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Monday, April 3, 2017

Easter Time!

Easter is coming up quickly this year. I am trying to come up with non-candy items for the boys' baskets. They're going to get a  jelly beans and Reese's eggs, but I want most of it to non-candy. I have a Lego minifigure mystery pack, a book for each of them. They are both playing soccer this year, so I'm thinking maybe some soccer gear? If, like me, you need ideas, I have some of the food/craft/Easter hunt and basket ideas from the past couple of years below.



FOOD:
 EGGS, EGG HUNTS, AND EASTER BASKETS:
  • Egg dying and decorating: There are a lot of ways to decorate eggs, however I am only doing ideas that leave the eggs edible. We love eating our eggs!
    • Eggstravaganza: Dying with food coloring, natural dyes, impressions, tissue paper, crayons, rubber bands, stickers, Diva Eggs, Lady Bug eggs
    • Painted Eggs (painted designs, fingerprint animals, bubble wrap)
    • Crackle Eggs
    • Space Invaders, Glitter and Snorkel
    • Drip Art Eggs: These look fun and easy to do, but we haven't tried them yet. Stand egg upright and over something that will not get ruined (like a plastic plate). Place a drop of food coloring on the top of the egg. Mist the egg using a spray bottle. Add a drop of another color, mist again. Gently blow on the egg to make colors move in different directions.
    • Monster Eggs: using glue dots, pipe cleaners, and stickers.
    • Tattoo Eggs: Use temporary tattoos. Make sure is completely dry before following tattoo directions.
    • Ombre Eggs: Place a bottle cap on the bottom of a wide 8-10 oz glass. Set egg on bottle cap. Mix up the dye (1 teaspoon vinegar, 40 drops of food coloring, 1/2 cup boiling water). Pour dye into glass until 1/4 of egg is covered. Let sit 5 minutes. Add plain warm water to cup until 1/2 the egg is covered. Let set 3 minutes. Add more water to desired level. Wait 2 minutes. Repeat if want additional stripes. Carefully remove with tongs and let dry.
    • Egg Hunts:
  • Basket Filler Ideas:
    •  New gear: soccer ball/cleats/shin guards/practice net, baseball cleats/ball/bats/bag/helmet/throw back, shoes: track/running, mouth guards, golf bag/balls/gloves/clubs, etc.
    • Vouchers: Vouchers can be for anything! Examples: extra hour of TV/game time, stay up late, get out of 1 chore, money to spend at a store/amusement park/zoo/aquarium, etc.
    • Star Wars Light Saber Popsicle Mold
    • Slinky's 
    • Chocolate Maze
    • Reese's Giant Peanut Butter Egg. Amazon sells some, but I found them cheaper at Target and the grocery store. I believe it was around $6.
    • Lego's: any fun looking set, mystery minifigure packs, Mixel's (Amazon, Lego). Lego usually has holiday themed sets as well; this year is an Easter Egg Hunt Set. They also have a keychain of Batman dressed in a bunny costume!
    • Jelly Beans
    • Play-Doh Eggs (Amazon, grocery store)
    • Art/Office Supplies: pencils, pencil sharpeners, markers, stickers, stamps, activity pads, etc. I find a lot of cute items at the Target dollar bins and Party City.
    • Fill eggs with coins.
    • Movie tickets.
    • DVD's. Half Priced Books, Michael's Crafts, and Target often have cheaper movies.
    • Books, book store gift cards.
    • Hot Wheels.
    • Mini nail polish, nail files, etc.
    • Amazon gift cards
CRAFTS:
ACTIVITIES:

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