A baby’s first Easter only happens once, and it has a way of sneaking up on you. One minute you’re admiring a newborn, the next everyone’s asking what you’re bringing on Easter Sunday. Chocolate is off the menu, novelty bunny outfits get worn once, and most Easter aisles simply aren’t built for someone who’s a few months old. So what do you actually give?
The honest answer: something the family keeps. Here’s how to put together a first Easter gift that still means something when the child is old enough to ask about it.
Why a First Easter Gift Should Outlast the Egg Hunt
Babies don’t remember their first Easter — but their parents do, and photos and keepsakes do the remembering for everyone. That’s why a gift box beats a basket of seasonal bits. Instead of one big novelty item, you’re giving a small collection: something soft, something useful, something to play with, something to keep. Each piece earns its place, and together they tell the story of that spring.
If you’re weighing up formats, our guide to the difference between a baby gift box and a baby hamper explains why a curated box tends to win for milestone occasions.
What to Put in a Baby’s First Easter Gift Box
You don’t need dozens of items — you need the right four or five. A good mix looks like this:
- Something to cuddle. A teddy or a muslin comforter becomes the companion in every Easter photo from now on. Ours live in the Snuggle Squad range.
- Something practical. Dummy clips, a feeding set or a hooded towel from Tiny Tot Essentials — the pieces parents reach for every single day.
- Something to play with. A wooden toy like Pick A Stick, from our Keep Me Busy range, grows with the baby instead of being outgrown by summer.
- Something to keep. A wooden wind-up music box from Memory & Melody is the piece that ends up on a shelf for years — the closest thing to a first Easter heirloom.
If a lullaby keepsake appeals, have a look at the wooden baby music box with a teddy — wind it up once and you’ll see why it’s a favourite.
Make It Personal: Engraving and Colour Choices
What separates a lovely gift from a treasured one is usually a name. Wooden items in our boxes can be engraved — the baby’s name, “First Easter”, a date — and you can choose colours for each item so everything sits together beautifully. It takes a couple of extra minutes and completely changes how the gift lands. A generic present says “I picked something up”; an engraved one says “this was made for you”.
How the Build-Your-Own Box Works
At Ohhh Baby you can build your own baby gift box in a few minutes. Pick a size — Small at £32, Medium at £57 or Large at £80.50 — then fill it from the categories above, choosing colours and engraving as you go. Every box arrives in a crib-shaped keepsake box in pink, blue or neutral, which parents genuinely hold on to for storing first-year treasures long after Easter.
Standard UK delivery is £4.95 and takes 3–4 days, next-day is £9.99, and orders over £80 ship free — worth knowing if Easter Sunday is closing in fast.
Making the Day Itself Special
The gift is one part of it; the morning is the rest. Once the box is sorted, our post on creating magical family memories on baby’s first Easter has simple ideas for photos, traditions and making the day feel like an occasion without overdoing it.
First Easters are short. The chocolate gets eaten, the outfit gets outgrown — but a crib-shaped box with an engraved music box inside stays on the shelf, ready to be wound up every spring. That’s the kind of gift worth giving.