Easter has always been a fun time in our house. With the first signs of Spring, brings hope, warmer weather and for my kids Easter hunts! Over the years you run out of ideas of hunts to do and how to keep it interesting, without your children ending up with millions of tiny chocolate eggs that you will find either the eggs or their wrappers throughout your house for weeks and months! If you are like most parents, you are always looking for new ideas for Easter egg filler ideas.
Before you get to hunting, check out these essential hunt items you can get delivered to your door!
First of all you need the eggs for the little ones to find.
- You can get 36 plastic eggs to fill with whatever treats you like or 100 with a giant golden egg.
Next up, is items to fill eggs. There is no end to the options of things you can use to fill Easter eggs. For our family we find picking items that play on your child’s interest and they can play with for long after Easter are our favorite. We also like to bring some fun spring items that the kids can use to spend time outside.
Here are some of our favorites non candy egg fillers:
- Bubble Wand (in either 6 pack or 12 pack)
- Princess jewelry is always a great find for those wishing they were a princess
- How about 96 mini glow in the dark dinosaurs
- Eggs filled with wind-up chickens and rabbits.
- Fun band aids make any ouchy better
- Squishy squeeze toys (they come in quantity of 30 for $18)
- Cute white plush bunnies (10 for $14 is a bargain)
- Every kid loves STICKERS – these 500 will keep them busy
If your kids love science like mine, they will love these Dino dig eggs, where they have to dig up the dino from within the egg! Even thought mine aren’t that young anymore, they would still love these.
If you prefer to get your eggs prefilled, check out these options:
- 12-pack of eggs filled with transformer cars will make kids happy
- Filled with construction vehicles
- These eggs come already stuffed with mini dinosaurs & mini dino eggs
- 12 pre-filled with slime
- If your kids love Legos, they’ll love these eggs filled with city vehicles
- Older kids will love the 6-pack of sparkly galaxy slime mud
- Pre-filled with assorted toys and stickers.
What would Easter be without Easter egg filler ideas of chocolate & candy.
- Eggies (popular in our house)
- Reese Pieces Eggs
- Smarties in 30 small packages
- bubble gum
- Peeps marshmallow Easter Chicks
Not everything has to fit within an egg. Don’t miss out on these items:
- Easter joke book
- If your are hoping to keep Christ in Easter, you’ll want to check out this resurrection egg kit
- Easter squishy egg painting kit
- Easter painting book
- 1,000 piece Easter puzzle
- Easter puzzle for kids
If you are looking for some ideas for Easter Egg Hunts and activities, you’ll want to check out these STEM Easter ideas, Tips on Naturally dying Easter Eggs & Egg Hunts for all ages.
Do you have a favorite Easter Egg fillers? Share in the comments below.