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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.