Easter baskets are the perfect place for kids to stash their goodies during an Easter egg hunt - and these are the cutest ones you'll find.
An Easter basket, a bit like the best Easter hampers, is a Stateside tradition that has grown in popularity on this side of the pond in recent years to help celebrate Easter. Traditionally filled with Easter eggs for kids (and even small Easter gifts for kids and Easter games given to loved ones, an Easter basket also doubles as the perfect place for kids to keep the chocolate they find during an egg hunt. As Easter marks the end of Lent, an Easter basket may be a particularly welcome sight if you've resisted chocolate or other treats for the preceding 40 days!
This year, Easter Sunday takes place on 9 April 2023. From Easter decorations to vegan Easter eggs, there are lots of ways to make Easter feel special without spending a fortune. From simple baskets to more elaborate, personalised options that would make a lovely keepsake gift, we've found the best Easter baskets money can buy, whatever your budget. All that's left for you to do is plan an egg hunt and choose which Easter eggs to pop in the basket...
The best Easter baskets 2023
1. John Lewis Felt Chick Basket (Pack of 2)
Top of our list of the best Easter basket for 2023 is this adorable felt Easter chick basket. You get two for £8, which is a steal, and they're the perfect size for both filling with Easter gifts and taking on an egg hunt. A very cute bunny version is also available at John Lewis.
2. Jute Burlap Gift Bags with Drawstring
If you'd rather keep Easter simple, how about these cute little Easter bags? Hand printed and made with high-quality food-grade, eco-friendly linen material, they're just the right size for a toddler-friendly egg hunt.
3. Easter bunny basket bag
If you're looking for an Easter gift for a special little bunny, this cute basket bag is the perfect pressie. Pop an Easter egg inside or take it on an egg hunt and when Easter is over for another year, it'll look lovely in a little one's bedroom.
4. Personalised Easter Basket
If you want to mark a little one's first Easter with a keepsake gift, this traditional Easter basket is perfect. It comes with a personalised plaque as well as a sweet little decorative wooden rabbit. Precious. You could even add a personalised Easter egg.
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5. Etsy Easter Buckets
If you like the idea of a personalised Easter basket but don't want to spent a lot, go for these charming personalised Easter. Little eyes will light up at the sight of these filled with chocolate on Easter morning, and they're robust enough to withstand even the most energetic Easter egg hunt.
6. Personalized Easter Bunny Bag
Here's another personalised Easter basket option that won't break the bank. A lovely gift for baby's first Easter, these are also perfect for storing hair accessories or other trinkets until next year's egg hunt!
7. Long Ear Bunny Fur Baskets
We included this adorable bunny basket in our roundup of the best Easter baskets on the strength of the reviews. Here's what one happy customer had to say: 'I received the Easter bunny basket this morning and it’s absolutely gorgeous! It’s a good size, so plenty of Easter treats will go in it. It’s so soft. I love it!'
8. Bunny Basket
Bunny baskets are multipyling around here like... bunnies! This one isn't cheap but it found its way onto our best Easter baskets list (and into our hearts) because of its embroidered face and cute little pom-pom tail. We particularly like the sturdy handle - there's nothing worse than your Easter basket falling apart in the middle of your egg hunt - but our favourite feature is the gingham lining which you tie to form the bunny's floppy ears. Aww.
9. Crochet Bunny Basket
One of these crocheted bunny basket is bound to be treasured by any little person lucky enough to receive it as an Easter basket. Embroidered with a rabbit's face and featuring cute crocheted flopsy ears and fun facial expressions, we think it would make a lovely keepsake gift for a little one's first Easter.
10. John Lewis Wicker Bunny Basket
It's hard to beat this bunny basket when it comes to style. Made from natural wicker with robust, upright ears, it's our pick of one of the best Easter baskets you can buy and re-use year in, year out.
11. Easter Small Woven Treat Basket - Yellow
Speaking of budgets, this little Easter basket is as cheap as chips but priceless when it comes to the cute factor. Factor in price-per-use and the fact that it will probably need replacing - unlike some of its pricier companions - but for affordable Easter fun, this basket wins.
12. Easter Flower Basket
Still within budget and with a springtime theme - because it's not all bunnies and chicks! Kids will love this cute floral basket, and we reckon it's versatile enough to use for other occasions too.
13. Large Bamboo Basket
Sticking with affordability, we love the colours of this purse-friendly bamboo basket. It will add wow factor to a stash left by the Easter bunny but it'll also hold plenty of chocolate treasure on an egg hunt. Plus we can imagine little ones getting hours of play from it afterwards - teddy bear's picnic, anyone?
14. Happy Easter Egg Hunt Bags
These colourful bags made it straight onto our best Easter baskets roundup because you get six in a pack! So they're perfect if you're hosting an egg hunt or if you plan to spoil more than one child at Easter. They're made from high-quality non-woven fabric and will look fabulous filled with treats from the Easter bunny.
15. Colour Your Own Easter Bag
This is a cute idea if you're hoping for an Easter lie-on or hopping in the car to visit friends and family. It comes with five felt-tipped pens and this review convinced us that it's one of this year's best Easter basket options: 'I bought these for Easter prizes for my class. They were lovely. The children really liked them and it was better than giving them an Easter egg! Cheaper too.'
16. Truly Bunny Bunny Bag
I can't help but wonder whether certain little bunnies might be hopping around on Easter Sunday filling these cute little bunny bags with eggs by Royal appointment? Definitely Easter baskets fit for any prince or princess.
17. Personalised Rabbit Easter Gift Bag
Just when we thought we'd found all the best Easter baskets for this year, we happened upon this snazzy little personalised tote. We love it because it won't sit gathering dust until next year but could double as a book bag or shopping tote all year round.
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