Tip: When we hide plastic Easter eggs at our home, we typically assign one color to each child. Blue to one kid, green to the other and so on. There are some great advantages to this: 1) We can gear the items tucked into their eggs to their likes and age as 2) They each get the same number of eggs, because we fill and hide the same number of each color 3) We can make the older kid's eggs a little harder to hunt.
The list below is in no particular order of egg filler ideas! I have tried to include items that touch different age groups and gender.
*Pony tail holders
*Scrunchies
*Barrettes
*Plastic dinosaurs
*Water balloons
*Key chain
*Ear buds
*Bath fizzies
*Mini bath bombs
*Lanyard
*Punch balloon
*Bouncy balls
*Stickers
*Tattoos
*Eye blacks
*Arcade tokens
*Rings
*Earings
*Necklace
*Dog tags/chain
*Mini nail polish
*Cord and beads to make a necklace
*Balloons
*Nail stickers
*Slap bracelet
*Coins
*Dollar bills (a $2 bill is special!)
*Foam animal growing capsules
*Legos (could do small sets in multiple eggs or do single legos)
*Barbie doll outfits/shoes/accessories
*Redbox promo code written on paper (movie or game rentals)
*Band-aids with fun characters (you know how many of these they go through! 😄)
*A piece of paper with a number on it to match a corresponding bigger "prize" that doesn't fit (butterfly net, sidewalk chalk, a gift card to an adventure, etc)
*Clues that help them find their hidden Easter basket
*Paper coupons (activity of choice, an ice cream cone when they choose, extra screen time, etc)
For the bit bigger eggs:
*Army guys
*Toy cars
*Expandable washcloths
*Eye shadow singles
*Blind bags (so many different ones to choose from at the store)
*Undies (great for kids who are potty training!)
*Seed packets for the garden
*Small slinky
*Bubbles in small bottles
Other food item ideas:
*Sunflower seeds
*Fruit snacks
*Yogurt covered raisins
*Pretzels
*Teddy grahams
*Animal crackers
*Goldfish
*Crystal Light drink mix packet
*Gum
I would love to hear your ideas as well, leave a comment!
Happy Easter!
