It’s the time of year that we all love. Spring! The trees are starting to bloom, flowers are popping out of the ground, the threat of snow is gone (or will be soon). Easter in the spring is such a fantastic pairing. As the stores prepare us for Easter we are faced with the reality that there is a LOT of candy available to purchase this time of year. Luckily there are also many non candy items that can be considered Easter Basket filler ideas. Be sure to check out Coupons.com for printable coupons to keep your Easter Basket Budget in check. There are often printable coupons for toys and candy (but not always, so scroll through them all). Please note: This post contains affiliate links.
I love using non candy Easter Basket fillers for my girls. We don’t have to argue over when is appropriate to eat candy (“No, before breakfast is a bad idea honey”) and the toys lead to imaginative play and last much longer than sticky sugar! Not to mention, less threats of cavities!
100 Easter Basket Filler Ideas
Action Figures
American Girl Magazine
Army Men
Balls
Balloons
Band-aids
Bath Crayons
Barrettes
Beach Towel
Beads
Bookmarks
Books
Bouncy Balls
Bubbles
Bugs (plastic)
Bug catcher set
Calico Critters
Cards or card games
Cars
CD
Chalk
Chapstick
Coins
Craft kits (use Craft Store Coupons to bring your price down dramatically)
Crayola supplies
Dinosaurs
Dollars
Erasers
Fake flowers
Fairy Garden
Fairy Making Kit
Finger Puppets – Get a whole family or an assortment of animal finger puppets
Fisher Price Little People
Flip Flops
Flute
Friendship bracelets
Garden Seeds
Garden Supplies
Geocaching Bug
Glow Necklaces/Wands
Grow Animals
Hair Accessories
Headphones
I Love You Notes/I Owe You Notes to Kid from Parent
iTunes Gift Card
Jacks
Jewelry
Kazoo
Lazer Lights
LEGOs – This Lego Bunny is cute and the LEGO Friends Bunny Hutch Playset is perfect for Easter!
Lotion
Madlibs
Magic Kit
Magic Towels
Marbles
Mine Craft
Mini Maracas – Glitter Maracas
My Little Pony
Nail Polish
Origami paper
Outdoor Magazine
Plastic Rings
Plastic Stamps
Play-Doh
Punch Balloons
Puzzles
Qwirkle
Rainbow Loom Bands
Remote Control Helicopter
Rubber Duck
Slap Bracelets
Solar Powered Car
SpotIt
Spy Kit materials
Stationary
Stick on earrings
Stick on mustaches
Stickers
Stomp Rockets
Stretchable Flying Frogs
Squinkies
Sunglasses
Swim Suit
Tea Set
Temporary Tattoos
Telescope
Toy Animals
Tooth brush
Trading Cards
Ultra Stomp Rocket
Uno – This is currently our family game. We have played UNO so much lately that I have dreamed about it!
Volcano Science Kit
Watch
Water Bottles (Reusable)
Wind Up Toys
Whistle
Wikki Stix
Whoopie Cushion
X-Box Live membership card
Yo-yo
Zingo
Zoo animals
Do you have any ideas that I missed from this list? What is your favorite Easter Basket Filler?
See also:
Printable Easter Lunch Box Notes Using Easter Jokes for Kids
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Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more
Wow! That’s a great list! My kids are teenagers so besides candy, they mostly get things like gift cards, chapstick, makeup, dvd’s, etc. in their Easter baskets. That’s always been one of my favorite things – putting together the goodie baskets for the kids.
Awesome list! As a kid, my favorite things in my basket were non-candy items. A few that stick out to me were temporary tattoos, chalk, bubble and hair accessories.
THANK YOU!!! I am always looking for alternatives as we have lots of Valentine’s candy still on my counter LOL and it’s St. Patrick’s day–love the listing
Wow! Great collection and I love that they are not candy. I know my son would love stickers, stamps, and toys.