I always look forward to filling our children’s Easter baskets each year with books and gifts that incorporate our beautiful Catholic faith! I also love incorporating the various Easter Symbols and filling a basket with various gifts for the whole family to enjoy. You can read more about the various Easter Symbols here and find many gift ideas here.
Easter Sunday has already passed this year, but perhaps this post will give you some gift ideas for upcoming sacraments, birthdays, or even next Easter!
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| The Holy Gospels of St. Luke and St. John • Flower and Birds Easter Eggs • Liturgical Colors Cross |
I had ordered some books as always, but other than that I hadn’t really done much to prepare for Easter Baskets this year… My mind was on other things. I do keep a couple boxes of “future gifts” in my closet that I add to when I run across great sales, so I did have some mugs to pull out for most of the kids along with some toys. I didn’t make any candy this year, or pick up chocolate crosses, but we did have some gift cards for See’s candy (bought at a discount from Costco) along with some coupons for the See’s bunnies and chocolate eggs.
I ended up having MORE than enough to fill all the baskets thanks to my generous sponsors here at Shower of Roses! In addition to frequently offering products for me to give away to you all over the years, they sometimes send gifts to our children too! We received boxes of gifts from Culture of Life Studies, Lisieux Nail Polish, and Prayer Pillowcases just in time for Easter!
Everyone received Pro-Life and/or Catholic T-shirts. The Pro-Life T-shirts were all this year’s awesome #NPLTD T-shirt from Culture of Life Studies in a variety of colors. (Save 20% on these t-shirts, and everything else from Culture of Life Studies, with coupon code ROSES20)
We all received brand new personalized pillowcases from Prayer Pillowcases too.
- Liturgy of the Hours Books II and Three (leather bound)
- Cardinal Red 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- Prancing Pony T-Shirt
- Chocolate Bunny and Eggs
- Padre Pio Mug (I had ordered the St. Patrick Mug last year but never checked inside the box… He ended up getting Padre Pio instead.)
- St. Patrick Prayer Pillowcase
- New Sunglasses
- Star Wars Tie
Ten Battles Every Catholic Should Know
- Plan of Life: Habits to Help You Grow Closer to God
- John of the Cross (Saints by Our Side)
- Thomas Aquinas (Saints by Our Side)
- Military Green 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- T-Shirt from Catholic T-Shirt Club (We got behind on opening the subscription boxes while traveling. This was the last one we received. Need to decide if we’re going to continue subscription. The boys really loved it!)
- Chocolate Bunny and Eggs
- St. John the Evangelist Mug
- St. Joseph Prayer Pillowcase
- St. John statue
- Subway Gift Card
- I had meant to order him a tie too. Any suggestions on fun ties for teens?
- Blessed Be God
- The Hedge School
- Jane of Lantern Hill
- Presenting Miss Jane Austen
- Victoria Bliss Magazine British Issue September 2017 featuring Jane Austen (it was suggested by Amy in the comments of Twinkle Toes’ Jane Austen birthday post)
- Always Be Kind Journal
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary from Naturally Catholic
- Navy Blue Short Sleeve Dress with Pockets
- Indigo Blue 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- Caritas Nail Polish from the Easter Trio
- St. Catherine of Siena Prayer Pillowcase
- Floral Coffee Mug and Spread Love Zipper Pouch from LaneyBell Designs
- Little Secret’s Peanut Butter Candies (dye free, she’s allergic)
- See’s Peanut Butter Egg and Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Egg
- Ember Rising (The Green Ember Series: Book 3)
- The Children of La Salette
- Beginning Birdwatchers Book
- Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
- Saint Kateri Paper Dolls
- Whatever Is Lovely Gratitude Journal
- St. Philomena Prayer Pillowcase
- St. Clare of Assisi Quote Mug
- Saint Clare of Assisi from Naturally Catholic
- Antique Cherry Red 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- Paschal Nail Polish from the Easter Trio
- Adjustable Cord Bracelet with Holy Dove and Crosses
- Coin Purse from LaneyBell Designs
- See’s Egg and Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Egg
- The King of the Golden City: Special Edition for Boys
- Lucky Bob and His Luckiest Year
- The Warden and the Wolf King (I had planned to give him Book 2, but the tooth fairy ended up giving it to him just before Easter and I happened to have this one in my book stash as well.)
- Surf Sweets
- Heather Military Green 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- St. Michael the Archangel Quote Mug
- Saint Michael Prayer Pillowcase
- See’s Chocolate Bunny and Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Eggs
- In the Candles Glow
- St. Joan of Arc Paper Dolls
- Joyful Colours of the Year
- Rosalind and the Little Deer
- Eeboo Sketch Book: Life on Earth
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel from Naturally Catholic
- Goose Girl and Geese Wooden Figures (to add to her Fairy Tale collection from her last birthday – Once again, I ordered a number of Ostheimer figures from The Wooden Wagon during an after Christmas sale to use as gifts this year.)
