20 Ways to Stock a Fun and Healthy Easter Basket

I dont think anything is wrong with having some candy but to make the entire basket loaded with candy is insane, you may as well hand the kids a 5lb bag of sugar and rent a hospital room. If you give your kids a lil candy mixed with some fun toys and alot of love then that is all they need. My kids got some eggs filled with candy and some with money and it had some fun lil toys and books and bubbles and an outfit. They had fun and thought wow what an awesome basket!. They didnt miss havn tons of candy.

Hmm... that sounds like a great idea... just a few treats so that your not the "uncool parent"... but a lot of fun stuff that they don't miss a giant basket FULL of treats... I will have to keep this in mind when it's time for me to break the easter baskets with my (future) kids... :D

great tips

Toothbrushes and sunscreen in an Easter basket? Seriously? And what child likes butterscotch kisses? Easter treats only come once a year. Live a little!!

Awesome, I know my daughter gets candy all the time anyway so its feels good to give her some treats / fun that don't have to do with more candy. I will use a few of these ideas, Thanks

Great ideas! All good to get in the mood for spring! I always put a new Spring outfit rolled up in my daughters' Easter baskets.

my children are getting tired of all the candy they recieve on a holiday like easter. in the excitement, they eat a lot of candy that first day and as the days pass, they eat less and less... in the end, they each have a walmart bag full of candy that does not get eaten and ends up in the trash after months of not being touched! So, i have started stocking the easter baskets or christmas stockings with chips, cookies, beef jerky, gum, u know, all their favorites...the special (name brand) items from the grocery store that mom wont splurge on usually and they absolutely love it and they cant wait to see what items they get... (i won the mom of the year award on christmas for buying my oldest son a can of squeeze cheese...hahaha! too funny, but its a tiny can and it cost $3.50 and is gone within an hour... (to me, it is not worth the money and does not last very long, so i never buy it, but it makes for the perfect special treat!) they get a few candy items from me but most of it still comes from relatives, so they still get candy. I also, stick fun items like pool toys and swim gear in their easter baskets!

Yeah, I've heard the so-called "high" from sugar is completely made-up anyway.

cute new summer pj's are also a great easter basket filler~ <3

Serious post... You know what I do on Easter.

I wake up in the morning and go to CHURCH because it's a RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY. It's not "give me stuff day", or "Second Christmas (which is another shamefully marketed holiday). Then I have a large dinner with my family. Do kids get baskets? Yes of course they get something small because kids like treats and you can tie it into bible stories somehow (much like how the three wise men brought Jesus presents on the day he was born...so Christmas presents, you know), but it's sickening how commercial this holiday has become. It's just another cheap "Stuff Day"!

I always put lots of cash, gift cards, plastic toys, and other stuff into Easter baskets because after all isn't that what Easter is all about. Getting stuff. I loved getting stuff when I was a kid, and I want to raise my children to also appreciate getting stuff on holidays which celebrate the collection of stuff. I feel bad for children in poor countries who can't afford to get stuff on holidays. What is the point of even having a holiday is you can't get stuff.

I have to say that these are good ideas, but there is nothing wrong with giving your child some actual candy, with actual sugar.

awesome ideas. i don't put candy in their baskets and they've never noticed because they're too busy playing with the little toys i put in instead. i also fill the plastic eggs with spare change, grapes, or raisins.

My sister only got a choclate bunny in her basket for candy. The rest is a bunch of little random things she likes (ex. Bracelets, small plastic animals, bubbles) her candy is coming from the plasic easter eggs.

I'm all for moderation and being healthy, but there's nothing wrong with the occasional indulgence. Seriously, enjoy some things for what they are!

What a kill joy...Candy and Easter baskets GO together!! Moderation is the key!! Why does the food police alwyas have to ruin everything?

My mom didn't like getting us a lot of candy, so she put other things in our baskets instead, like the items you mentioned above. She'd still get each of us a chocolate bunny, though, and a couple other goodies.

sorry its easter I already include alot of those fun things in the baskets, but its one day or few to eat what they get on easter please they arent gonna gain 20 lbs from easter, they are still getting all the chocolate goodness!

ITS EASTER FOR GOD SAKES CAN CHILDREN AT LEAST ENJOY THIS SOOOO TIRED OF THE WORD HEALTHY ITS TAKINNG OVER OUR LIVES AND THE WORLD

my 2 sets of twins would hate this stuff, i give them $100 each an let them get what THEY want so i never get it wrong