With Easter just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about filling those adorable baskets for your toddler. While chocolate bunnies and candy eggs are classics, you probably aren’t ready to give those to your younger toddler, or maybe you just want to give your toddler items other than candy. This post will provide you with fun, educational, and creative non candy Easter basket ideas for your toddler!
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Easter baskets are one of the best parts of Easter, but for toddler parents, filling those baskets with age-appropriate goodies that are both safe and stimulating can be a challenge; especially if you have a toddler under age two. Or maybe you just want to mix things up this year with some fun and educational goodies. So to help you out mama, I’ve created a list of creative non candy Easter basket ideas that your little one will absolutely love, without the sugar crash! These Easter stuffer recommendations are sure to make your holiday both entertaining and enriching for your little bunny. Also check out these adorable Easter basket ideas for babies!
Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Toddlers:
1. Easter and Spring Themed Books
Encourage a love for reading with colorful books featuring Easter themes or sunny springtime adventures! Books are a wonderful Easter basket stuffers and really add to the theme. If you want Easter basket ideas that are not junk, then books are the way to go! (Board books are a great idea for baby Easter baskets too! Check out my Baby Easter Basket Ideas here!) Here are some great Easter books for your Toddler’s Easter basket:
- Never Touch A Grumpy Bunny: Super tactile! Fun silicone feels on every page. My toddler loves this series!
- My First How to Catch the Easter Bunny: This adorable Easter Bunny book is the perfect addition to your toddler’s or baby’s Easter basket! The story features a child and baby animal friends trying to catch the Easter bunny to learn how he delivers all the Easter eggs.
- We’re Going on An Egg Hunt: This Easter book for toddlers is an adorable rendition of Going on a Bear Hunt. This story is perfect for Easter! There are 10 Easter eggs to search for and count and fun flaps to lift. My toddler loves a good lift the flap book!
- Little Blue Truck’s Springtime: Just say yes to Little Blue Truck! The whole series has such an engaging story with rhyming words that toddlers love! My toddler LOVES this book series!
- Peter Rabbit: This version is the classic story but with touch and feel, and lift the flap elements for interactive fun.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Egg Hunt: An adorable lift the flap book with classic characters. My toddler absolutely loves this book! It actually stays on our bookshelf year round.
- You’re My Little Hunny Bunny: This series is so adorable! It has thick sturdy pages and your toddler will love the tactile experience of it. The illustrations are so cute!
- Musical Easter Nursery Rhymes: This book plays 6 Easter themed nursery rhyme songs- perfect for any music loving toddler!
2. Educational Toys and Easter Basket Ideas
Toys that promote learning while keeping your little one entertained are the perfect non candy Easter basket ideas! Stimulate your toddler’s mind with open-ended toys, puzzles and games that are both entertaining and educational. Look for ones that are age-appropriate and promote skills like problem-solving, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity and/or hand-eye coordination.
Silicone Rainbow Stacker:
This open ended Rainbow Stacker toy is perfect for color recognition, fine motor skills, and imaginative play. It can be stacked different way, enhancing eye hand coordination. Your toddler will love stacking it up and knocking it down!
Yofun Montessori Carrot Matching Puzzle:
Well made from smooth wood, is durable and the perfect chunky size for small hands. Your toddler will love putting the carrots in and pulling them out. Each carrot is a different size and has a matching hole. This toy is great for fine motor skills, cognitive problem solving, and eye hand coordination!
Egg Matching Carton:
This Color and Shape Matching Egg Carton toy enhances fine motor skills while teaching color and shape recognition. The sturdy plastic egg carton keeps them all together. Your toddler will love opening and closing these colorful eggs. Perfect for learning open and close, color recognition, shape recognition, and matching!
Toomies Hide and Squeak Eggs:
This is a great sensory toy that promotes developmental skills like shape and color matching. When your little one presses down on the adorable baby chick’s head inside the egg, it makes a delightful chirp sound, guaranteed to induce the giggles. These fun eggs make a wonderfully fun Easter basket stuffer.
Learning Resources Peek-a-Bird Learning Buddies
These colorful birdies are not only adorable, but they’re also an educational Easter basket stuffer! Each of the 5 birds is a different color and has a different expression. There are so many ways for toddlers to learn through play with this educational toy! You can use this for color recognition, matching, number recognition, counting, shape recognition identifying and discussing emotions. This educational toddler toy also enhances fine motor skills and social- emotional skills. Designed to grow with your child for 18 months and up, this is an excellent Easter basket idea for toddlers!
Haba Musical Eggs:
This playful set of eggs is a Montessori favorite, featuring wooden eggs that make different sounds when shaken, twisted, or clicked. Your toddler will love exploring all of the different sounds! These eggs are not only creative, they also help with fine motor skills and sensory exploration.
Learning Resources Count and Clean Dust Bunnies
This fun counting dust bunny set is so adorable! This educational toy for toddlers is an excellent Easter basket stuffer! This dust bunnies toy set is an educational game that enhances gross motor skills by sweeping up the bunnies and implementing different toddler activities that make you get up and move. This fun, educational toddler toy also enhances color recognition, counting, and sorting. Educational toys for the win!
