color for this season. You can use Egg cartons and use them as Easter Basket.

Easter Basket decoration with crochet patterns

If you love crochet patterns then you can use some crochet patterns to decorate your Easter baskets.

Gorgeous Easter basket with Speckled Eggs

Speckled eggs make another interesting Easter decor item which you can be using for Easter centerpiece as well.

Easter Goody Bags

You can prepare some goody bags for Easter. To make them you can use some paper cups. And fill it up with some tissue paper at the bottom to add some height to the basket. Fill them up with candies and easter eggs. Keep some chicks to make it look more adorable.

Easter Basket for Kids

You can easily find these baskets at the dollar spot in Target. You just have to fill them with some toys for kids, some candies, some slime or playdoh and some games if they like it.

Easter Candy Basket

Kids love candies and so you can use Cadbury Mini Eggs for the Easter basket. Add some cute mini Easter eggs, some Kinder joys and cover them all up with a plastic wrap. Use a ribbon to tie it at the top.

String Easter Basket

If you've always wanted to make a String Easter Basket then here's a tutorial for you to make an Easter Basket with strings. You can cover the plastic egg or foam egg with Strings.

Easter Basket with Strings

Using the tutorial from above post you can make a similar Easter basket with strings. Fill it up with all kinds of Easter goodies. You can use Easter grass along with plastic or foam Easter eggs along with some cute chicks.

Adorable Spring Basket

You can make a basket for Spring with rope and then use lavender flowers for the side of the basket.

Spring Easter Basket

Spring season is already here. You don't have to stop when you've made an Easter basket for kids. You can actually use an Easter Basket for your Easter decoration. Just fill it up with some Easter fillers.

Mesh Wire Easter Basket with ceramic Hen

A mesh wire will also be something with which you can make an Easter Basket. You can keep mini Easter eggs in the basket and stick some Easter moss and mini Easter eggs around the basket.

Fun easter basket with Bunny for Kids

Make this cute and adorable Easter Basket for Kids and fill it up with all kinds of Easter goodies. You can stick some Easter charms on the side of the basket to make them look cute.

Easter Basket DIY Tutorial

Learn how to make an Easter basket at home using this collaged image as a tutorial. Basically it's a basket made with strings. All they have done is cover the plastic egg or foam egg with strings and then they've cut the egg in half from the top. Filled it with Easter fillers and got it ready for Easter.

Easter Bunny DIY Tutorial

Make an Easter basket with jute or rope. You can use a bunny template for the top of the basket and use some bunny ribbons.

Easter Basket Decoration with Led Lights

Dollar Store Basket for Easter

Wooden Art Easter basket

Easter Basket for Decoration

Easter basket craft for kids

Easter Basket with wire mesh

Easter Nest

Easter Basket for Kids with bunny ears and bunny feet

Giant Easter Basket with Pool Noodles

You can use pool noodles to make an Easter Basket. This is a giant Easter Basket perfect for small kids who can use it as a swimming pool.

Easter basket made with pool noodles

You can make a smaller Easter Basket with Pool Noodles and then you can stuff it with soft toys, candies, all kinds of toys, some Reese's Peanut Butter cups.