More Food-Free Easter Basket Fillers

Since children with restricted diets due to food allergies, diabetes, or other special needs can't dig into chocolate eggs and jelly beans, I asked for your non-food ideas for filling an Easter basket (after sharing 50 of my own) and several readers have shared their inspirations:

• dyana56 gives flower seeds and small pots.
• Earl puts batteries in baskets. "After all, isn't it a bunny that hawks batteries on TV these days? Duracell, maybe? You know, that bunny with the drum that keeps on going, and going, and going.... What else would an Easter bunny leave in your basket?"
• Sue uses tennis shoes and socks as basket-fillers.
• Sunday says, "My kids go bonkers over bubbles! Another great idea is sidewalk chalk or crayons and paper."
• Esther suggests a "do-it-yourself bunny kit: eggshells with cotton balls and safe paint, instructions on how to do it, and also a message of what is the meaning of Easter, chocolates, and a stuffed chick inside an eggshell."

What non-food goodies have you used to fill an Easter basket? Add them to the Readers Respond page.

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