4 Easter Basket Ideas on a Dollar Store Budget

This year I wanted to see if I could get all of my 4 kids Easter Baskets and fillers at the Dollar store. I started out with last years eggs, and some basket bags I got on clearance the year before.

They have all kinds of cute baskets at the Dollar Store if you didn’t save yours from last year. Some years I use small garbage cans as baskets, to be used in their rooms after Easter. Or buckets/pails as a basket too instead of the traditional. This year I got the boys pails and the girls baskets.

I looked for some candies that had 4 to a package to save myself money on the candy.

BASKET #1:

Items I filled my 6 year old’s basket with:

• Water Bottle
• Spiderman Puzzle
• Picture frame (printed out a picture of Jesus for inside)
• Stuffed Dog
• Little Dragon figure
• Body Wash
• Chocolate Bunny
• Candy

 

BASKET #2

Here are the items I found for my 8 year old daughter:

• Barrettes
• Chocolate Bunny
• Picture frame (with Jesus picture I printed and added)
• Bubble Bath
• Puppy puzzle
• Water Bottle
• Jump Rope
• Candy

 

BASKET #3

This was the toughest basket of all. For my 13 year old Teenage Son. There wasn’t a whole lot of items in store, and in fact he might think many of these items are lame. We will see. I know he will like the candy though.

Items inside:

• Chocolate Bunny
• Picture frame (with Jesus picture I printed and added)
• Water Bottle
• Cologne
• Glow Mask
• earbuds
• lcd watch
• Gum
• Candy

 

BASKET #4

And lastly here is what I added to my teenage daughters basket:

• Chocolate Bunny
• Picture frame (with Jesus picture I printed and added)
• Water Bottle
• Headband/pony tail collection
• Nail polish
• nail file, toe kiet
• Shaving cream
• Candy

Each basket I only paid $10 in total for, and would have been less if I would have kept last years Easter baskets & grass.  The Dollar store can be a great place to save money on Easter baskets!

What other ways have you been able to save money with your Easter baskets? Any thrifty items you are adding this year?