Vintage Easter Basket Alternatives

Hi everyone! With Easter sneaking up on us rather quickly, I thought I’d offer up some fun, vintage alternatives to the typical Easter basket. I really had fun poking around my cupboards and my Blog Shop inventory to find cute pieces that could hold some Easter grass and some chocolate. It didn’t take too long before I had amassed quite a collection. Today I’ll be showing you the eight ideas that I liked the best.

Vintage Easter Basket Alternatives adirondackgirlatheart.comWhat gal wouldn’t fall in love with a teacup Easter basket? Especially this stunning Mason’s red transferware, for a sweet girlfriend or perhaps your mother. [Sometimes I have transferware available in my Vintage Shop under “Farmhouse.”]

Red Transferware

Adams Red Transferwere cup and saucer with easter candyI tucked some Spanish moss in the cup and piled candy eggs in the center.

Ironstone Pudding Mold

Ironstone jelly mold turned Easter basketHow about using a piece of ironstone to hold your Easter candy, like this antique pudding mold.

Easter eggs in ironstone jelly moldMore Spanish moss and some pastel chocolate eggs.

Vintage transferware bowl with nestIf you’re fresh out of cups and saucers or ironstone, perhaps you have a pretty bowl you could fill with Easter grass and some candy? I filled this antique Wm Grindley transferware bowl with taupe filler, a faux bird’s nest, and some blue chocolate eggs.

Aged Terracotta

Terra cotta pot turned Easter basketNothing says “spring” louder than terracotta. This aged pot looks darling filled with treats. These would enhance an Easter breakfast table with one sitting on each plate.

Antique Apothecary Jar

Apothecary jar with easter eggsIf you’re at all like me, then you have a few dozens of antique and vintage apothecary jars, like this one you see here that I use for candy bars at special events. Why not fill one with some Easter grass and candy? Boom. You’re done.

Vintage Trophy

Vintage Trophy as Easter BasketWith the current popularity of silver trophies, I bet you have one or more tucked away that could serve as an Easter basket, right?

side view of trophies as Easter basketsAnd the more the merrier when it comes to trophies, right?

Vintage Wooden Bowl

Dough Bowl with Easter Eggs
Perhaps you require a larger Easter basket? If this is the case, then maybe a wooden dough bowl will work for you.

Vintage Dough Bowl with Glittery Easter eggs
I filled mine with more taupe filler and some fancy, glittery eggs.

Vintage Enamelware Colander

Vintage Colander with Glittery Easter Eggs
One size down from my dough bowl would be this vintage enamelware colander. Using the light-colored grass allows the design on the sides to show through. [Sometimes I have enamelware available in my Vintage Shop under “Farmhouse.”]

Vintage Tin

Tetley Tea Tin turned Easter Basket
Last but not least, you might want to use an old tin, like my Tetley Tea Bag tin, in lieu of the traditional Easter basket.

Tetley Tea Tin turned Easter BasketI’ve filled it with green grass and cute-as-the-dickens foil-wrapped chocolate carrots.

Vintage Easter Basket

Vintage Easter Basket
But if you’re determined to go with the more traditional form of Easter basket, perhaps you can shake things up this year by using a vintage one, like you see here (c.1930-40). Whichever route you decide to go when celebrating Easter this year, I hope and pray your day filled with many blessings.

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  1. Great ideas for Easter basket alternatives. My favourite of course is the red transferware tea cup!

  2. Love them all Diana! The little nests are all so nice, my favourite is the one in the antique jelly mold, and that bunny beside it is adorable! Happy Spring!

  3. Hi Diana – Love all of these ideas! Visiting as a fellow contributor to #DIYMySpring. Hope your week is full of sunshine! Hugs, Holly

  4. Love all of your alternatives, Diana but the teacup and tea tin are my favs!

  5. All great ideas, but my faves are the apothecary jar and the colander! I think I might have to steal that one as I have some thrifted metal colanders sitting around waiting for something to do! xo Kathleen

  6. Let me just say, anything in an old teacup, crock or tin is a winner in my book. Very cute ideas!

  7. such cute, mini ideas. I find the miniatures to simply be too much fun. Lots of great combinations shown here, Thanks for the ideas, Sandi

  8. What adorable ideas! I have given and used the same basket and bucket ideas for far too long. I will be looking with a whole new perspective…thank you!! 😉

  9. What a lovely assortment of unique ideas! My favourite is the eggs in the colander. Who creative and clever!

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  12. I love all your fun ideas.

    I am purging and letting go of things. I have a beautiful cut glass salad bowl that I love, but never use. I had decided to use it as my daughter’s Easter basket. But, I also love the colander idea so she might get a second Easter basket this year.

    thanks for sharing at SYC.

  13. You must be reading my mind or vice versa. As I’ve been decorating for our next tag sale, I keep seeing everything as a potential Easter basket. Thanks for sharing the inspiration Diana. Featured at Be Inspired this morning!

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  15. Love all these ideas!!! I actually wrote a blog post last year for Schuyler Pond on their alternative Easter basket ideas!

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  20. What a great bunch of ideas. I guess anything that is a container can be an Easter basket! I have a metal red truck from Hobby Lobby that I fill with Easter eggs, bbtrees at Christmas, etc. I love making “birds” nests” with a twist of Spanish moss and adding eggs. But my fave birds’ nests are made of chocolate melts, chow mein noodles and jelly beans!!!!

    1. Glad you liked my ideas Kathy, and yes, just about anything that holds things could make a basket, but some sure are cuter than others! Now you have me hankering for some chocolate nests 🙂

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