Champagne Thursdays: Easter Ideas

Easter is coming up quickly. Only 10 more days! Are you ready? I'm not, but I'm getting there. Here are some ideas for filling eggs and baskets.

Park & Ryde
Easter 2012

Alternatives for traditional Easter Baskets
I like using "baskets" that you can reuse for something else

- Folding Storage Bins or any bin or basket you can reuse for toy storage, etc.

- Dump Truck and fill the back of it with Easter goodies

- Bucket with toys for the sandbox

- Planter with seeds, little shovel and watering can

- Colorful Mixing Bowl with kids cookbook, measuring cups, wooden spoons, etc.

- New Lunch Box filled with goodies

- Suitcase - Perfect if you will be going on vacation this Summer or Spring Break - Fill it with a new outfit, book, sunglasses, etc.

Basket Fillers

The Easter baskets I put together are mostly geared towards nice weather and spending time outside.

- Sunglasses

- Summer Outfit
- Sandals or Water Shoes
- Bathing Suit
- Hat
- Card Games
- Stuffed Animals
- Book or Magazine
- Hair Accessories
- Any sort of Ball
- Matchbox cars, trains
- Play-doh

- Bubbles
- Chalk - Crayola is my favorite

- Kite
- Watch
- Water Bottle or Sippy Cup
- Flash Cards
- Magnifying Glass
- Bug Catcher or Butterfly Net
- Beach Towel
- Baby Doll
- Instruments - Maracas, Harmonica, Tamborine, etc.
- Markers, Crayons, Coloring Books
- Outdoor Toys, Water Toys, Sandbox Toys
- Flashlights

- Glow Sticks
- Dress Up Clothes
- Favorite Snack
- Jewelry
- Nail Polish
- DVD
- Magna Doodle - Ryder is getting one of these in his basket this year. We always have a magna doodle in the car and right now the boys fight over who gets to play with it in the car. So, soon they will both have one.

- Legos
- Bath toys
- Rain Boots
- Blocks
- Umbrella

I'm a fan of the dollar section at Target

Easter Egg Fillers

- Candy
- Bouncy Balls

- Tattoos

- Stickers
- Money
- Fruit Snacks
- Small boxes of Yogurt Covered Raisins
- Coupons - 'Stay up an extra 15 minutes', 'Go out for a treat', 'Go the the park', 'extra 15 minutes of tv'
- Legos - If you have one kid you are doing an Egg Hunt for, you could get a small Lego kit and split the pieces up between the eggs and include the directions or a picture of the what you are suppose to make with the pieces.