Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Toddlers

Personalized Easter Basket

Before you fill it with everything on this list, you need the basket that makes it all feel special and this personalized woven stunner is exactly that. Classic, beautiful, and made just for them, it photographs like a dream and feels like an heirloom. This basket earns its place as the gift itself.

Wind-Up Hopping Bunny/Chick

Meet the Easter basket item your toddler will carry around ALL day. This wind-up hopping bunny and chick delivers pure cause-and-effect magic that toddler brains are absolutely hardwired for.

Wooden Percussion Musical Shake Eggs

If your toddler's love language is making as much noise as possible, these wooden egg shakers are about to become their new best friend. They look just like Easter eggs, they sound like a one-toddler band, and they are perfectly sized for little hands to grab and go. Honestly? The whole family will hear about this one all day long.

Bunny Bubble Machine Wands

There is something about bubbles that turns every toddler into the happiest human alive, and a bunny shaped wand makes it pure Easter magic. Send them outside on Easter morning with this in their hand and watch the joy absolutely unfold. Fair warning — they will not want to put it down.

Squishmallow

There is no such thing as a toddler who meets a Squishmallow and does not immediately fall in love, and the Easter versions are absolutely no exception. From pastel bunnies to the sweetest little chick characters, it is love at first squeeze every single time.

Lego Duplo My First Balancing and Stacking Tree

LEGO DUPLO in an Easter basket is already a win but this Balancing and Stacking Tree takes it to a whole new level. Toddlers cannot resist the pull of stacking something and watching it wobble, and this set delivers that satisfaction over and over again. The gift that keeps them busy, keeps them learning, and keeps you winning as a gift giver.

Soft Squeezable Bath Toys

Bath toys are a toddler Easter basket staple but these no hole mold free squeezable toys take it to a whole new level of parent approved. Six soft squishable characters that deliver pure bathtime joy without the gross factor that comes with every other bath toy on the market. Easter basket win and a parenting win all in one.

Sensory Board Book

Sensory play and storytime collide in the most Easter perfect way with this Fidgimals Little Bunny book. The built in Pop It bunny keeps little hands busy while the board book keeps little minds engaged, and the fact that it is a bunny makes it an absolute natural fit for the basket. Toddlers will carry this one everywhere.

Happy Easter Sticker Book

Colorful, Easter themed, and complete with a little handle so they can tote it around all day long, this Happy Easter sticker book is an absolute basket essential. Toddlers and stickers are a perfect match on any day but on Easter morning surrounded by bunnies and eggs and chicks on every page it is pure magic.

Wooden Puzzle

Four wooden Easter puzzles packed into one set means four different moments of toddler satisfaction on Easter morning. A chick, a bunny, an Easter egg, and a carrot cover every character they already love and the chunky wooden pieces are made exactly for little hands that are still figuring it all out.

Sidewalk Chalk

Six pastel chalk eggs nestled in their own little egg carton might be the most Easter thing on this entire list. They are sized perfectly for toddler hands, washable enough for parents to actually say yes, and the moment they hit the driveway Easter morning the outdoor fun officially begins.

Modeling Dough with Easter Shapes

For the toddler who always wants to make something, this Easter Dough Adventure Kit is about to become their favorite thing in the basket. Twelve colors of modeling dough paired with Easter shaped cutters covering every character they love means the creativity does not stop when Easter morning does. Recommended for ages three and up.