Yesterday, I obtained the inevitable e-mail from my son’s preschool asking for donations of stuffed eggs for his or her annual college Easter Egg hunt. With 5 courses starting from 1-4 yr olds, they want numerous eggs! Easter is my favourite vacation and I like getting concerned the place I can, so you possibly can guess I’ll be filling an eagle’s nest of eggs for these little bunnies to hunt.
That is the primary yr that considered one of his little class mates has meals allergic reactions. I all the time try to incorporate everybody after I present treats for the category — you’ll discover my checklist of sophistication valentine concepts right here — so I set about discovering some good non-food egg fillers that everybody within the class(es) might get pleasure from. Add to this the truth that most conventional egg fillers (jelly beans, exhausting candies, robins eggs) can pose a choking hazard for many preschoolers, sifting by a mountain of plastic eggs once they get dwelling can find yourself feeling extra of a chore than a pleasure.
Whereas there are numerous nice concepts for basket themes (for instance, a summer time swim basket with goggles, pool toys, and a brand new go well with) or non-candy objects to place within the basket itself (bubbles, sidewalk chalk, books, leap ropes and so on), it may be tough to work out what to really put within the eggs.
I’ve requested my mama mates and achieved the analysis so that you don’t should!
Prepared. Set. Fill!
Non-Meals Fillers
Play Doh – excellent in the event you haven’t obtained time to fill eggs, you possibly can choose up a bag of various colours of dough that come inside little plastic eggs
Little dinosaur figures
Mini monster vans or pull-back vehicles
Stampers — I like these ones as a result of they really seem like an egg, don’t require any extra packaging, and have Easter themes. However common stampers are nice and match completely in customary dimension eggs!
Erasers
Bouncy balls
Stickers — single stickers or small themed sheets!
Gel clings for home windows/mirrors and so on.
Short-term tattoos in any theme
Military males or mini fairies
Lego mini figures (depart them in items for Lego heads!)
Maracas that seem like eggs (excellent for little bunnies)
Hair clips
Scrunchies or hair ties
Chapstick — EOS lip spheres are crying out to be egg fillers, and Chapsticks and mini Vaseline work completely
Puzzle items (add a number of to every egg then make the puzzle on the finish)
Rings or bracelets
Rubber geese
Stretchy snakes
Cash or small payments
Tokens for experiences — I like these reusable, lovely choices from Austin-based small enterprise Chalkfulloflove, however you possibly can simply make your personal and the sky is the restrict on this one.
Sweet Options
Blaze a bunny path: add free nuts, dried fruits, Easter M&Ms, chocolate chips, and so on. that may be tipped into a big bowl to make one massive path combine
Cookies — mini varieties are excellent, or attempt an Oreo, Nutter Butter and so on.
Crackers like Goldfish or Annie’s Bunnies
Animal crackers
Mini containers of raisins
Cheerios — excellent for tiny bunnies!
That is certainly not an exhaustive checklist however I hope it’s impressed you to department out to your egg hunt this yr! Trying to find eggs is enjoyable for all ages, and by growing the desirability of your eggs, you’ll be making the competitors even higher. My husband has fond recollections of attempting to find the “golden egg” when he was a child, and we attempt to make Easter simply as memorable at present. Get pleasure from!
Natalie is the editor and content material supervisor of Alamo Metropolis Mothers. A proud Brit, she moved to Texas in late 2017 to be together with her husband, a local San Antonian; she turned a US Citizen in 2022. Their son was born in October 2020, and they’re one and gained! She spent the frivolous years of her early 20s pursuing a PhD in Renaissance historical past, residing in Venice, Italy, and instructing. She pivoted into modifying when she moved to the US, and joined the ACM crew as a contributing author in summer time 2021. The remaining, as they are saying, is historical past! Natalie lives on the north facet of San Antonio together with her husband, son, and their English cocker spaniel Oban. She loves looking for and sharing the very best locations to eat, drink espresso, and store in San Antonio, and she or he’s by no means shy about sharing the highs – and lows – of motherhood.
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