Hi guys, welcome back to my channel and to a huge home and Easter haul. The other day,
I went to my local shopping center to get things for the boys' Easter baskets. I couldn't believe
how much adorable stuff was in the shops. I got so much to show you guys, literally from Primark,
Poundland, B&M, Dunelm's, few bits from H&M Home, Next as well. I've got quite a lot
to show you here, so I can't wait. Before I do, I did want to let you know that
today's video is a collabo with another YouTuber, Rosie Henshaw. If you haven't seen her before,
definitely check her out. She is also doing a haul, an Easter haul, she's gone to Hobbycraft
and a few other shops as well. She always finds really good things, a lot of her videos are hauls.
She goes to Poundland, B&M, all of those places. She also does really good, like ASOS hauls
and Try Ons, as well. I think you guys will really like her. She's also a mom. She's got four kids,
she makes to look really easy, to be honest. She's just got the most sunny personality. I
love her videos because they're really unedited and raw and she is just like
I love the finds. She finds really cool things in charity shops as well and she's just a lovely
lady. She's also in Essex where I live. Definitely go and check her out. I'll link her channel in the
description down below, you can see her video and tell her, I sent you. Say hi, subscribe
while you were there. All of that good stuff. With all that said, I think I will start with
the things that I got from Primark, because that is actually where I got the boys Easter baskets.
I decided to get them these Easter baskets this year. These are literally just storage baskets
from Primark. So they are like a rope storage basket. They were seven pounds each. What I liked
about them is they're a really good size, but also we can use these for the boys Easter baskets,
and then I can use them as really nice storage for my linen closet. That's the idea.
So I know they don't look like very Eastery at the moment, but I have got
things to make them a bit more exciting for the kids, some decorations and [inaudible
00:02:15] I thought it would be a really good way to repurpose them. So I got three of those.
And then also in the Primark Home Section, Primark home just in general had so many nice bits in it,
but I've really liked this wreath for Easter. It was eight pounds. It's got a Wicker frame. It's
got little bunny ears here and some flowers on it. But last year, I don't know if you guys saw,
but I made a spring wreath. I did a DIY and I have quite a few of those flowers left over. So I was
thinking I could actually add some in with a hot glue gun and really like [inaudible 00:02:52] up,
make it look a bit fuller as well. And then, I think it would just be perfect. So I also got that
in Primark and there's some bath bombs for the boys, Easter baskets. They're only a pound each
and they just had really, really cute colors. I got an avocado one and then these two little
bath bombs, my boys they still love a good old bath bomb. And the only other thing that I got
in Primark with these fluffy plants. So I don't know if you can see that,
but these were actually in quite a few of the stores. I went into Dunelm before I went to
Primark and they also had these, but they were 50 pounds each and I just couldn't justify getting
two of them because I wanted to put them on my porch on either side of the door. But in Primark,
they were 12 pounds and they a little bit smaller, but still the same effect. So I was really pleased
with them as well. So I got two of those and I'll try and show you how I'm thinking of setting up
our spring porch this year. Next up I'll show you what I got in Poundland. Poundland is always such
a good place to go for things like Easter baskets, stockings, Et Cetera. They had a really cute
little Easter arts and crafts to do for the kids. So I got them each, one of these little
paint your own sets. So you get a little clay egg cup or Easter egg, and then you get three
little paints, two painted with, and the paint brush and everything, obviously all for a pound.
So I got one of those for each of the boys' baskets. And then I also got a few
other bits for the two younger ones. I found it difficult this year because my eldest he's 11.
And I was like, "What should I put in his Easter basket that is into chocolate." So I feel like
he's growing out of these things, but they had these Easter activity books. So in them there's
pages of coloring and stuff, but there's also stickers and things to do. So I thought that would
be great on Easter itself to entertain the kids. Then I also got a couple packs of stickers here,
but they're like the foamy stickers. So they're a little bit puffy.
So I thought that could also go in their Easter baskets. And I also got some little character eggs
for decoration. There were so much stuff like this in Poundland. If you have to do an Easter bonnet,
definitely go in there because there were so many little chicks and decorations like that. So I
got this one. I also got some new little Wicker baskets from there for actually collecting eggs
on the day that we do like an Easter egg hunt. They're really sturdy. So I got three of those.
I also got some of the paper shred filler for their Easter baskets themselves. So I got them
in three different colors. I got yellow and I got blue and then I got green as well, because I was
thinking that way, hopefully we'll know whose baskets are, who on the day when they get them.
