Healthy Choices for Easter Basket Goodies

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Easter is almost like another Halloween, with every imaginable kind of chocolate bunny and jelly bean.  I love chocolate as much as the next person, but I don’t really want to stuff my children’s Easter baskets with only candy.

Every year I try to come up with some new ideas for Easter baskets.  I like to give useful items that don’t end up being given away or thrown away in a couple of months.

This is what I put in Easter baskets last year, and we are still using the personalized towels, they have been working out wonderfully.

Here are some healthy, but still fun, additions to the Easter basket:

Jump Rope – or how about a Chinese jump rope?

Chalk

Hula Hoop – these are timeless fun for kids of all ages

Crawl Through Tunnel – this survived for a long time in our house and was used a great deal.

Parachute – this is fun to use just in the family or to take to homeschool group playdates.

Toothbrush/Toothpaste – just in case your children indulge in a little candy!

Grow your own butterflies

One of the most popular movies of the year, Frozen

Sandals – this is one of our very favorite brands and they hold up to some heavy use.

Bathing Suit/Personalized Beach Towel – I personally love Lands’ End suits and towels

Sunglasses – my kids love getting sunglasses

Bubbles – this assortment of bubble wands is cute!

Gardening Supplies – how fun is the wheelbarrow?

What about Jamberry nail wraps? A ton of cute designs for juniors – even Mom and Me manis

Easter Basket Ideas for Older Boys

For some reason it always seems easier to find little things to stuff in the girls baskets, rather than for my growing boys.  However Lego, sports, and outdoor play items always seem to be big hits.

The Lego Movie accessories, the popular Mini-figs – Emmet, Lord Business, Good Cop/Bad Cop

Scoop Ball – this would be fun to play at the beach!

Baseball Glove, and Batting Glove

Soccer Ball with portable goal

Sunglasses

A sleeve of golf balls and golf tees

Tennis Racket – we are all enjoying our tennis lessons, I wish we would have started sooner.

This is a bigger ticket item, but ALL my kids play with this almost everyday.

And a water bottle to quench a thirst after all that playing!

What do you put in your Easter Baskets?