5 Easter basket gift ideas for teens

With these five Easter gift basket ideas, a parent can make sure that their teenager will still enjoy celebrating Easter.

One of the saddest parts of watching one's children grow up is seeing them grow weary of things like Easter baskets and the Tooth Fairy. While keeping a fairy who buys old teeth around might be difficult, it may still be possible to keep teens excited on Easter morning.

Since focusing on Easter gifts for teens is all about making sure they don't feel like a child, it's never a bad idea to replace the traditional colourful basket and Easter straw with something a little more grown up.

• This replacement can be a personalized metal bucket, canvas storage bin or a nice-looking tote bag. Get creative.
• Make sure this alternative "basket" matches the teen's taste or their room's decor style, then fill it up with grown-up versions of chocolate eggs and candy bars.

If there's one thing that most teenagers are interested in, it's music.

• Sure, their tastes can vary immensely, but regardless of specific tastes, you can still get your teenager excited with a music gift card.

What teenager doesn't enjoy going to see a new movie or their favourite band in concert? It's understandable that teenagers won't get as excited about candy eggs anymore, but how could they contain their excitement about a night out with friends at an upcoming event?

• There are an abundance of websites that offer movie and event tickets, and if a sold-out event is coming up that they'd be particularly grateful to see, you can always check online classifieds.

There's hardly a store or business out there now that doesn't offer gift cards.

• You can likely find gift cards to your teen's favourite clothing store, restaurant, movie theatre and a host of other retailers.
• Gift cards are as good as cash, but they're far more personal.

The aforementioned gifts are good for all teens, but never forget that certain gifts are especially for on boys or girls.

• Your teenage boy, for instance, might enjoy a bottle of cologne, a graphic T-shirt or an item from his favourite sports teams.
• Girls, on the other hand, might appreciate a nice bottle of perfume, a beautiful piece of jewelry or even an item from their favourite line of makeup.

Teenagers are at the age where they'll be growing out of their childhood whimsy quickly, or they'll at least pretend to be doing so.

• Fortunately, parents can hang on to that special Easter spirit for just a while longer by simply thinking outside of the box!