One of the greatest highlights of Easter Sunday is finally seeing your nieces' and nephews' faces light up when they unravel their baskets from the ever-elusive Easter Bunny. Here are a few fresh tips to how to tailor this year’s basket to their little hearts’ desire.

Baked from the Heart: Chuck the generic candies and chocolates of Easters past. Try mixing it up this year by baking up some sweet treats of your own to line the walls of the basket. Kelloggs’ Hidden Surprise Easter Egg Treats are a perfect remedy to replace the boring peeps from previous years—they’ve even got M&M’s inside!

Outside of the Basket: Replace your old-fashioned Easter Basket with another large toy that can fit secret surprises—like a toy truck, or these adorable All-Nighter Backpacks from The Land of Nod.

Book of Love: Making a scrapbook like this one, of all the QualAuntie time you have spent together is sure to make your nieces and nephews feel special.

Savvy Swag:  Make sure your nieces and nephews are up on all of the latest trends. For younger readers, stock their baskets with these Savvy Spring Reads. And for our tweens and teens, make sure to catch them up on the Hunger Games series before the movies hit theaters. If they are popcorn junkies, fill up their baskets with pre-paid vouchers and offer to take them to a movie of their choice. One great, family-friendly Easter movie-going option: Hop, starring James Marsden and Russell Brand is in theaters now.

Published April 22, 2011