But yeah, there was a lot, they actually had baskets in there as well. So you could obviously
buy that and then fill it with this and then fill it with all the bits in there. You could
probably get everything in there that you even had chocolate. But I felt like Poundland had a
really good selection of non-chocolate items like the arts and crafts and they had little
stuffed bunnies and everything by just felt like our kids have so many stuff toys. So I
didn't get anything like that. Next up. I think I'll show you what I got in HomeSense. So I went
in there for a few little decorations and obviously we're renovating at the moment. So,
I'm not massively decorating for Easter. And to be honest, I'm not the type of person
who decorates for every single holiday. I don't really decorate for a Valentine's day or anything
like that. But Easter I do, you can get so many cute things and the kids do get really excited.
So I got this little wire watering can from HomeSense. And it's filled with Easter eggs
and I might just thought it was really cute. I can't find a price on it though. Then I also saw
this and I just thought it was really nice and plain white, but it's shiny. It also lights up.
Let me see if I can show you. And I was thinking this would be really good, because we're still
choosing all the decor we're going to have. This is really neutral. It will go with anything at the
moment. I'm going to put it on our fireplace. And it was 599. It is like porcelain sort of material.
And then I also got another plain white bunny that you can actually put a decorative egg
on. And I just thought that was really cute and that the kids would really like it as well. And
then also in HomeSense, I found more of these plants as well, but they were selling them as
individuals for 399. So I bought three more because I was thinking I could add them
to the ones that I bought from Primark and just bulk them out a little bit. So I'll see
how that goes. If I can kind of like glue them on or attach them in some way. Only other thing
that I got in HomeSense was this rug. So I was looking for spring porch inspiration on Pinterest.
And a lot of the spring porches had a rug. And then on top of the rug, they had a doormat.
So this was on sale for just four pounds. It is really quite wide and it's almost a
baby blue Chevron. So I thought that I would get that. And then that could lie on our porch
and then a doormat on top of that. And I've actually got two to choose from,
which I need your help to sliding. But that is the plans. While we talk about doormats,
I might as well show you the two that I got from Next. This is all that I got from Next,
but they have such a good selection of doormats. So this one I thought was really different,
quite eye catching. So it looks like tiles and it just says, hello. And it's almost like a wipe
clean mat. So it's not going to soak up all the dirt, like say the other one that I've got here.
Well, but I just thought that might look really, really cool on the porch. So I'm going to test
both of them out. Hopefully I'll put an overlay here for you guys, and that first one was 12
pounds and then this one was 18 pounds. It's definitely a lot thicker, a lot more sturdy
and it says, "Hello" in gray. I thought it was just really nice, really simple. That's kind
of the look that I was going for because I feel like all of this, I didn't want to go to Easter
on the doormat as well, but let me know what you think in the comments. Do you think this one?
Or do you think the tile one? I'll try to show you it [inaudible 00:09:48] as well. Then I popped
into Dunelm and I actually was looking for this and I found it. So I was really, really pleased.
It's a sheep skin, shearling rug. It's not huge or anything. It is literally
this wide. It's really, really soft and fluffy. It was 39 pounds, 99 I think.
And I bought this and then I went into Primark and I saw they had them for actually 10 pounds.
It definitely didn't feel as thick or as nice as this one, but there is a cheaper option in
Primark. But the reason that I got this is because my friend has one of these just on her floor as
the dog bed. So her dog just sleeps on that looks super cozy when she is sleeping on that. And I
thought that would be perfect for Kiki. We have quite a few dog beds, but I was thinking when we
have the extension and I don't know, like in that area, I just thought it would look
really nice to just have one of these on the floor that she can snuggle up on.
So I'm excited to see what she thinks of it, but I just loved the color. They had a few different
grays, but this was more of a stone gray. I still have so much to show you guys from B&M. But before
I do, I wanted to show you a couple of bits that I got from H&M home. And I'm so pleased with them.
I got these bumpy vases and I was really excited when I found them. Because there's a local shop to
me, it's like a lifestyle and home shop and they sell these bumpy vases and bowls and decorative
things. And I really like them, but they're quite pricey in that shop. But when I went into H&M,
they had pretty much the same ones and this was 10 pounds and this larger one was 1799.
So this was like a really beautiful green color. And I was actually thinking about maybe putting
this on the porch with, let me show you. So I've got two of them. I may return them. I'm not sure,
but I was thinking that this would be great for this. Let me know what you think. I don't know
if that's really random, but I just thought it might work. If not equally, I love the way that
they look and in our new kitchen, we're going to have quite a few new shelves. And I thought that
this would look really nice either with some flowers, like five flowers coming out of it
or in H&M sounds random. But they had some tall candles coming out of it. And it did look really,
really nice. So I'm just really, really pleased with this. I'll show you the stuff I got from B&M.
