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How To Make A DIY Rain Boot Easter Gift Baskets

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What better way to celebrate spring than with an Easter basket made with rain boots? This post is sponsored by Lone Cone.

If you want to do something a little different for Easter this year, why not gather up some fun toys and spring-related items to display in a pair of rain boots?

Kids seem to need a new pair of boots every year, and these Lone Cone rain boots (which you can buy on Amazon in solids and adorable prints) are both cure and super durable. They’re available in sizes for kids roughly ages 3 to 7.

For my rain boot Easter basket I hit the craft store and a discount store for supplies. Here’s what I ended up with:

I also grabbed a set of battery-powered LED Easter lights and a spring flower wreath to decorate the boots, though of course that’s totally optional.

Putting together a rain boot Easter basket is totally simple; just put the items in the legs of the boots and you’re all set.

When I added the lights I stuck the battery pack into the bottom of the boot first, then wound the lights around the boots for extra cuteness. The wreath worked well to cover up some of the goodies inside.

You can do this instead of or in addition to a regular Easter basket for the candy. But wouldn’t an egg hunt be extra cute with all the kids hanging onto a boot?

Other items you might consider for your spring-themed Easter basket are:

  • Pinwheels
  • Butterfly or fairy wings
  • Items for a fairy garden
  • Seeds for the garden
  • Umbrella
  • Small outdoor game or foldable Frisbee

If you choose patterned boots from Lone Cone you can match the theme of the basket to the theme of the boots, such as dinosaurs, unicorns, sharks or space. And when the holiday is over your kid has a cute pair of boots to muck about in.

Check out the video for more on how this rain boot Easter basket came together.

How would you fill rain boots for an Easter basket?’

Thanks to Lone Cone for sponsoring this post!

 

 

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Easy Outdoor Games to Play with Kids

After talking about the pirate themed chalk obstacle course the other day, I got to thinking about other easy, low prep games and activities you can do with kids outside. A lot of these are ideas I found on Pinterest that don’t link to blogs anymore if they ever did, but often that’s all the detail you need to figure out what’s going on. 

First, a couple from blogs that are still alive. If you have a lot of trees in your yard or in your park, you probably also have a lot of sticks, so you can pretty easily do this stick maze activity from Mother Natured. Build the maze yourself or have one child build if for another. Either way it’s lots of fun and you can keep it built to use as a labyrinth or for pretend play. 

If it’s hot where you live you might want outdoor activities that involve water like this fill the bucket relay game. The only thing you might not have at home is giant sponges, but this is still pretty low prep, inexpensive and lots of fun if you have two or more kids to play. Check out how to do it from The Resourceful Mama. And check out my post all about ice and water sensory activities for more ideas to beat the heat. 

Make some x’s and o’s or use something you already have to be your game pieces (you can also just draw them on paper plates for a super fast version) and make a large tic tac toe board on the sidewalk. The bonus of reusable game pieces is kids can play with the same grid over and over, which is great if you don’t have a ton of space. 

I also love the idea of drawing a big bullseye on the sidewalk or driveway and using beanbags or sponges to try to hit the target. If you have hula hoops you can also set them in a grassy area and have kids try to hit them. 

Check out more fun outdoor games for kids from The Printable Princess. These are more for big groups of kids, but if you’ve got a classroom full these are good ones to have on hand for getting some energy out. 

Do you have favorite outdoor games for kids to play when it’s hot? I’d love to hear about them!