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Tired
of Easter baskets overloaded with chocolate bunnies, malted milk balls
and marshmallow chicks? Want
to try something different this year? Consider adding some of these unexpected—and sugar free—gifts
to your son or daughter’s Easter
basket!
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Bowling
buddies
Turning
bowling into an Easter tradition with this gift!
Set up these six bunny-shaped bowling pins, then try to
knock them down with cabbage-shaped bowling balls!
Great for children ages 3 and up. Available from Sensational Beginnings
for $34.95.
Homemade
lip gloss
Great
gift for a little girl! And
best of all, if you make it yourself, you can make it in her favorite
colors and/or flavors! For a simple lip gloss recipe, click on
this link:
Lip
Gloss Recipe
Easter
Golf Set
A
new twist on a favorite game! This set includes four 23” plastic clubs, four standard
size plastic golf balls and six corrugated plastic Easter character
markers including bunnies, ducks, chicks, lambs, and Easter eggs.
Can be used indoors or outdoors.
Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
Cost:
$14.95.
Make
it with string
Rediscover
an old time hobby with your kids when you give them a copy of the book Cat's
Cradle. This 36-page spiral bound book includes easy diagrams for
playing string games like Jacob's Ladder and Witches Broom. You can
purchase it from Spilsbury, where
it's on sale for $6.88 (regular price is $9.95). Click on this link to
visit their site:
Spilsbury.com. Unique Puzzles. Clever Games.
Carrot
bath salts
Another
do-it-yourself project; makes a great gift for a preteen!
Click here for instructions:
Carrot
Bath Salts
Slinky
Phone
Your
pre-teen or teen will be the talk of her school when she tells everyone
she received this cool gift in her Easter basket! This truly
unique, fully functioning phone resembles that classic toy--the Slinky.
It comes in the popular neon-green color. Available
from Spilsbury for $17.88.
Here's the link to their site:
Spilsbury.com
Create
your own book of games
Here's
an inexpensive gift item to tuck in that Easter basket! And best of all,
you can make it yourself!
You
can find many mazes, crossword puzzles, connect-the-dots and other games
on the Internet. Many game sites will allow you to print or
download their pages at no cost, provided they will be used in
non-commercial ways. (In other words, you can't sell them.)
Why
not print some of these pages and combine them in a notebook for a
homemade games book?
Check
out these two websites for printable game sheets:
Dav's
Page o' Fun
KidExplorers
(this
page has religious themed puzzles and games)
Princess
Magic Mirror
A
marvelous gift for a little girl who loves the story of Cinderella!
Simply press a button on this handheld pink plastic mirror;
Cinderella appears in this mirror and says phrases like “Your hair
looks lovely!” Ages 3+.
DisneyStore.com
$15.
A
remarkable rabbit puppet
This
huggable plush bunny puppet will easily beco me
a favorite in your child's toybox! It's 13" tall, has
realistic looking features and can double as a stuffed animal. It will
certainly spark a child's imagination! Availabe from Sensational Beginnings
So,
you like these ideas, but must admit that it really wouldn't be Easter
without candy? Well, here's a clever way to package those
jelly beans and speckled bird eggs:
Plastic
Bunny Candy Containers
 These
whimsical 4” containers resemble floppy eared bunnies.
The container twists shut to hold candy securely.
Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
Cost:
12 for $12.
Want
ideas for your significant other's Easter Basket? Click to this
article:
10
gifts your sweetheart won't expect to find in his/her Easter Basket
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