- Twinkle Bunny
- Saint Therese of Lisieux Mug
- Saint Joan of Arc Prayer Pillowcase
- Heather Coral Silk 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- Palm Nail Polish from the Easter Trio
- Surf Sweets
- See’s Chocolate Bunny and Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Eggs
- Children’s Missal
- Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
- Pelle’s new suit
- Wooden Lamb and Little Shepherd Boy
- Ferdinand DVD
- Black 100% Pro-Life T-Shirt
- Saint Francis of Assisi Prayer Pillowcase
- Saint Andrew Statue
- Surf Sweets
- Hershey’s Chocolate Cross and See’s Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Eggs
- God Bless Our Easter
- Bunny’s First Spring
- Found: Psalm 23
- I am a Mouse
- Chews Life Pink Rosary
- Green Sprouts Stacking Cups (These are a great price over at Thrive if you have a membership. If you don’t here is my referral link! I order from Thrive at least once a month, usually weekly!)
- Pink 100% Pro-Life Onesie
- Jellycat Lamb, Small
- St. Elizabeth from Naturally Catholic
- Our Lady of Grace Prayer Pillowcase
- See’s Sweet Surprise Chicks Chocolate Egg (which she gave to her daddy)
Want to see a few more pictures? Here’s the link: Baby’s First Easter
(still haven’t gotten around to posting 2015 and 2016)
Jessica, Would you mind sharing with us the name of the book opened in the second photo from the top? The artwork is beautiful! Thank you once again for sharing so many treasures.
2018-04-29 15:15:19
Hi Genevieve, that's The Holy Gospels of St. Luke and St. John from Sacred Art Series https://amzn.to/2FrwbB8
2018-04-29 15:51:06
What fun for your kids! I did notice that the kids' names appear in some of the photos (on their baskets). Thank you for sharing these wonderful gift ideas. Happy 5th Day of Easter to you!!!
2018-04-29 15:51:38
Absolutely amazing how you get exactly what is great for the age of each child. I do believe you might have 1-2 Priests and possibly 1-2 religious Sisters in your bunch. God Bless y'all.
2018-04-29 15:52:07
I know, I realized that as I was uploading some of the pictures to the post and probably should have taken the time to go back and edit them like I've done in the past. I'll probably fix that soon. In the meantime I guess you all get a peek at their names. Happy Easter to you too!
2018-04-29 16:06:38
Thank you, Joy! Please keep our family in your prayers. God bless you too!
2018-04-29 16:10:27
Thank you for sharing the Easter joy, as evidenced in your children's faces upon receiving such well considered devotional gifts! Just shaking my head…I don't know how you do it, but I'm forever grateful for your inspirational 'domestic church'! God bless you all!
2018-04-30 00:53:16
Every gift inside your children's Easter baskets are just delightful! So much thought and consideration went into each basket. I so enjoyed all of their happy smiles…and their lovely springtime Easter outfits. They are growing up so quickly! Thank you so much for sharing…
2018-04-30 19:34:47
I love the looks on their faces for the next Green Ember book. We've only just discovered the series, and now read from about the middle of one chapter to about the middle of the next or my kids would never get to sleep with all the exciting cliffhanger chapter endings. I'm guessing from the looks on your kids faces that the series stays strong!😉 Thank you for sharing!
2018-05-01 16:05:50
Thank You for this post concerning the children's Easter baskets. I love to see the selections for each child. I have written down some of the books. I recently purchased "The Hedge School" . My twin sister has started to read the book. We enjoy reading young adult books at times. I look forward to your interesting posts. God Bless you and yours. Marilyn
2018-05-01 18:05:51
The Easter baskets are put together so nicely. Every child receives gifts that are appropriate to them and their names. Everything you purchase is so lovely. Joan
2018-05-01 18:09:16
All of the gifts are things that I am interested in. Many of your selection of books I have purchased or intend to. I like the way you match with the holiday and the names of the children. The Lisieux nail polish is something I am very interested in. Victoria Magazine has a many issues focused on England. The children are so beautiful. Marion
2018-05-01 18:14:59
Wonderful Easter Baskets! Blessings to all and Precious little one is getting so Big!✝❤
2018-05-01 18:40:20
The gifts are so thoughtful and lovely. Would you mind sharing where you purchased the baskets and monogrammed liners? Thanks!
2018-05-04 03:30:11
I stumbled upon this post to get ideas for Easter 2019. What was your opinion of the Ferdinand movie? I’ve seen some previews and read reviews that are concerning. My son has been begging to see it, but the sexual innuendos worry me. Thanks for your input.
2019-03-15 20:17:25
After getting your comment I went and read some reviews… There is much more junk squeezed into it than I realized!! We took our family to see it when it was at the theatre and the majority of it went right over our heads. So frustrating that they add that to kids' movies (or any movie for that matter)… It's not one that we watch very frequently, but we do still have it in our collection.
2019-03-28 22:09:46
So sorry I missed responding to your question last year! Most of our baskets and all of the liners are from Pottery Barn Kids.
2019-03-28 22:10:25