A lot of this is Easter focused as well. So the first thing is this little set of
Easter decorations. It was just three pounds. And obviously we're renovating at the moment. We're
not doing some kind of huge decor, but I thought that this would be perfect. It's just bumping. And
then some cute little what's it called, honeycomb decorations. So we hung it up today with the kids
and they were really excited about Jackson was helping me and stuff. And I just thought for
three pounds, it's just a nice little thing to add to our front room. It's kind of like it's Easter,
but we're not going too crazy. Also the bumping came like pre threaded and all ready to go,
which is such a bonus because sometimes you have to spend lots of time threading it all through.
And then I also got this little crafty thing. It is create your own egg character.
So it's really cute because it's actually in an egg box and then inside it has everything that
you're going to need to make some little egg characters. And I think the Jackson will just
love that. So I'm going to put this in his Easter basket, this was three pounds. Then for Caleb,
I got him a skipping rope from B&M that was two pounds 50. And then I also got a giant bubble set,
which I just think that they will love, this was three pounds. I don't know if I'm going to put it
in their Easter basket or just let them play with it during the Easter holidays. But I thought that
they would just love that, it's really, really big ones. Then I also got some chalk which they
can use on the drive. Our drive will be changing at some point, but obviously chalk will wash off
anyway, but I just loved how giant they were. I was thinking I could even put two of each
into their baskets or three of each even, but it's giant chalk and that was three pounds
99. So I'm hoping now that the weather's a bit nicer that could keep them entertained
for quite a while. They could draw hopscotch or whatever. I used to love to do that as a kid.
And I also got this little baking Easter sets, which I thought was really sweet. You get a
spatula and then also a cookie cutter, which is a bunny shape. And this I was going to put into
Caleb's basket. He loves baking and cooking. So I thought that would be perfect for him and that was
three pounds. So I also got these really cute little decorative chicks for two pounds. I thought
that I could put some in their basket, but also we could decorate at home with them or if they have
to do anything for school, like in Easter bonnets or anything, we could definitely use these.
Then I got quite a few little bits of chocolate for their Easter basket. Normally I'll just get
the boys one big egg and a few little bits for their Easter basket. And that is it
because they also get Easter eggs from family, so from their aunts and uncle and their Nan
and stuff as well. But I also got these little, have you ever tried these they're like the quick
milk straws. So basically you can put this straw into any glass of milk and it will flavor it to
be like chocolate milk, strawberry milk. What else did we get in this? We got banana milk,
but I thought if I put a couple of these in their Easter baskets, honestly, they will be so excited
about this, because then I got each of them a five pack of cadbury creme eggs, which of
course [Matt 00:15:41] and I will help them with. But then I also got Matt this for Easter. It is
a whole tin of cadbury creme eggs. These are his absolute favorite, there's big joke at our house,
once Matt ate six in a row, can you believe that? So I doubt these will last very long,
but I got that from Matt's Easter egg. Then I also got a Lindt bunny. And then I actually got Kinder
Bunnies for the two younger ones. Because I thought that they were just love,
there is a toy included in it. Then I also got these little Lindt bunny, which you can
actually break up. Can you see that? You can actually take them apart. So I'm going to put
one in each person's basket, maybe eat some myself. And then I also got a little set like this
for each boy. So just a few little eggs in there. And then I also got them especially Jackson is
going to go crazy for this. I got them a Ryan's world egg. So these two have putty in it. So I
was going to give that to Kay, they've been Fraser because they love any kind of fidget toy. And then
I also got like a Ryan's what is this? A Ryan squishy figure for Jackson's Easter egg basket
as well so I think that he will love that. Also did get some little packs of mini eggs. I don't
know if I'm going to put it in their baskets or if we'll use it in the lead up for baking
or just during the Easter holidays. But I also got those as well. And then I did get them each
a large Easter egg, which is actually in the car. I just got them their favorite chocolate.
So for Fraser, he got crunchy. Matt's dairy milk. I got one for Jackson and one for Caleb.
I can't even remember right now. Let me know in the comments below, which thing
is your favorite and definitely let me know what you think of the spring porch. I really
don't know if it's going to work or if it's really not. But I think that is it for today's video. I
really hope you've enjoyed it. Don't forget to check out Rosie's video as well. I will
link it in the description and thanks again. And I'll see you in my next one. Bye guys.