What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist

podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to

rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take

back your motherhood

and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show.

Easter is going to be here really soon, and with any major holiday, this is an opportunity for

our homes to load up with junkie, random, teeny tiny plastic toys.

And the reality is most of these gifts are just destined for a trip to a landfill.

So I've rounded up some clutter-free Easter basket ideas for you.

I hope you enjoy them.

And I think I want to share that for me, the same gift-giving concepts apply here as they do

for any other holiday, whether it be Christmas, birthdays. So let's just start with the basics.

I think consumables are one of the best gifts for kids and adults alike. So consumables are things

that get used up over time. And the disclaimer is they should be based on the gift

receiver's interest or they won't get used and then they won't be consumable. So before you just

run with some of these ideas, I'm going to be sharing with you. I'm going to be giving you a ton.

Try to at least, you know, make your decision based on the kids'

interests that you're buying it for. All right. So Easter basket ideas, coloring books,

Play-Doh, art supplies like paint, markers, crayons, colored pencils, a journal or a blank

notebook. This is so interesting and kind of funny because my husband travels a lot for work.

He goes to tons of

seminars and what happens at basically any seminar you go to? You get a swag bag. This is like my most

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