“Follow Me Monday” Creative Easter Basket Ideas!
It’s Monday and that means yet another new “Follow Me Monday” video! Today’s video is all about creative and frugal Easter basket ideas (well, actually… they’re not really Easter baskets as you’ll see). Even though I’m not too crafty, I still had lots of fun making these and they actually turned out great! Can you believe it?! …So watch the video below, then come back and let us know if you have any additional creative Easter Basket ideas!
Enjoy!
**If you can’t see the video, go here to watch it.
For the guy in your life:
For a Neighbor, Friend, or a Teacher:
Aren’t you proud of me?! 🙂
Oooh, those pizza plates are from Michael’s, right? I love the guy basket!
Such cute ideas, I love them!!! Your video is marked as private though and I can’t watch it yet.
the video came up as “private” and won’t let me watch it. 🙁
I love the baskets………
Awesome!! They look great!! Some really good ideas in there!!
yes I am very proud of you Collin! I loved the baskets
Very proud of you and can’t wait to “borrow” the Guy Basket idea. How cute is that? Thanks for the great ideas!!!
Love the baskets and great ideas! I always save my plastic eggs and grass. I also use the same baskets for our family every year…what a $$ saver!
This is my daughter’s first Easter but I have been thinking about rotating between a few baskets year to year. I’d rather spend more on the presents and, as cute as some of them are, there’s not much to do with them when Easter’s over. How does it go over with your kids? Do they notice or do they think it’s just part of the tradition (kind of like putting out the same stocking for Santa to fill every Christmas)?
we always put our Easter baskets on the table as a kid. that was tradition for us. but the EB hid my hubby’sbasket in the yard (along w/ cute breakfast items)
Thanks for sharing the ideas for such cute Easter baskets!!
Great video fyi the dollar tree has 18 eggs for $1.00 Michaels are $1.50:-) Love the ideas for sure!
LOVE IT!!!
Great ideas, Collin! You are creative!!!!! Believe in yourself:)
aaaaah!! i LOVE the guys’ basket! so stinkin’ cute!
A few comments. First, Love this video. Second, yes you really need to be careful when crossing the roads at yard sales. Third, can you please show us your exercise routine. You are really skinny.lol. I workout but would love to see some bargains when it comes to working out. I pay $35 a month for gym membership and don’t look near what you look like.
I agree, I would love to know what your exercise routine is! Please share! 🙂
And those jeans look smokin’ hot on you! Are they True Religion?
Clipping coupons gives your hands a great work out! 😉
I would love to know your stomach routine. I have one daughter and u have 3 kiddos and your stomach looks amazing. 🙂
Those jeans have got to be TRUE RELIGION…and YES, tell us what your eating/exercise routine is! lol
What a neat Idea. That got me thinking, Every Easter I have no Idea what to get for my son. He is 16 and doing the low carb thing. so Chocolate bunnies are out. I can do A diet coke basket and put Some atkins bars, Jerky, shower gel, and maybe a gift card er something. thanks.
what about a IBC Root beer, I think they have diet. Kids love that it looks like a beer bottle.
My youngest son is 13, a huge sports enthusiast, and not terribly fond of easter “baskets”. Baseball season is coming up so I thought I would fill a new pair of cleats with some treats, toiletries, cologne, a new baseball and a batting glove. Having four sons, I have done this many times. You could of course change up the sports theme, but no matter what you choose, they end up getting alot of what they need and like, all courtesy of the “Easter Bunny”!
the root beer is a good idea. thanks. and The baseball in cleats theme is very clever.
Great ideas, thanks for sharing. And so proud of you for making the baskets. You go girl.
Love it! Gret ideas!
<3 it! I cant wait to make my lil baskets and gift baskets for Moethers Day and Fathers Day. Im suprised I havent even made them yet…thats how geeked I am! Now I have to run to Michaels and check out their $1 spot….I havent been there in a lil while!!!
Awesome ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!!
Very proud of you Collin! Very nice cheap Easter baskets!!
I am so jealous you have garage sales right now. I can’t wait for garage sales to start here in Indiana… probably another month or so 🙁 Cute Basket Ideas. Love the Guy one!!!
What great ideas. I have five grown guys to buy for. Thank you very much. Definetly going to use this idea.
Great Easter Baskets! I’ve been looking for some ideas, and you definitely provided some!
Great baskets!
Okay, have got to ask .. you ALWAYS have a cup of coffee in your hand! What is your favorite brand & flavor AND how many cups do you consume in one day? 🙂
Thanks for all that you do!
Love the ideas! and your baskets look great!
Wow very crafty Collin! Love the pail idea. I’m totally heading to Micheals to use them for the baskets for my girls this year. Love the towel idea too specially since they are 50 cents at target with coupon. For my 6 yr old. I get a pail and put a towel in bottom then set princedd and frog dvd and doll i got for 7 bucks in it. and some eggs filled with candy. A basket for 10 bucks. love it! I still dont know what im doing for my one year old though.
