20 + Non-Candy Easter Egg Stuffers that will make this years egg hunt better than ever!
We go overboard for our Easter Egg hunt every year. It’s fun for me and fun for the boys. We usually hide between 100-200 eggs! If I were to put candy in every egg I would have some super hyper children and some expensive dentist bills so I’ve come up with some ideas that aren’t candy and are still fun. Check out this list of Easter Egg stuffers that aren’t candy and see if some of these will work for you:
- Money – dollars are good but coins are better! The coins make a fun sound inside those plastic eggs and my kids get so excited!
- Gift Certificates – maybe for McDonald’s or your local frozen yogurt shop
- Cheerios – Who doesn’t love cheerios?
- Trail Mix – healthy and filling!
- Stickers – get the kind that come on a roll and tear off – easy!
- Seed packets – it is Spring after all!
- Socks – cute Easter socks fit in the larger eggs and are fun for the kids.
- Raisins, craisins- sweet and don’t require any sort of refrigeration.
- Finger Puppets – make your own or buy some.
- Party size play doh – You can find these in the party section or near the rest of the Play-doh.
- Fish crackers – one of my boys’ all-time favorite snacks.
- Tattoos – gives the kids something to do.
- Erasers – I picked up some cute Easter erasers at Dollar Tree.
- Grapes – cool, sweet, and yummy!
- Bouncy Balls – sure to get a smile!
- Gum (make sure age appropriate) – a treat for the older kids.
- Race cars – Matchbox or Hot Wheels fit inside eggs.
- Clips/rubber bands for girls – some pretty clips and/or rubber bands are a perfect Easter surprise.
- Marbles - (make sure age appropriate) – just don’t lose these on your lawn. Your lawn mower will NOT thank you!
- Chapsticks/lip gloss – for that perfect Easter smile!
- Nail Polish – again, make sure age appropriate
- Pencil toppers
- Rubber bugs, reptiles, and spiders
- Bath fizzles – change the color of the water in the tub
- What else can you think of?
You get the idea! There are tons of options besides candy that are lots of fun for the kids! What do you put in your Easter eggs?
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Great ideas!
Oh my word, I really needed these ideas, I am having a 2nd birthday party for my daughter and I am going to hide eggs, but all i thought of were candy and coins, now you gave me so many more ideas,thanks so much for this. I am a follower now. Found you at The Taylor House link party.
I’m so happy you found this list useful Donna! I hope she has a wonderful birthday party and thanks for following!
Trish – so simple, but brilliant. Been wondering about an Easter basket for my daughter, but at 15 months old, candy and small toys are of course not an option. How did I not think of Cheerios or even puffs?? Thanks for the push in the right direction! Thanks for sharing!
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Those are some great ideas! My little one is currently obsessed with chapstick, so I think the Easter bunny might leave some of that in her eggs ;-)
Great ideas. I’m trying to always look for ways to cut down on the sugar. Thanks.
What great ideas! When my kids were little I used to fill their eggs with fruit snacks and cheerios and toys but somehow it’s turned into an overload of candy! I think I need to get back to nonfood goodness. Thanks for the inspiration!
Warm wishes, Brittany
Great idea!! My son has Type 1 Diabetes. Easter and Halloween are VERY difficult holidays for us. I’m ALWAYS looking for new and creative ideas. Thank you!!!!
Great list – I love your ideas!!
Great ideas! We stuff a ton of eggs with quarters. Visiting from Jen’s @ TT&J! Have a great weekend!
~ KIM @ Sand & Sisal
Lots of great ideas, my kids have fun even just hunting for empty eggs.
What a great list. My granddaughter doesn’t like candy so this list will come in handy.
Completely adorable!
Have a wonderful weekend. :)
I have a basket filled with items , such as little gifts from the dollar store, I wrap each gift and then put a number on it. each egg has a number inside that matches the gift in the basket. this year I added a gift card from the dollar store. every little one likes to go to the dollar store.
I have used fun bandaids for little kids – it was a big hit
Coming from tatertots and jello. Love these ideas. My kids are still little and I’ve been trying to think of good ideas of different things. We used to just do matchbox cars for my son, but he has enough of those now. Thanks for the list!