3. Stuffed Animals and Plushies
Soft and cuddly plush toys are always a hit with toddlers, so of course they have a spot on this non candy Easter basket ideas list! Add to your toddler’s collection of stuffed animals with a cute Easter-themed plushie. Choose ones featuring Easter characters like bunnies, chicks, or lambs. Check out these super cute, cuddly options:
Bearington Plush Bunny:
This bunny is soo adorable and perfect for snuggling! A cuddly bunny is a timeless Easter basket stuffer! This bunny is a great size and is soft and huggable- a perfect option for snuggles and imaginative play.
Jumbo Plushie Bunny
This adorable stuffed bunny is the perfect Easter basket stuffer for any age! It’s so cute and cuddly and looks on par in cuteness and quality as it’s popular name brand counterpart. Super soft with floppy ears and oh so cute!
Bundaloo Farm Plushie Playset:
This farm set is not only adorable, but each animal makes sounds! We love that the name of the animal is also printed on each plushie. Everything stays nicely contained with the included barn. This is great for learning animal names, animal sounds, and cuddly imaginative play!
4. Art Supplies:
Nurture your toddler’s creativity with art supplies like crayons, washable markers, play dough and stickers. Look for non-toxic materials that are safe for little hands. Art and craft supplies are great non-candy Easter basket ideas for toddlers!
Check out these art supply Easter basket ideas:
Play-Doh Springtime Pals
I got this Easter playdough set for my toddler’s Easter basket this year and it’s a great size for Easter baskets! The set comes with 2 play-doh eggs, a bunny dough cutter, egg shaped cutter, and bunny rolling stamper. This is a perfect Easter basket stuffer for toddlers. Play dough is so great for developing fine motor skills, sensory exploration, and imaginative play. Don’t be afraid of it; just supervise your toddler while playing. I first gave play dough to my 18 moth old and he absolutely loves it (and didn’t eat it!).
Crayola My First Markers
A great washable first Marker for little hands. They have a rounded tip instead of a pointed one to make them safe for toddlers. We always have these on our art table.
Dot Markers
These non-toxic dot markers are such a fun art activitiy! These really hold my toddlers attention and we love the vibrant colors. These dot markers are also washable and dry quickly, and the set comes with paper! Dot markers are also great to put in restaurant bags!
Bluey Coloring Book with Puffy Stickers
We got this Bluey coloring book for my toddler’s Easter basket this year and I know he’s going to love it! This coloring book features Bluey and Bingo on am Easter egg hunt and comes with Easter puffy stickers!
Washable Paint Sticks
We love these paint sticks! The colors are bright, vibrant, and smooth. They are non-toxic and super washable. I’m talking I found a paint stick masterpiece on a shelf days later and it simply came off with a swipe of a baby wipe. These are also great for restaurant bags. My toddler loves them! We even decorate craft eggs with these for Easter.
My first Scribble Book
We love this book because not only is it a dedicated place for my toddler to color but I also get to save it as a collection of his first works of art. The book is coloring book size with thick, blank pages for crayons or markers.
5. Outdoor Toys:
With spring in full swing, outdoor toys are a must-have for Easter baskets! I love putting outdoor toys and summer items in my toddler’s Easter basket. They make great Easter basket stuffers and are a smart way to stock up on spring and summer gear. Check out these outdoor toddler Easter basket ideas:
Fubbles Non-toxic Bubbles
Bubbles are a classic outdoor (or indoor!) activity that toddlers love. Opt for a bubble solution that is non-toxic. These bubbles are No Spill and Non-toxic! We love anything non-toxic and spill proof! They also make excellent bubbles and are a favorite bubble brand in our household. These mini Fubbles are perfect Easter basket ideas for toddlers.
Watering Can Beach Set
As the weather is getting warmer, outdoor toys are perfect for toddler Easter baskets! This watering can set is great for water play, gardening, sand play, and outdoor fun! 15 piece set.
Bunny Musical Bubble Wand:
This bubble wand is easy for your toddler to hold; just press a button for it to make bubbles. It also lights up and plays music! This is one of my toddler’s favorites! It makes amazing bubbles and is completely frustration free.
Chalk Easy Grip:
This chalk set has easy grip handles making it easy for toddlers to grasp and color without getting chalk on their hands. You can also purchase refills for them instead of having to buy the whole set all over again when the chalk runs out!
Chalk Paint Rollers
This roller chalk is so fun for outside play! Just add water, shake, and let your toddler paint away. This set includes three bright, non-toxic toxic colors. Great for Easter baskets!
6. Easter and Spring Themed Toys and Games
These delightful Easter and Spring themed toys will brighten up any toddler’s Easter! Themed toys are a fun addition to Easter baskets.
Kinetic Sand Eggs
If you don’t have Kinetic sand yet, then these Kinetic sand eggs are a great way to introduce them! We purchased these for my son’s Easter basket this year. The set comes with 3 eggs filled with different colors of shimmery Kinetic sand. Kinetic sand is a great sensory activity that toddlers love to play with and manipulate.
