Small Easter BasketsBaby's First Easter Basket, Amish Woven

The small Easter baskets are the three sizes a baby or a toddler can grow into: the Extra Small at 5 1/2 inches across, the Small Round at 10 1/2 inches and the Small Oval at 12 x 9. Old Order Amish families on the Iowa-Missouri border weave them by hand of rattan reed over one bent wood handle, and the weaver signs the bottom. They are the first Easter basket many families buy, with the child's name on a brass plate and a pastel liner tied in, and the same size is woven every year for the next child.

The Extra Small Easter Basket

5 1/2 inches across and 8 inches to the top of the handle: a treat basket for a toddler, a place setting at the Easter table, or the fruit bowl the rest of the year. A brass plate is optional.

The Small Round Easter Basket

10 1/2 inches across, 5 1/4 inches deep, 12 1/2 to the top of the handle: a baby's first Easter basket, and light enough for a two-year-old to carry. A plain or pastel liner and a brass plate are optional on its page.

The Small Oval Easter Basket

12 x 9 inches, 5 1/4 deep, 13 to the top of the handle: the same depth as the Small Round with a little more length for a book or a stuffed animal laid flat. Liner and plate optional.

When to go up a size

For a child of five or six, the Medium Round and Medium Oval are 6 1/4 inches deep, an inch more all around. Every size stays the same year after year, so a younger child can have the same size as an older one.

What comes with it

The basket, the weaver's signature and the family's letter. The liner is optional on the Small Round and Small Oval in cream, wine, blue or green, or pastel pink, purple, yellow or emerald, tied in with two bonnet ties and washed cold. Plain, Wine & Blue or Wine & Green trim on every basket. Free shipping, a free gift note from the cart page, our lifetime guarantee and no-questions returns.