We have always gone to our in-laws for Easter. My husband and I were the only ones who had children and everyone made a big deal about Easter for our kids, as in a new basket every year from every aunt and unce (looked like Christmas). My SIL now has a baby and this will be our first year getting her something. I just realized that I have never bought my other niece (my brothers dd) a gift for Easter. Do you guys get your nieces and nephews gifts/baskets for Easter?
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I don't even give my own kids gifts. They get an Easter basket with some candy, but that's it. And I reuse the basket every year. When I grew up, my family and none of my friends got gifts for any holiday except birthday and Christmas.
We don't buy specifically for the nieces & nephews. But we do an Easter egg hunt with candy filled eggs and coloring books, juices, just little things each person can pick up as they are looking for eggs. My SIL and myself do the items together so it is not just one of us. The kids love it and have a great time. We don't go extravagant just little items we pick up on sale. You could do something like that but buying presents for everyone can get expensive. They should expect it either. Good luck.
No way. Frankly, I think this whole Easter-as-another-Christmas holiday (i.e., gratuitous materialism) has become absurd.
What? No! Really...another gift giving occasion?
The Easter Bunny brings our kids baskets with mostly a few cheap spring toys (kites, bubbles, beach balls) and some candy, maybe a book or iTunes card for the older kids instead of toys. My parents will get them some little sweet treats as well but a whole basket? Kind of overkill IMO. Well-intentioned overkill but overkill nonetheless.
I would get your SIL's baby a board book or cute spring accessory (sun hat or something) and encourage the others to NOT go overboard for your kids. For us, the day is really about the religious aspect of the holiday and the baskets are just a small detail. Sounds like your in-laws are sweet but may have to be gently reigned in a bit.
No, I have never heard of giving family members gifts for Easter. We just get our kids Easter baskets. They have some small toys (bubbles, coloring book, stickers, small stuffed animal or ball) and mostly candy. We don't give them any big gifts or anything besides that. We don't get anyone else a gift and no aunts/uncles/grandparents give our kids gifts on Easter.
No. I give my niece and nephew gifts for Yule and their birthdays. I do an Ostara basket for my daughter.
I plan to buy my baby nephew (who we will see at Easter) a little something, but we do not go overboard for Easter. DD will likely get a book, a necklace, some candy and another toy from "the Easter bunny". My sister usually gets DD a little something, like a coloring book or other small gift. On DH's side, we've never gotten anything for the niece/nephews.
If we visit them, I will make goody bags of candy and include $5 gift cards. My nieces and nephews are in their late teens so baskets are not required. If we do not visit, I will send an Easter card for the family, no goody bags.
No. We cannot afford to do that. I suppose if I could I might...but they get/have everything anyway, so I don't feel too motivated to buy more STUFF.
We give them gifts for Christmas and their birthdays.
Do what works for you guys... :)
I have three kids. One of my brothers has 2 girls (2 and 7) and my other three brothers do not have any kids. I have always given my nieces VERY small baskets with a couple of dollar store coloring books and some hair things. Plus, we host an Easter breakfast at our house and egg finding. It's cute because all of my brothers come out and hide all the eggs and then the kids go out and find them.
I never really thought about the fact that my one brother has never got anything for my kids. That is kind of rude since I always get his kids something, but *shrug* that's okay.
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Yes we do, but last year I started making it simpler. I just buy a small amount of candy and attached a Target gift card for $5.
My sister and I always make a basket for each others kids. We have a very close relationship with eachother and with our kids, that it almost feels like we are second moms to each others kids. We try to do a theme each year for the baskets we make. (we also do themes for the baskets from the bunny- and we always make our bunny baskets instead of buying the premade ones- we only do baskets from the bunny for our own kids and then seperate Aunt baskets for the neice/nephews). This year we are doing a video game theme for eachothers kids. We never spend over 20 bucks a kid (she has a son and daughter, I have a son) and we just got lucky with finding xbox games on clearance that our kids would like. I found 3 games (one for each of them) and spent 30 bucks. I bought some see's suckers and an angry bird pencil topper for each kid and was done. My sister also got lucky and found a ds game for my son that was on sale for 10 bucks. We also do a huge Easter celebration with family and friends (usually about 50 people with about 20 kids) including the Easter Egg hunt (with stuffed eggs), Kids Fear Factor, Raw Egg Toss, Bubble Blowing Contest. Last year our Aunt baskets were boardgame themes, the year before was zu-zu pets. We do small gift baskets for the kids for almost every holiday- Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving (we make a card that says I'm thankful you are my nephew/niece because you... fill in the blank and get a small 5-10 buck present that matches the card. Ex. my niece last year, I'm thankful you are my niece because you use your imagination and creativity to help me think outside the box and I got her a craft kit. My nephew last year: I'm thankful you are my nephew because you try to make the world a better place- he's very green. and I got him a solar robot kit.) Hopes this helps!
I usually buy little goody bags and fill them with jelly beans and either a small toy or book. It's also what my SILs do too.
My SILs and I each contribute to things to fill eggs with so we can do an Easter egg hunt. Things like candy and small toys & stickers go in them.
We don't buy for anyone except our own kids. We spend Easter at my MIL's house. My SIL and family lives there as well. Her kids were all born before mine, but we never bought for them.
There's still a few weeks before Easter. Maybe now's the time to call the aunts and uncles and discuss what you want to do - something you'll all be ok with. You probably don't really want to turn this into another Christmas with the kids having crazy expectations.
Just a thought!
My SIL still makes a basket for mine, and he's 9! I usually give our nieces something--money in a card or candy in a small basket-y thing!
Then there's the whole flower trading thingamabob--flowers for ALL the girls!
If we're all going to be together in person, then yes. Not much, but a small basket or fun Easter gift bag. If we're not going to see them, we usually send a card with a sheet of stickers or something.
Yes, we buy our nephews a small something for almost every holiday.
Yes!!! Of course we all live very close to each other.
Sometimes, i would fill the eggs.. Or give a stuffed animal..
And always a book for each..
I also held the Easter egg hunt, when we all got together at my moms for Easter lunch.
Obviously the kids are all young. When we did do things like this it was always, only small trinkets. baskets from the dollar store with the kind of small gifts you'll toss in the trash one day. But it sounds like this niece is a baby - so maybe some hair bows, a pair or ruffle socks, a cute bib... when our family had pre-schoolers and gradeschool kids neice & nephews Easter Baskets consisted of a giftbag or dollar store basket with bubbles, rubber bouncey balls, pencils, and other very low cost stuff.
We do little Easter gift bags for all of the kids.
$20/kid with little trinkets and candy to entertain them for the day.
