A few years back, I wrote a post on 55 candy free Easter egg filler ideas. At the time, this was a must for our family because my son was diagnosed at 4 years old with a soy allergy. It was a scary time for us and he was so incredibly sick. I wanted to keep his childhood as normal as possibly despite the fact that he couldn’t have most candies. Chocolate was especially out of the question since soy is used as an emulsifier in almost every affordable brand.
Last fall, I thought it would be a great idea to delete some old posts and in deleting, I mistakenly deleted the post I had written on this topic and several others. That’s what happens when you bulk delete things. It was a good post, but many things on that list aren’t so readily available or so popular anymore. Like those rubber band bracelet thingies. I don’t even know if they sell those anymore! What were they even called?
I figured a 2017 edition of the candy free Easter egg ideas was in order. Happily, I add that I don’t have to do candy free Easters anymore for our family. My son has outgrown his soy allergy! We do try to keep the candy to a minimum for behavior issues around here. I hope the rest of you can enjoy this post and even comment to tell me some other things to add!
- Stickers
- Disney Tsum Tsum mini figures
- Pretzels
- Gold Fish
- Tops
- Coins
- Hair Clips
- Glow Stars
- Lipgloss
- Nylon Bracelets
- Mini Rubber Ducks
- Bouncy Balls
- Mini Play-Doh
- Miniture Bubbles
- Mini Yo-Yo
- Silly Putty
- Plastic Rings
- Lego Minifigures
- Magic Grow Capsules
- Stick-on Earrings
- Gift Certificates
- Erasers
- Pencil Toppers
- Chuck E Cheese Coins
- Nail Polish
- Mini Plastic Animals
- Finger Puppets
- Seashells
- Marbles
- Jacks
- Polished Stones
- Coupons for Special Moments
- Toy Cars
- Temporary Tattoos
- Crayons
- Whistle
- Mini Stamps
- Confetti
- Stuffed Disney Tsum Tsum
- Pencil Grips
- Sticky Hands
- Mini Parachute Toy
- Mini Squirt Gun
- Glow Sticks
- Mini Skateboards
- Slap Bracelet
- Plastic Jumping Frogs
- Mini Foam Gliders
- Mini Rocket Launchers
- Mini Hand Clappers
- Stretchy Flying Animals
- Party Poppers
- Mini Slinkies
- Pretend Fun Teeth
- Finger Lights
Whew! That list took longer to come up with than I had expected! Good thing my kids were helping out 🙂 What else would you add to a non-candy Easter egg?
Samantha says
Bracelets were called silly bands! I just found some of the girls and put them in the trash! They were all over my house!
Thanks for the ideas!
Tanya says
We like to do a new toothbrush/toothpaste, soap, etc. Kaiden is asking for Pokémon cards and more figurines for the Infinity video games. Usually do a tshirt, jammies or flip flops too. We try to avoid candy, the “Easter bunny” brings all this candy usually and we usually end up throwing it all away because we don’t eat a lot of it…oh but we do like our gummy fruit snacks