Making tween Easter baskets can get a little challenging at times. Gone are the days of stuffing plastic eggs with jelly beans and calling it a day. Your tween has opinions now. Easter baskets for the 9-13 crowd require a little more thought (and a lot less pastel fluff). Here is what I rounded up this year for my 9 and 12 year old daughters’ baskets!

Personal Care Items for tween Easter Baskets:

Since I have two girls, I like to start with the self-care stuff. So I got both of my girls some spa headband sets and scrunchies from the RollerRabbitxTarget collection. If when you are shopping, these are out of stock, I also love this set or these scrunchies. Then I tossed in these face masks, as well as some tween-sized press-on nails. Then I added these festive, Easter-themed eye masks and foot masks. And of course, I had to toss in this cute lip gloss that has little charms hanging from it.

Toys and stuffies that are still tween appropriate:

My girls still adore a stuffed animal. So I got them these small Jellycat turtles, little bunnies, and then couldn’t resist these scrunched-up bunnies. Along the lines of small toys, I tossed in a Spring Miniverse and a Strawberry Shortcake LOL doll. They don’t play with LOL dolls anymore sadly, but it was pure nostalgia to me to see Strawberry Shortcake. My girls both still love blind bag toys and the element of surprise. So they got these Easter themed blind box stuffies and this cute blind box capybara. I also got each girl a paint-your-own magnet set for a festive craft.

Candy items for your tween Easter basket:

Next up, I tossed in some gum, M&Ms, bottle pop candy, candy bar, push pop, Peeps, and chocolate bunny. While they’re Easter baskets are a couple of years old, this one is the exact same size and shape and it holds a shit ton of items!

Egg Fillers for Tween Easter Baskets:

Part of the fun for our girls is that when they wake up on Easter morning, there is a trail of plastic Easter eggs leading from their room to their baskets. We never did this when I was a kid, so I can’t even tell you how the idea came to me. Maybe just to have an excuse to fill eggs with tiny shit? Anyhow, this year I filled their eggs with a variety of small trinkets, candy, cash, and lottery tickets.

I bought this bag and this bag of mixed candy, as well as some kinder eggs, Cadbury eggs, and ring pops. I found the cutest blind bags that have tiny glow-in-the-dark animals in them. And then I found some slow-rising capybara squishies, light-up chicks, and fidget jelly squares. The last tiny thing I found for smaller plastic eggs were these plastic turtles.

My late mother-in-law always used to give my husband and sister-in-law lottery tickets for Easter. So we continue that tradition as well as putting some dollar bills in a few eggs.

Your tween may roll their eyes at the basket, act way too cool for it, and then immediately claim every single item like it’s a competitive sport. So go ahead and lean into the fun, mix a little silly with a little trendy, and remember: one day they’ll outgrow this! But today, they still want the goodies (they just won’t admit it). Happy Easter basket building! I’ve rounded up all of my Easter basket ideas, decor, etc. on my LTK shop here! If you want to see previous year’s baskets, read here and here. For tons of non-candy egg fillers, read here. And here is a blog on how I decorate for Easter. As always, thanks for stopping by!