Eggcellent Hide and Seek Game
Does your toddle love hide and seek as much as my toddler? If so, this Egg hide and seek game is a perfect Easter basket stuffer! You or your toddler hide the egg, then press the button. The egg talks, lights up, and plays music to give clues on where it’s hiding. My toddler LOVES any type of hiding games! This game is fun for the whole family. For Bluey lovers check out this Hide and Seek Bluey with the same concept!
Wooden Bunny Car:
This adorable bunny car is great for the car obsessed toddler (mine!), and is durable being made from wood. This is a cute addition to any Easter basket. Designed for 12 months and up with smooth wood and rounded corners. This is a cute car to add to the Easter theme and Easter baskets.
Jumping Jack Bunny Game
This adorable bunny jumping game is perfect for Easter! It says it designed for ages 3 and up but I did get this this year for my 2 year old because I think he’s going to love it. Just use with supervision always. The premise of the game is you spin to see how many carrots you pick, pick the carrots, and the bunny may jump out on your pick. This promotes hand-eye coordination, counting, fine motor skills, and social emotional skills.
Easter themed bubble popper
A bubble popper is great sensory toy that also promotes hand eye coordination. It can help with self regulation and to keep little hands occupied. Popping the bubbles is really satisfying for us mamas too! This also makes a great travel toy.
Learning Resources Grow it Set:
This adorable pretend gardening set sparks imaginative play and enhances fine motor skills.The watering can can be used for pretend gardening or, put real water in it for fun water play! This enhances fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, and imaginative play. Perfect for curious toddlers!
7. Clothes, Accessories, and Practical Items
Bunny Slippers
These are the cutest bunny slippers ever! My toddler absolutely loves these slippers and wears them every day.
Check out this video of our bunny slippers: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82ktaEv/
They are super soft, warm, and have a durable runner sole like a sneaker, which is so great for toddlers! We love these so much and are one of our favorites on our list of the best Easter basket ideas for toddlers. My toddler asks to wear these every day and would even wear them outside if I let him.
Toddler Sunglasses
Sunglasses are a cute addition to your toddler’s Easter basket! There are so many colors and styles to choose from. These adorable Babiators sunglasses are perfect for toddlers! They offer UV protection, are sturdy, bendable, and essentially baby proof. They come in different sizes based on age from 0 monrhs to 6 years and up. love filling my toddler’s Easter basket with some toys, books, practical items, and outdoor accessories.
Bunny Pajamas
These adorable bunny pajamas are perfect for toddler Easter baskets! When looking for non-candy Easter basket ideas for toddlers, pajamas are always a good choice. These bunny pjs are so cute and come in sizes 12m to 5T. Perfect for Easter! I can’t wait to take adorable Easter photos with these!
Stainless Steel Insulated Toddler Straw Cup with Handle
This insulated, stainless steel toddler sippy cup had me at leak proof and spill proof! It comes in adorable designs, and the handle makes it easy for little hands to hold. Perfect for Easter baskets! My toddler has this cup and loves it! The straw has a silicone topper and the cup is very sturdy. For 2 years old and up.
Rainbow Visual Timer
This rainbow visual timer is a great tool for toddlers and kids! I love the idea of a visual timer for my toddler’s Easter basket! Toddlers need transitions reminders before moving on to the next activity on your day (Example: 2 more mins of playing, and then it’s time to clean up for lunch). This rainbow timer let’s your toddler actually see when time is up, giving them a better understanding of the concepts of time. It also doubles as a night light. Anything that can help make transitions go smoothly is a win in my book!
8. Non-Candy Treats
Instead of filling the basket with sugary candy, opt for some yummy, sweet, healthier options like these:
- Natures Bakery Bars: These bars are so good, we buy extra so my husband and I can eat them too! Lots of yummy flavors to choose from. We love the apple oat crumble and strawberry oat crumble.
- Beech Nut Oaty Bars: These are a staple in my home. My toddler loves them! I love that the ingredients are so simple and have no added sugar, and no artificial flavors, dyes, or ingredients.
- Annie’s Bunnie Grahams: We love Annie’s products. These Bunny grahams are so yummy and the adorable bunny shape is perfect for Easter.
Remember:
When choosing Easter basket stuffers for your toddler, always prioritize their safety by choosing age-appropriate items. Opt for toys that are free of small parts, choking hazards, and sharp edges. Consider your toddler’s interests and developmental stage when selecting items for their basket. Most importantly, have fun and enjoy creating a special Easter basket for your little one!
This Easter, make your toddler’s Easter basket extra special with these fun and educational Easter basket ideas. Don’t forget to check out these sweet and safe baby Easter basket ideas for baby’s first Easter! These Easter basket stuffers will not only bring a smile to your little one’s face, but will also spark their imagination and promote developmental skills. Whether it’s books, toys, or outdoor playtime gear, there are plenty of options to choose from to create a magical holiday for your little one.
Happy Easter!
