Instead of Candy Filled Eggs from The Vintage Milk House {Guest Post}

First of all, I want to thank Natasha for giving me the opportunity to pop over from The Vintage Milk House and guest post for you all today! As a Wife, Mom, DIYer and lover of all things fun and creative, I can't be more excited to share a few alternative ideas for filling those Easter Eggs with you! 

When I starting thinking about Easter Egg hunts I get all sorts of excited for my kids! I remember, on Easter Morning, my sister and I racing to see who could get the bigger pile of eggs.  My Mom would fill them and my Dad would hide them. He was careful to make sure he hid some high ones for me and some low ones for her. Not only were we six years apart but, to this day, she is also almost 6" shorter than me! The hunt would be over in a matter of minutes but all the while my parents would watch us run, slide, crawl, jump, push - anything to get those eggs! My sister and I would be laughing at each other's ridiculous tactics while taunting that one already had more than the other.  I am not ashamed to say that even up until we were 23 and 17 we were still racing against each other on Easter Morning! That was the last year we "competed". As my husband watched us in utter disbelief; that year she took my title as reining champion, because I was PREGNANT with my first child! 

Since then we have resolved to leave the hunting to MY CRAZY KIDS and now its my job to fill the eggs and my husband is in charge of hiding them. Growing up, my Mom was good at filling them with our favorite candies and sometimes coins. But after my son's first Easter I quickly realized how much candy filled up his baskets from Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and friends. Not to mention the candy in all of the eggs I had hidden! So I decided to be a little more creative in the past few years in what I fill the eggs with. While I still do some eggs with candy I don't feel so bad about the mounds of eggs waiting for my husband to hide if I know most of them are filled with things other than cavity bait!

Here are a few ideas that I hope will inspire you to creatively fill those plastic eggs!

Boys:

This year my son is all sorts of excited about Army Men. And at 4 1/2 he can't get enough of these little guys! (I think this guy is up for the challenge!)

There are a million little things that fit into eggs. 

Other Ideas For Boys:

Legos

Figurines

Hot Wheels

Lincoln Logs

Barrel of Monkeys

Small train cars

Girls:

My daughter loves just about anything to do with dress up and this year at 2 1/2 is really excited about hunting for eggs. It's so fun to watch their little faces at this age!

 Other Ideas For Girls:

Rings

Figurines

Hair Clips/Bows

Small Nail Polishes

My lil Pony's

Bracelets

Necklaces

Stick on Earrings

Non-Gender Specific

Puzzle Pieces

Stickers

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Bouncy Balls

Marbles

Chalk

Of course there are also other foods that are great alternatives to candy!

Teddy Grahams

Goldfish

Raisins

Pretzels

For Older Kids: 

(Like my sister and I not a few years ago!)

Written clues to where their basket is hidden

Chore Coupons

Movie Vouchers

$ (Of course!)

Jewelry

Batteries (To use for coordinating items in baskets)

Words of Affirmation

 Hopefully the Easter Bunny finds you all well and maybe inspires you to find the kid in yourself for the day! 

HOPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Kali

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