Celebrate Easter — it’s Sunday, March 23! — with a sweet basket of edible goodies and little toys that will surprise your children and give the whole family some fun. Whether you create the basket yourself or buy one from the pros, Easter just isn’t the same without the seasonal basket left by the Easter Bunny. Cherry Moon Farms wins the prize for biggest and best variety of fully assembled gift baskets, such as the Hoppy Easter Basket ($39.98, pictured). Select from cookies, dipped berries, nuts, fruits or a combo of any of the above. When I was growing up, See’s Candies ruled every holiday, with its hand-decorated chocolate cream Easter eggs being everyone’s favorite — and we weren’t even religious, unless you consider chocolate worship a form of devotion. Check out the See’s home page to begin your hunt for fabulous holiday sweets. Of course, you may look forward to doing the basket yourself each year, in which case the people at Williams Sonoma have some advice, as does a web site called Robin’s FYI. If all you need is a nice empty basket and no advice, visit Peterboro Basket for an impressive selection. As for candy to put inside of it, you’ll find everything you could possibly want at Candy Warehouse’s Easter page. Add some toys for the occasion, and you’re done. Almost. Don’t forget to show the kids how to decorate real eggs. It’s a fun activity that let’s them create and participate in Easter. As always, Martha Stewart has several DIY pages on just the subject. Shopperati wishes you a wonderful Easter Sunday.




