LOVE THE BASKETS! esp. the guy theme–so many possibilities.
last year, I cut into a plastic orange juice containter (similar to a milk jug but stiffer plastic). It was so easy for my 2 year old to hold, he ended up keeping it for his hotwheel cars. I think I might do that for all my kids this year since I can easily decorate them as well. Old detergent or clorox containers (thoroughly washed) also work well. The soft plush baskets make it hard to hang on to eggs at the egg hunt. For anybody that hates vacuuming the easter grass, I tried cutting green paper w/ a paper cutter. first, fold it accordian style & cut many layers at once.
Or run paper thru a paper shredder. I keep my straight cut shredder for just that reason. I also love to do that to tissue paper!
I had never thought of shredding my paper and tissue paper. I think I’ll try that! cool idea.
Amazing Job!
LOVES the baskets…especially for the males! Great Job!
So creative. Good ideas. My son says he loves your purple shirt…he’s 2. Good Job. Can’t wait to put mine together.
Love the Easter baskets—AWESOME.
I did an entire blog entry (with pics and deals) on guy Easter baskets that would also make great college kid care packages. I had a guy basket stocked FULL for I believe $2.95, …might want to check it out. Just scroll down to the the entry! http://www.savingyoursenseandcents.com
Oops! It was $5.50 for the guy basket or care package…just look for the post “Easter Ideas!”
I LOVE the baskets! You did AWESOME Collin!!! I have baskets that I bought a few years ago (after Easter :P) that i use each year. I LOVE the way the beach paile one came out. I jut might have to run to Michaels & grab those for my 3 youngest. You can get those paint pens there or other craft stores & personalize it with there name! You definatly got me thinking! I always like to look for Disney DVDs cheap to add to each basket. This year should be easy with all of the $10 off coupons! Now I am excited after watching your video! Thanks for your inspiration! 😛
wonderful video – again 🙂 Love you and your ideas! Thanks.
I got some of the hotwheels cars that are B1G1 at Walgreens this week and will be putting those in Easter baskets or hiding them in plastic eggs for our Easter egg hunt (Its $1.29 for two which is great and my boys just love them). Also I’m putting in some of the Disney vitamins I got on sale at Rite aid a couple weeks ago – my kids think they are candy (which is bad, I’ve got to keep them up very high!) and the kids spongebob toothpaste I got for .25 cents at Albertsons! Couponing makes holidays so much more fun!!
And yes – Collin you’ve got a very cute figure! Maybe its all the running around to stores, LOL, my husband joked I need to make a grocery store workout video.
I’m always looking for non-toys and non-candy things to put in my boys’ Easter baskets. The Pail ides is so cute. I bought them nice kites and will throw in a pair of Old Navy flip flops (I think they’re 2 for $5). I like the book idea too!
C’mon guys I thought we were all putting all the pictureka, and monopoly card games we got for .24 or $1 here lately into the easter baskets!LOL My teen daughter is getting some makeup i scored at Rite Aid for free during the Cover Girl sale, fingernail polished make great additions too. My 7 year prefers markers and paints, scored some on the clearance rack at Target last week. I always reuse the easter eggs, and I am going to try to make my own Easter Grass using the paper shredder since my old easter fluff didn;t make the move:( Nothing I hate more than plastic easter grass all over the floor!
Great video Collin! I love all of your tips and ideas, I can’t believe Easter is already just around the corner 🙂
Great job! Loved getting ideas. Even though I went overboard on my step-children Easter Basket (as always)! But I love to see the smiles on their faces! And really plan on hitting some after Easter sales for decorations and some things for basket stuffing next year! My niece is expecting in June plan on buying a basket after Easter for her shower to stuff with the great deals I have found thanks to this site! Keep up the great job!
Love the baskets that you did. It has got me to thinking we are expecting our first child in May. We are having the baby shower soon and we have been trying to think of different things to do or to give a away. I’m thinking it would be a good idea to make a basket up and have a drawing and give it away at the end of the baby shower.
you are just too stinkin’ cute, collin! can’t wait to make my hubs a creative basket! thanks
Collin, you crack me up. You should have your own show. Quick FYI, you spelled pail wrong at the end of the video. 🙂 OOPS
Way too cute 🙂 Thanks for sharing! Time to get creative!
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’VE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR SITE….
Awesome video as always Collin!
Thank you for the great ideas. BTW- I have the exact same rug!
Looks like an IKEA rug
Great idea. How do you make the film stripe again please? I can’t hear you in youtube. Thanks.
She bought it at Michaels for $2.00 and put the pictures in it herself. They are really cute. I bought a few a while back.
I’m going to do one using IBC for my boyfriend. Thank you for the idea!
Thanks for all the great tips and ideas! I think I need to hit more yard sales.
I have 2 boys who are into Elmo so I bought a bunch of books in the Target $1.00 bin. I also save my Easter baskets. They have really cute camo eggs at dollar tree. They have the green ones and they might have the pink ones. They are so cute and only $1.00. Aslo for the friend, teacher, or mother you can use a flower pot that you can get for really cheap at dollar tree. You can even decorate it. I also put my kids names on their basket with the foam sticky letters.
Great “Man Basket” idea! My husband dosn’t drink, so I am going to make him one with Rootbeer bottles/box. Thanks.
Yes, we’re all proud of you. Hee, hee. Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas. (o: