Pretty Easter baskets can be created from decorative items and candy available at area shops.

 

Dollar Tree has all the fixings to create cute Easter baskets: buckets, baskets and pails with shovels, colored Easter grass, hinged eggs ready to be filled, egg decorating kits, chocolate bunnies, Peeps, jelly beans and more -- each for (duh!) $1.

Find exquisite Herend porcelain bunnies, eggs, chicks and ducks at Foster Cochran.

Easter crafts and decor (baskets, grass, plush and stuffed animals, eggs, polystone and ceramic figurines) are 50 percent off at Hobby Lobby.

Custom Easter baskets for your bunny-chasing canine are available at Just Dogs Gourmet. 

Easter baskets are Michaels are 40 percent off, with lots of shapes and styles to choose from. Easter decor and ribbon are also 40 percent off.

Walgreens has 10-ounce packages of jelly beans and single- to five-pack Peeps at two for $1. There are also Cadbury Mini Eggs, Reese's peanut butter cups, and Hershey's kisses (8 to 10 ounces) on sale for two for $4 with an in-store coupon. Paas egg coloring kits are 99 cents. Russell Stover chocolate bunnies (3 or 7 ounces) are two for $5. Plush bunny ears are $3.99.