We’re putting an empty puzzle box in the basket this year, with the pieces in the plastic eggs. Kiddo has to hunt for all the eggs to get the pieces to complete the puzzle!
I love the puzzle pieces idea. Awesome!
Awesome ideas! Love that I am not the only one looking for alternatives to candy and chocolate!
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Love all your ideas – though my ‘Snacks’ will be so distracted by his first goldfish egg that he might just stop there!
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FANTASTIC! Found you through Pinterest, and am now following…Thanks very much for some inspiring ideas :)
Thanks for the great ideas! I may do a little candy but was looking for some other ideas too. :-)
Erin
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Thanks for the great ideas. Thanks for joining us for “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” Come and join us again next week! -The Sisters
Perfect timing on this one! Thanks for sharing! :)
Michelle
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Oooh I love these ideas! My daughter still has candy leftover from her birthday and certainly doesn’t need more!
I just have boys, so my ideas are boy-oriented. I found some Star Wars pencil tops (not erasers) at the store. My boys also liked Hot Wheels and rubber bugs, spiders, and reptiles when they were younger.
Awesome! Thanks for the great ideas!
Great ideas! Sharing on Vintage Gwen’s Facebook page!
My 15 month old is OBSESSED with rubber ducks and worldmarket cost plus has some really cute ones that I’m going to put in his basket and they are small enough I can put them in eggs too :)
Just wanted to let you know that I mentioned your post here: http://takingtimetocreate.blogspot.com/2012/04/paper-animal-finger-puppets.html
Thanks again for the great ideas!
Bath fizzies! For the little ones I know Target has individual packets that make their water turn colors… :)
That’s awesome Becca! I’ll be looking for those!
Great ideas! We already had our big egg hunt with our playgroup. I filled our eggs with stickers and fruit snacks. The moms were very grateful! Wish I had seen this post last week, though! I filled 175 eggs. A little more variety would have been nice! Next year, right?!!
Love the ideas! Your project made the top 5 most viewed this week! congrats!
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Thank you Megan!
We do legos and puzzles. We color coordinate, so a certain kid gets the whole set. DD1 gets purple and DD2 gets pink, all other eggs are a free for all.
I love the legos idea! We just got back from Legoland and I know this would be a big hit. Off to Target this afternoon :)
We found mini bottles of bubbles which fit perfectly inside the eggs this year.
What a wonderful idea, I think that I will use this for our Day Care children this Easter. Definitely will use this idea for my Grandchildren.
Thanks.
Myrna
Just found this post through Pinterest – thanks for the brilliant ideas, can’t wait to put an Easter egg hunt together for my various neices & nephews!
We did puzzle pieces one year. A few pieces in each egg, couldn’t finish the puzzle until all the eggs were found.
That is such a fun idea – I love it!
Rubber Stamps
Bandana
Lanyard
Glow Bracelets
Wrist Slap Bands
Coin Purse
Pedometer
Small Note Pad
Jewelry
Mini Bubbles
Polished Rocks (aka jewels!)
Tiny Doll Clothes
Decorative Shoe Laces
Beaded Safety Pins
Seashells
Crayons
Chinese Handcuffs
Cartoon Band-Aids
You are soooo awesome! I am going to add these ideas to the list!
I know some mamas out there are NOT play dough fans but I saw an idea I am going to use at my egg hunt…make Kool Aid scented play dough to put in the plastic eggs.
That is a great idea – thanks for sharing!
Our kids don’t eat candy, so this list is an amazing resource!
We’d love for you to share your posts at our Finished Friday blog party.
We are going to Disney a few days after Easter so the baskets are centered around that this year. Disney water bottles, shirts, autograph book, books and a lanyard with some pins to trade. I then got bunch of extra pins and they are going in my oldest son’s eggs. The usual items in eggs are Hotwheels, fruit snacks, Lego minifigures, Chuck E Cheese tokens, socks from Target’s Dollar Bins, and Squinkees. I seem to walk the aisles to look for little things.
Squinkies are so perfect for this and toys r us usually has special deals to look out for. I had to put all of my son’s Squinkies away for a bit until my daughter gets passed the “put everything in her mouth” stage but 2 years ago I got 3 sets of 12 for really cheap. They had them BOGO and I had a gift card for the difference.