Adding Plastic Grass to Easter Baskets

Video Transcript

"After we have our basket all picked out, the next step is deciding what type of grass do we want to put in there? Before we start putting any other items in our Easter basket, you want to make sure what type of grass you're going to put down, unless you're not expecting to have any in there. Otherwise, you're going to be kind of pushing and pulling things, as you kind of stuff grass down later on. So, put the grass in first. Now, there are a variety of different types of Easter grasses out there, and the first one I'm going to cover is plastic grass. You can get these at a number of convenience stores. It's the type of grass that a lot of us grew up with. I swear, they make the Easter grass out of the exact same stuff they make Christmas tinsel out of. And this actually brings up a couple of concerns. First off, it is the lightest. It's not going to go bad, it's not going to grow brittle, it's not going to go rotten. I mean plastic basically, fifty years from now, you could still use this if you needed to, and it's nice and easy to put in your Easter basket. You throw it in there, you kind of puff it up a little bit; have it spilling over the sides, and that's about it with your plastic grass. Some of the down sides are the shards of it can get almost anywhere. What's more, in recent years there are some health concerns related to certain plastic products, or similar derivatives, like tinsel and Easter basket grass. If you're concerned about that, you can check out a variety of health web sites related to Easter to get more information. But I'm just mentioning it, because it has been a concern in recent years. Also, there's usually the story of the kid who eats a big thing of Easter grass, and it's plastic in their throat, and they have to go to the emergency room, either to help the kid breathe, or to have their stomach pumped. That is something where if you have a more organic type of grass, it's less of a concern."