songsparrow Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Any good ideas of little things that can be tucked into plastic Easter eggs for an egg hunt that is not candy? I put coins in some eggs (which the kids love) and I've put stickers in some (but the kids weren't nearly as thrilled with those). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Small bottles of nail polish Silly Putty Hair stuff craft beads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 How about treat slips? Think of various things (like picking the movie for a movie night) that they might consider a real treat and put a slip inside stating the item. For my DD11 just the promise of visiting the mall (whether we buy anything or not) gets her excited. There's also a lot of "puzzle" erasers out now -- small erasers made up of multiple parts. My kids love these, though I consider them a "toy", since they never get used for erasing. Have you asked your kids what type of small things they might like to find in the eggs? Emphasis on small -- not just in size, but expense, if you are to fill a bunch of eggs. NOTHING perishable, and no chocolate. The in-laws' dogs might find anything tasty, and if they don't things rot quite quickly in our heat and humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 erasers lanyard if you get the big eggs you might be able to fit one of those small "wedding size" bubble bottles in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 How about homemade gift certificates? Staying up late, choosing dinner for the night, outing with just Mom or Dad, movie rental of their choice. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 My mom saves her change all year. So, ours are mostly money. But, I would love some ideas. I hate just buying a bunch of plastic junk to fill Easter Eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 stickers, since no one mentioned them. I always gave the kids the really nice ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 temporary tattoos. tiny nail polish (I don't know where to get them, someone gave them to my dd's) silly putty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Those squinky things (buying some for dd For her eggs) I have noticed certain sets on clearance at Walmart :) oh and I have seen some for boys too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 We used to put numbers in some eggs. Then after the eggs were all found and opened they would get to go to the dining room and find the prize on the table that cooresponded to the number. Anything from jump ropes, side walk chalk, giant stuffed easter bunny, puzzles, books, games, small Lego kits, bubbles, hair items.... This way we weren't limited to what fit inside the eggs. We had an 8 year age span between some kids who were egg hunting with us. We would hide 400 eggs for 4-8 kids. To avoid the older kids getting all the loot, we did somethings to even the score a bit. We had times when we hid special eggs (they looked different than the regular eggs) and each person was told they could find up to 2 of them, but if they found more they were to leave them for someone else to find. Inside these eggs were numbers also. Then when they kids got to the prize table they were allowed to pick any prize, in order of who had the lowest number. So, the person with the 1 went first, then 2, then 3..... (since each person could only have 2, it made it a bit more fair. It was hard to find items that would work for all age spans though, so it made prizes a bit harder to plan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 for the littles, we put goldfish crackers, Annies Bunny grahams and Annie's cheddar bunnies. When they got older, we put small hotwheels cars, squinkies, bendable toys, erasers, small bouncy balls, playdoh, stampers with easter theme and special stickers in them. We have never even thought about doing candy so far ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I found cute little Easter themed eraser one year that would fit inside a plastic egg. We have also done little slips of paper with a saying or number on it that correlated to a prize on the "prize table." We used stickers, little stuffed animals, pencils, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thanks for all of the ideas! I especially like the ideas of slips of paper relating to bigger gifts. My girls are saving to buy gerbils, and I'd rather spend the money getting them some supplies they'll need. So, I'm thinking that I'll get a blank puzzle, put a clue on it for where to find their prize, then take the puzzle apart and put the pieces in the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2pandc Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I recently saw an idea online to put puzzle pieces in the GFS and then the kids have a puzzle to put together when they are done hunting. I thought that was a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I recently saw an idea online to put puzzle pieces in the GFS and then the kids have a puzzle to put together when they are done hunting. I thought that was a great idea! We did this years ago and had a problem when we couldn't find a piece to it. We hide 400 eggs over about a 1/4-1/2 acre so we knew it was a possiblity that we wouldn't find it but it was still a bummer. We only loose 2-3 eggs each year but it does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 We actually never put candy in them. We do put: Math dice (the dice within dice are the most popular) marbles angry bird eraser puzzles temp tattoos coins (INSANELY popular with my kids and I make them count them up MWAHahahaha) seed packets (surprisingly popular- easy ones like nasturtiums, marigolds, sweet peas, etc.) gemstones, crystals, rocks & minerals (my boys have some nerdy hobbies that I love to encourage) shells for their hermit crabs bouncy balls finger puppets I've found surprisingly fun stuff at the dollar store in the past. In their basket we always put art supplies and junk like that in addition to some candy. We usually try to make a bunch of it stuff they DO things with, like scratch-off pictures, dot-to-dots and star wars sticker books because they always have to sit through worship rehearsal on Easter morning while my husband and I play in the band at church. When they get older I imagine there will be books and science kits/tools involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 My mom saves her change all year. So, ours are mostly money. But, I would love some ideas. I hate just buying a bunch of plastic junk to fill Easter Eggs. We put money in our eggs, too. We mostly use coins, but I put bills in some of them, to add more incentive to keep hunting. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Tickets to go into a drawing for a BIG prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 The things my kids got from the Easter egg hunt from church were: tattoos, stickers, bouncy balls, pencil sharpeners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Ooh, I like the gemstone idea too. We have some around here that the girls got when they were younger, but they never took much interest in them then. Maybe finding them in their eggs would spark their interest now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I just stuffed our eggs this morning.... Here's what I put.... Quarters Dollar bills Stickers....my girls love to sticker Small Schleich animals Homemade coupons (stay up 40 minutes later, choose an app from iTunes, pick dinner, snuggle time with mommy, snuggle time with daddy, no school today, etc) And I'll throw in some dye free candies when I stop by Whole Foods tomorrow) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I have some mini bubbles and fun pencil erasers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureMoms Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Seed packets are a HUGE hit here. We also do stickers, trail mix in little baggies, and coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Oh, and another thing they "hunted" for was egg shaped sidewalk chalk. We love sidewalk chalk around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 We save our spare change in a jar (silver coins only-- no pennies) and fill the eggs with coins. We also hide 'confetti eggs' and the girls have an egg fight after the hunt. The big girls hide 2 LARGE eggs and DH and I hunt for them. These eggs have candy and we DO NOT SHARE! (I do have a very small chocolate bunny for each of the girls--but 2 girls are over 20-- they can get their own candy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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