If you’re organizing an Easter egg hunt for the kids (or an ironic after-church party for the adults!) then you might want to gift something a little more elaborate than jellybeans and painted eggs. Every year, LEGO releases holiday-appropriate sets that are accessible across all ages, and these sets are great gifts at a family get-together.
The cool thing about LEGO is the universal appeal of the System: the guiding ethos that all of its bricks, rods, and pins – across multiple decades and generations – can fit together. So while your kid is sure to love LEGO, your grandfather just might love LEGO too. It’s rare that a group activity can bring a family together like LEGO can.
LEGO Easter Basket Gift Ideas
To celebrate the arrival of April showers and May flowers, here are a few LEGO Easter Basket gift ideas.
Love Birds
LEGO Love Birds
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- Set: #21365
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 750
- Dimensions: 8.5 inches high, 12 inches wide, 6.5 inches deep
- Price: $49.99
Spring is the season of love. And this miniature tree, with two lovebirds side-by-side, is a great way to show you care. LEGO sets are wonderful couples projects that two people can build together.
Daisies
LEGO Daisies
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- Set: #11508
- Age Range: 9+
- Piece Count: 133
- Dimensions: 7.5 inches high
- Price: $14.99
The LEGO Botanicals make wonderful seasonal gifts, because they can stick around after the holidays are over and still beautify a room. These LEGO Daisies are pretty-looking and inexpensive – only $15 for a fantastic aesthetic effect.
Sunflower Bouquet
LEGO Sunflower Bouquet
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- Set: #11502
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 686
- Dimensions: 14 inches high
- Price: $59.99
These are a little more expensive than the Daisies, but they have the detail to justify the price bump. You get six sunflowers: one bud, three blossoming, and two fully bloomed. You also get three eucalyptyus stems, which give the final bouquet some visual variety.
Cute Bunny
LEGO Cute Bunny
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- Set: #31162
- Age Range: 8+
- Piece Count: 326
- Dimensions: 7.5 inches tall
- Price: $19.99
The Cute Bunny lives up to its name; it is poseable, and it comes with a massive carrot. The Cute Bunny is also a 3-in-1 set, which means that if you ever get bored of the bunny after Easter, you can turn into either a seal or a llama.
If you’re in the mood for something a little more cartoonish, you can also check out the new LEGO Bugs Bunny model, a 605-piece set for only $40.
Spring Wreath
LEGO Spring Wreath
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- Set: #40957
- Age Range: 12+
- Piece Count: 747
- Dimensions: 1.5 inches high,, 12 inches wide
- Price: $39.99
Another ‘LEGO lifestyle’ build that incorporates the bricks into home decor, the Spring Wreath is customizable. For Easter, you can attach a bunny head and egg decorations. And then afterwards, you can remove them so the wreath is a little less ostentatious and a lot more tasteful.
Decorative Easter Egg
LEGO Decorative Easter Egg
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- Set: #40816
- Age Range: 9+
- Piece Count: 386
- Dimensions: 4 inches high, 3 inches wide, 3 inches deep
- Price: $19.99
A fun build for anyone who doesn’t want to get his or her hands dirty, you first build the egg itself. And then, you use a number of multicolored tiles to ‘paint’ the egg and stylize it however you see fit. The egg also functions as a lidded container, either for chocolate treats or the leftover LEGO tiles.
Easter Bunny and Chick Egg Hunt
LEGO Easter Bunny and Chick Egg Hunt
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- Set: #40808
- Age Range: 8+
- Piece Count: 140
- Dimensions: 5.5 inches high, 5.5 inches wide, 3.5 inches deep
- Price: $12.99
An adorable build for kids, it’s doesn’t get more thematic than this. The chick and bunny both have a rounded, cute appeal, and the Easter eggs appear to be growing on the tree. A bit trippy, but we like it – a fun little display that would look great on the corner of someone’s desk.
Easter Egg Basket
LEGO Easter Egg Basket
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- Set: #40863
- Age Range: 7+
- Piece Count: 216
- Dimensions: 7.5 inches high, 17.5 inches long, 15.5 inches wide
- Price: $14.99
This 216-piece set is only $15, and it works as an eye-catching table centerpiece. It’s a wicker basket with three painted eggs, two flowers, and a baby chick perched on its side. The basket’s handles make it easy to transport from wherever you build it to wherever you decide to display it.
Looking for more LEGO builds that make good gifts? Check out our roundups of the best LEGO sets under $25 and the best LEGO sets for kids.
Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He’s also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.
