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4 Unique Gifts For Easter That You May Not Have Thought About

By Evelyn Oakley

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Published: 18Mar2012
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In the 1950's, the Easter gift of the day was a baby chick, dyed in an unnatural pastel color. The next generations received cookie-cutter baskets filled with plastic grass, jellybeans and chocolate bunnies. When it comes to unique gifts for Easter, many people have a hard time coming up with welcome ideas. If you would like to skip the traditional choices and give your loved ones a gift they'll enjoy and remember, the following ideas are sure to get your creativity flowing.

Plant a Garden

Gardening is a frugal way to get healthy food into your home, as well as being a fun family activity. Make up a unique Easter gift basket filled with seed packets, hand tools and a hand-drawn plan of a garden plot for the back yard. Plan a family day when you can all get together and plant your garden plot together. You'll get some exercise as well as quality family time.

Take a Zoo Trip

Instead of giving out marshmallow and chocolate animals, why not celebrate spring by visiting the local zoo to see the baby animals that are on display. Many zoos have special exhibits when their star attractions give birth. Turn a unique Easter gift into a learning experience by studying about the infant animals you'll see before you visit the zoo.

Plan a Volunteer Weekend

Getting gifts is fun for the family, but giving to others gives your family members a great feeling. Choose a charity you all feel strongly about, such as a local park that needs work, a food bank in the neighborhood or a pet shelter around town. Plan a holiday weekend together donating your time and the money you would have spent on candy. The time you spend together doing good for others will create a memory for life, and could be the beginning of a lifetime habit of service for your children.

Create Personal Baskets

The traditional gift basket is filled with sugary jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chickens. It's impersonal, it's bad for your teeth and waistline, and it doesn't say anything about the gift recipient. Create unique gifts for Easter by personalizing every basket for your family. Skip the candy and put in custom coffee blends, tea bags or gourmet cocoa packets. Add books, DVD's and gift cards for their favorite stores. Decorate the basket according to each person's favorite things, whether they love a football team, a cartoon character or simply glitter and sparkle. Show each person you really thought about them when building their basket.

Evelyn Oakley wanted to decorate for the holiday and she found the cutest decorations for Easter for her home. Current Catalog has a large variety of Easter decorations, gifts and much more to make this holiday great.

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