What to put in plastic Easter Egss for egg hunt?

[mainemommy1]

What non-candy items are you hiding in the plastic eggs for an egg hunt?

This what I have so far for my 4.5year old:

balloons (because my child is obsessed)
matchbox car
erasers in shape of tools (from Micheals Craft store)
money
stickers

[StrawberryFields]

We are just doing bunny graham crackers, stickers (Strawberry Shortcake and Batman) and change (for their piggy banks).

[mainemommy1]

I love the idea of bunny grahams BUT my son can not have gluten and all the gluten free snacks we've exhausted just in every day snacking.....I wish we could do it simple with grahams too-he can have chocolate but I really don't want him having tons of candy either!

[moonlitemama]

Oh - I've found a pretty good gf graham cracker recipe, if you're interested. Maybe you could find a cute little cookie cutter and make some special ones? If, of course, you feel like baking.

[Marylizah]

I just heard this idea: getting a puzzle and putting the pieces in the eggs. I thought it sounded like a cute idea.

[MissSJ]

Tattoos, a small bouncy ball, legos...

[mysticmomma]

quarters!

[tbone_kneegrabber]

I heard about someone doing cereal, so that they did the searching first thing in the morning and after the kid found several eggs there was enough cereal to have a bowl of cereal. So although it would be something they had everyday (or regularly) it was still "special."

[LynnS6]

We do candy only. Easter is primarily a religious holiday for us, followed by an intense sugar high!

[pianojazzgirl]

My friend and I always do an Easter egg hunt for our dc. One year we bought boxes of lego and divided it up amongst the eggs (and at the end of the hunt they were given the boxes). This year we are doing sets of playmobil animals.

[MtBikeLover]

At our local egg hunt last weekend, they put tickets with numbers written on them. Then all the tickets could be redeemed for prizes. The kids had a blast getting all their tickets and adding them up. I am thinking of putting tickets in our eggs and then the kids can exchange them for bags of candy, cookies, money, bubbles, balls, etc.

I'll also have some with candy in them because my kids love gum and starburst and those are pretty easy to stuff in the eggs.

[Just1More]

bouncy balls
shark teeth
beads and string
money
glow in the dark stars

[flitters]

For non-candy edibles we have put sunflower seeds, raisins, grapes, dried apricots, dried apples... those kind of snacks.

For non-edibles, we have put in some marbles, pretty rocks, tiny bubble blowing things, and probably other stuff I have forgotten.

[eepster]

After the year we had a very warm easter and the chocolate melted (that was a very messy egg hunt only the ants really enjoyed) we decided to just do money. I try to do some eggs with special money (wheat pennies, foreign coins, etc) to make things more interesting.

ETA: I also started numbering the eggs and drawing up a map after; finding one behind the mail box post when I went to paint it in july, weed-whacking an egg in august, finding one in the flower bed when I was planting fall bulbs, etc.

[snoopy5386]

I'm doing pirate booty, bunny crackers and starburst.

[4evermom]

This year, I found mini flashlights (that attach to fingers with elastic) at the grocery store. I've also seen them in gumball machines. Last year, I put in Chuck E Cheese tokens.

Other ideas: flower or vegetable seeds for gardening, mini bubbles, craft supplies like beads...

I once sewed felt eggs (oval of white felt with round yellow "yolk" on top) that fit into plastic eggs.

How about character bandaids?

[LionTigerBear]

we do pennies.