Easter Baskets Big on Fun, Not Candy

Easter is a time for enjoying chocolate bunnies, peanut butter eggs, and other candies.  There has been a lot of talk about childhood obesity in America and many parents, including myself are looking for other options to fill up our little ones baskets.
I have gathered some ideas to share with everyone.  All of these are based around other fun suff with a bit of candy mixed in.

1. Movie basket.....Grab a movie, microwave popcorn, juice boxes, a comfy blanket, and a box of movie candy, place in a "popcorn" bucket.

2. Summer Fun.....Pick up an inexpensive beach bucket, add in a fun each towel, sand castle tools, floaties or a swim ring, blow up beach ball, sunglasses, and don't forget the sunscreen.

3. Little Diva Basket.....For the little "Diva" in your life, pick up bright colors of nail polish, nail stickers, lip gloss, hair accessories and a cute bin to keep it all in.  For a special touch, add her name in glitter.

Hope this helps make Easter a bit easier for everyone.  Be creative and have fun finding items that won't put your kids on a sugar high.

Many of us as parents are focusing on the upcoming Easter holiday.  Decorating eggs is great fun to do as a family and there are so many ideas other than the traditional color tablets.  Try using tape or stickers attached to the eggs before coloring and remove them after the eggs are dry.  You can leave those areas white or redip in another color.  Another idea I like is painting the eggs with calkboard paint and then writing and drawing on them with chalk.  Easter egg hunts provide excitement and fun for the whole family.  A friend of mine had an large Easter egg hunt every year and made it a community affair.  They had a minimum of 150 people every year.  The Easter bunny would make an appearance and every child got a prize after a large egg hunt.  My friend also had coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and donuts and other snacks.  It was always a TON of fun! You don't have to do an egg hunt on this large of a scale, smaller is fine and can be just as much fun.