Saturday, April 16, 2011

A Candy-Less Easter?

Easter Egg Fillers
  • Trail mix
  • Popcorn
  • Pretzels

Candy Free Easter Basket Ideas
  • Movies
  • Sidewalk chalk
  • Coloring books
  • Crayons and/or markers
  • Frisbees
  • Ball for playground
  • Bubbles and wand
  • Sand toys for the beach
  • Bath toys
  • Books
  • Arts & crafts supplies: construction paper, glue, glitter
  • Seed packets with some pots
  • Travel games
  • Bird feeder kits with bird seed
  • Deck of cards
  • Jump ropes
  • Action figures
  • Hair accessories and jewelry

….OR make a theme basket
Summer is just around the corner so think of activities your children like to do during the summer time and fill their basket with items for those activities! 
  • Do they like to go camping? (flashlight, bug jar, compass, bandana)
  • Baseball Season (tickets to a baseball game, team t-shirt, baseball, glove, hat)
  • Maybe they play a specific sport (tennis, soccer, football, baseball, basketball)
  • Beach Day (bathing suit, beach toys, sunscreen, sunglasses, towel, beach bag, flip flops) 
  • Gardening (mini pots, seeds, gardening tools, watering can)

You can still make Easter a fun holiday by promoting activity rather than giving them enough candy to get them to their next Halloween! 

Be creative & Enjoy!