10 Creative Easter Basket Ideas for Kids Inspired by Books

 

Little kids LOVE Cars and Trucks and Things that Go! You can’t go wrong with this Creative Easter Basket Idea for boys or girls. 

 

In case you have one of these books already I’m sharing a few of my favorite car books (and I’ve read a ton!) I know all of the proper names of trucks, just in case you are wondering. haha!

 

1. Cars and Trucks and Things that Go: A classic book for kids! Richard Scarry’s books are the best, so many things to look at and so many silly things! (Hot dog car! Crayon Car!!)

 

2. My Truck is Stuck: My kids love this book, it has such a cute story and fun rhymes. It is great to read aloud!

 

3. Priddy Books: Trucks! Priddy books are my favorite, they have such great pictures and my babies love them!

 

4. Max the Cement Mixer Play-do Play-doh is an Easter Classic and this set looks super fun!

 

5. Transportation Easter Basket This tin basket is seriously adorable

 

6. Pull back construction trucks  My mother-in-law bought this exact set for my son and they are the cutest. They are pull back cars and there are a ton of them and they are super fun! The little dump trucks dump and the parts move (they are tiny!) Probably better for 3 years old or older because of tiny parts.

7. First 100 Trucks and things that go! Another Priddy book (I told you I love them!) that is all those awesome construction pictures in sticker form. Nice thick pages that are durable and fun to stick things on. We have several Priddy sticker books and we love them.

Fablehaven Easter Basket

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Creative Easter Basket Ideas for Kids

Every kid should read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and this candy-filled tale is perfect for an Easter basket book idea.

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
2. Candy! Of course you need to add Everlasting Gobstoppers!
3. Oompa Loompa These Funko Dorbs are awesome!
4. Willy Wonka Here is a Willy Wonka one too.
5. Collapsible Pail These fun, colorful and FOLDABLE pails would be perfect for this basket! 

My Side of the Mountain or Hatchet Easter Basket

This creative Easter basket idea is a great fit for boys and girls. I read this book out loud to my son and daughter one summer and we still talk about it. Every kid dreams about being independent and this book is all about adventure and growing up. My Side of the Mountain is better for younger kids, Hatchet for the older kids.  If you are looking for other Camping Gift Ideas, Check out this post with Camping Gifts for Outdoorsy Kids.

1. My Side of the Mountain
2. Hatchet 
3. Maple Candy In the book Sam Gribley makes all of his own food as he lives on his on his side of the mountain. Some fun candy made of maple would be a good addition to the basket.
4. Wooden Crate  This would be the perfect Easter basket base for this nature book. 
5. Beef Jerky 
6. Pocket Knife/Multi-Tool:  If they are old enough, a pocket knife would perfect with either of these books.
7. Compass: Another fun thing to add to this Easter basket. This one comes with its own carrying case.

 

This Easter basket is based on one of our favorite dinosaur books, the Dinosaur Atlas!

 

1. Dinosaur Atlas – This book has great information, beautiful pictures, and FLAPS. Lots of good stuff in here for kids who love dinosaurs.  

 

2. Little Kids First Big Book of Dinos  This is another great option for younger dino lovers. 

3. Both of my boys have these awesome Velociraptor claws. They are made of foam so they don’t hurt! This is important because as a mom we get poked in the eyes enough. We don’t need to add velociraptor claws that can actually wound.

4. Dinosaur Toob A bunch of little dinos!

5. We used these most amazing hatching eggs for Halloween handouts. They were the hit of my son’s kindergarten class. You put them in water, they hatch out a dino that then grows in water. All sifferent types. Now this is a LOT of eggs (40) but they are inexpensive.

6. Chocolate dino egg

7. Fabric Dinosaur Bin– Easter basket now, dinosaur storage later….WIN WIN!  If you want more awesome dinosaur gift ideas, checkout my post full of the best Dino gift ideas here. 

 

All of the Laura Numeroff books are fun, fun FUN! This one lends itself particularly well to an Easter Basket!

 

1. If You Give a Dog a Donut 

2. Stuffed Bulldog This looks a lot like the dog in this book and is super soft!

3. Donut Pillow Super fun and cute! You could also go with a smaller donut squishy toy. 

4. Baseball bat I always like to include an outdoor activity in my kids’ Easter baskets. This story has some baseball in it. 😉 

5.  Circle Rope Basket 

6. Apple Juice (because it goes perfect with donuts, at least according to dogs.)

Another book that every child needs to read (in my opinion!) Harry Potter! If your child hasn’t read it yet creating an Easter Basket around this book would be so much fun!

1. Harry Potter
2. Wand and glasses set
3. Mischief Managed Cup 
4. Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak This works kind of like a green screen to make your kid invisible just like Harry!
5. Chocolate Frog, Bernie Botts Every Flavor Beans and Gummy Candy Slugs three-pack SO much fun!