Easter on the Cheep

Some kind of calendar anomaly occurred this year that caused Easter to fall the day after my son's second birthday. This meant I wanted to keep the Easter basket simple and more importantly, cheap (see I do know how to spell it, I just liked the play on words for the title).
Last year I decided that a precious little Easter basket was not going to withstand the crushing hands of a toddler and would probably be reduce to bits that would surely be the size of a choking hazard within minutes. I saw the decorated buckets for only $1.00, but my cheapness kicked in. I realized I have extra 5 quart buckets and the pounds on my thighs to show what happened to the contents. I also had stickers left over from the Easter egg coloring kit. Watch out Martha- I can put stickers on a bucket, I've never seen anyone on your show do that.

Here's how to keep the Easter basket under $12.00

• Bucket-free 
• Sticker book $4.00
• Books, side walk chalk and car $1.00/ each from the dollar section at Target
• Bunny Pops from a fundraiser for my niece $1.25 each
• Some candies inside the eggs, which I already had.