Last year at Easter I decided that I was going to make an Easter basket for one of my mom friends.
This particular mom is really amazing at making things magical for her kids. She makes sure her daughters have a wonderful Easter morning with baskets overflowing with treasures and treats. Plus, she is an incredible encouragement to me. One of those friends who is always speaking life over me.
I thought, This gal needs someone to make a basket for HER!
So I did!
I hopped over to Target, picked out a cute basket and filled it with some girl-y seasonal items I found around the store. I even found a strawberry huller on clearance and threw that in there (that ended up being her favorite thing!).
Then I presented it to her and told her not to open it until Easter morning when the rest of her house was enjoying their baskets.
She LOVED it!
I thought it would be fun to make a tradition out of it – ask God to help me pick a mom each year to whom I will bless with an Easter basket. I couldn’t wait to get started once I knew who the Lord wanted to have a Mommy Easter Basket!
Here are a few pics of how her Easter basket turned out…
The budget is tight this year, so I had to get creative. God always does GREAT things in these desperate moments when I ask Him for help! I remembered that I had a $30 Target gift card hidden away since Christmas and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to spend it.
The bucket was $5 (I embellished it by gluing her name across the front with some chipboard letters I had on hand. Don’t you just love personalized things?
I filled it up with a set of Easter dish towels, spatulas, Martha Stewart Magazine’s Easter issue, 2 plastic Easter tumblers, a cute bunny-shaped bowl, a fun Easter banner for her to hang in her house, and a package of Easter-themed Post-It notes I found in the dollar bins. I also think I am going to add some jellybeans (one of her fave Easter candies).
I basically filled it with all the things I thought would be fun for a mom to get! Everything you see was exactly $30.
What do you think, Happy Home Friends? Is there a mom YOU could bless this year with a basket? A mom you know that works so hard building her Happy Home and may need a little surprise magic in return this Easter morning?
It doesn’t have to be fancy – if you don’t have $30 Target gift cards lying around, then you may just want to send a card, or even a simple plastic egg with a note inside that says how much you admire and appreciate her and that she is doing a great job. Everyone could use a bit of encouragement!
I’d love to know if you decide to do this – please leave me a comment and tell me how it went!
cute basket!! my kids and I planning give to my mom wood box ( from Lowe’s build and grow from my kids) i will add recycle 3 bottles and add soil and herbs.
What a great idea, Katey!!!! She will love it!
What an incredibly sweet idea! That Easter bucket is just overflowing with cuteness : ) She’s going to love it!
I love this idea! What a wonderful way to lift someone’s day! I am going to do this for some moms that need it! Thanks!
I can’t wait to hear about it!!!!!
This is a great idea and could work for anyone you think may need a pick-me up for a holiday or anytime(think stockings for Christmas!)…maybe expand your idea to include an elderly person or shut-in from your church or community…really cute and nice idea…I know I love getting cute little inexpensive things like this too…thanks!
Love the stocking idea at Christmas!!!!
I am flying to our daughter’s home a few days before Easter because their 4th baby is due on Easter. I will be there to help for about 12 days, especially with the 6, 4 and 2 year old! Wouldn’t it be nice to give my daughter an Easter basket?!? Thanks for another great idea!
Oh Sue! Congratulations!!!! You are the most amazing g-ma EVER! I can’t wait to hear about all the fun you are going to have with your family. 🙂 Thank you always for the encouragement!
I love this and ALL of your ideas! I always make sure to check your site every few days if not every day! I have a cousin who is a single mom of 2 boys and I always try to do something little for her since no one else really does. One year I gave her a blanket I had recieved for free as a black friday special and wrapped it up for her from Santa (I eventually told her it was from me I can never keep my poker face up!). This year on her birthday I gathered extra beauty supplies I had but probably wouldn’t use (soaps, nail polish, ect.) and put it in a basket I had just lying around! This is a great idea to add to what I’ve done. I love the special egg idea with the note in it! I plan to do that for her this year during the egg hunt at my Grandparents house! Thank you so much for always being so inspiring!
<3 Rachel
Sounds like that gal is so blessed to have you in her life! 🙂 God gets so much glory form that kind of thoughtfulness!
What a truly beautiful idea!
Kerri
Planning to do this today for my friend Cathy. Thanks for the inspiration!
i am 11 and i wanted to make an easter basket for my mother because she is AMAZING and makes easter baskets for me and my older brother (he turns 13 in may) and im DEFINETLY going to do something like this <3
Thank you for the fabulous idea. I’m doing this for my mother and mother-in-law. I hunted around on Ebay and Amazon for things to fill the basket with. I think they’ll turn out great!