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How To Make Fun Easter Baskets With Less Candy And More Learning

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Easter baskets are such a special treat for kids… but they don’t have to be full of candy and chocolate. When I’m putting together Easter Baskets for my kids, I always like to add a chocolate bunny, a few chocolate eggs, and then some extra fun surprises like little toys and puzzles.

Easter Gifts for Kids without Candy

So we’ve gathered five clever, non-candy Easter gift ideas for you and we’re giving away a prize pack worth $105. The giveaway will end after Easter, but your kids will love toys like these any time of year. These gift ideas include affiliates and items from sponsors.

Cool Pens To Inspire Creativity

Blendy PensI always use birthdays and special occasions to give my girls new stationary supplies.

A new set of colored pens or pencils is inspiration for them to get creative.

My girls spend lots of time drawing and coloring, so every few months, they can usually benefit from new supplies.

These Blendy Pens are extra fun because kids can create custom color blends.

Puzzle Games

Small games that challenge the brain are a wonderful addition to an Easter basket.

Smart Games

Compact puzzle games from Smart Games can provide hours of fun.

STEM Toys

STEM Starter KitI love getting my kids playing with toys that inspire STEM thinking.

This miniature microscope is so fun and still a small enough gift that you can tuck it into an Easter basket.

It turns a smartphone into a high-powered microscope for STEM learning on the go.

My kids love toys that work together with their smartphones.

And I love toys that get them thinking!

Card Games

Card games are perfect little gift ideas for Easter baskets.

Top Trumps

Top Trumps has four new STEM-themed card decks that play the same as the other 60+ decks in the line, ranging from Marvel and Harry Potter (content written by J.K. Rowling) to Mischievous Cats or Creatures of the Deep.

These card games are great for travel.

Whiffer Sniffers

Easter Themed Stuffie

I always like to add a cute stuffie to my girls’ Easter baskets.

Willy Hyde is an adorable new character from Whiffer Sniffers.

Whatever age your kids are, they’ll love clippy this cutie to their backpacks.

Giveaway

Would you like to win a prize pack with some of these fun gift ideas worth about $105?

Leave us a comment letting us know which of these gift ideas your kids would like the most.

Then complete your entry using the entry form below.

Sorry to our Canadian friends, this giveaway is open to the US only.

 

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Non-Candy Easter Gift Ideas

 

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  3. My kids would both love the Blendy pens! An awesome idea for my little boys’ birthday coming up!

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  9. My choice for one of my grandsons, is the puzzle games. He’s very bright & he loves challenges.
    For my other grandson, I’d choose one of the card games. He does love playing cards.
    I’d choose an Easter themed Stuffie for my 20 month old granddaughter. She loves her soft dolls & stuffed toys.

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  15. The cards are a great idea. My daughter loves cats. A cat themed basket may be a good direction to take Easter this year.

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  32. They’re all great but I think she’d most like the Top Trumps new STEM-themed card decks. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  33. my 9 year old grandson. would love the card games. It gets boring when all we play is uno : )

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  38. I think my granddaughter would love the Blendy Pens and my grandson would like the Puzzle Games Thanks! 😃

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  42. STEM toys are very important advancement I think it is important for them to start thinking about the future very early in the core areas.

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  43. My son isn’t old enough for any of this, so if I won I’d gift it to my best friends son. He would love the puzzle games!

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  48. My niece would love all of these but the blends pens would be her favorite because she loves drawing and painting.

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  52. The brain games would be nice, outside of the sweet treats; exercising the mind is very important. Learning to focus and concentrate is crucial for a young mind for problem solving. Reasoning on what works and doesn’t stays with them forever.

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  57. My Grandkids would love the Blendy Pens and Jumpin Puzzle Game. All these would be great for any basket or for gifts.

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  64. We like to put small toys in the Easter basket. We give her candy too, but try not to overload it with candy.

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  70. Blendypens. My daughter is obsessed with art. She goes to kindergarten next year, but instead of pre-school, we let her go to art school because it’s what she wanted. Art, all day, everyday!

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  76. I love these ideas about adding a little variety to their Easter Baskets! For us too the Easter Bunny chocolate is essential! I am really interested in the STEM microscope which looks unique! My son however has a love for crafting and drawing so he is going love those BLENDY PENS!

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  78. I think my kids would love all of it but my daughter would especially like the blendy pens and my son would love the card games.

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