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Looking for some ideas to fill those Easter baskets? We’ve got some fun ideas for you!

I love children’s books for gifts. Nothing beats spending time with a little one reading to them and watching them explore new worlds. Simon and Schuster have tons a great spring time and Easter themed books that are perfect for your little cutie’s basket. I love Happy Easter, Little Pookie by favorite Sandra Boynton. Her books are always so fun to read together. We also love The Bunny Rabbit Show by Sandra Boynton for a sweet bunny themed story. For Easter-themed rhymes and surprises, check out the lift-the-flap board book What’s Inside The Easter Egg by Cindy Jin. For CoComelon fanatics, be sure to pick up a copy of The Easter Surprise! There is a treasure trove of Easter themed books available online!

We love My Little Wimmelbooks to add to Easter baskets this year, too. These cute board books like At The Airport and A Day at the Zoo take little ones on an exploratory adventure through very detailed pictures. Think “Where’s Waldo?” meets everyday life. Such great books that will have you searching along with your little one to find all the action packed characters and will spark creative storytelling.

We can’t get enough of all the absolutely adorable items available at Hanna Andersson this spring! We think their 5 piece gift set is oh-so-sweet and it comes in a variety of patterns, making the perfect gift for any new arrival this year! Hardest part will be picking your favorite pattern, but for Easter, we can’t help but coo over the woodsmoke pattern with lots of sweet bunnies. Also new this year is the HannaSoft line, perfect for your favorite newborn. The material is silky smooth, perfect for your baby’s soft skin. I can’t get over how cute this 2-piece baby layette print wiggle set is! You will want to match it with their equally cozy striped swaddle blanket because it is just heavenly! For the toddlers out there, you will love their cute spring dresses like the tulip pocket dress! You will be thrilled with all their great wardrobe choices for your little ones.

 PEEPS® joins the EggMazing family with the new PEEPS® EggMazing Egg Decorator! Just like the other decorators, this bunny-shaped one holds and spins hard-boiled eggs while you use the included PEEPS® markers to decorate! Available in the iconic PEEPS® Bunny Pink and PEEPS Bunny Yellow! 

Or choose the Original EggMazing Decorator! The #1 selling toy on Amazon leading up to the holiday, this line of mess-free egg decorators let kids become part of the decorating process instead of just “watching and waiting” for traditional messy dyes to work! This egg-shaped decorator holds and spins hard-boiled eggs while you use the included markers to create stripes, lines and other fun designs! 

We love the  Hide ’N’ Seek Busy Bags from Bizyboo, especially the Easter Egg Busy Bag Scavenger Hunt ones for Easter. They are the perfect mess-free, on-the-go, and low-fuss companion! Using both written and visual prompts found on an attached card, children will have a blast prodding and shifting the beads around, seeking out the Easter objects! Not only do they keep little ones engaged, but these bags also foster learning and motor skill development and encourage independence. 

PLAYMOBIL’s Horses of Waterfall- Feeding Time with Ellie & Sawdust is the perfect addition to Easter baskets this spring!  Join Ellie and her horse, Sawdust, as they train for western riding! Yea Haw! With this PLAYMOBIL eco-friendly product line, it consists of, on average, more than 80% sustainable materials! It allows children to embark on exciting horse-riding adventures!

PLAYMOBIL Color & Crayola- Motorbike:  PLAYMOBIL is celebrating the comeback of its classic PLAYMOBIL Color series after a 45-year hiatus with five new sets released in collaboration with creativity powerhouse, CRAYOLA. It’s a colorful world with the Motorbike! Design your motorbike and rider using your own sense of style by using the two included Crayola markers to color the motorbike and rider’s outfit as you wish! When you are ready for a change easily wipe the ink off and start all over again! How cool!!!

 Who doesn’t love a good comfort hug? Bumpas™ are lovable plush toy friends who you can play and cuddle with. This huggable friend is weighted to provide a sense of comfort and security when you need it most! Bumpas’™ arms are perfectly sized to give realistic-feeling hugs. Now available in 2 NEW tie-dye colors! The pink tie-dye Bumpas™, Sprinx, and the blue tie-dye Bumpas™, Shloof, are the perfect friends to collect and to get in the spring mood! 

If your little girl loves to play dress up and pretend play, check out this fun set, the Litti Pritti Play Purse. This really cute set is loaded with all sorts of accessories to be just like mom. Keys, wallet, cell phone, lipstick, credit card and cash all in a stylish purse. She will enjoy hours and hours of imaginative play with this dress up set.

Speaking of pretend play, this very portable Prextex cash register is a fun addition to your little ones play space. They can be a shop keeper, or do the shopping themselves, in this all in one playlet that includes a register, cash, and a shopping basket. This little set up actually works, too! They will have fun scanning the items, using the calculator and the working microphone. 

Keeping with the egg theme for Easter, why not gift your child something that will help them learn some skills? I love this Prextex Find and Match Easter eggs. Your child can learn numbers, colors, matching and more with this STEM toy. These cute eggs will help them master their skills in no time!

Speaking of eggs, don’t forget to grab some of these super fun glow in the dark Easter eggs from Prextex for your egg hunts! I love that each of these eggs has a little glow stick you can activate and place inside. There is still plenty of room to stuff them with treats, too. Now you can have an egg hunt at night or turn the lights off to do it in the house. Adds a whole different dynamic to an egg hunt! You can find a set of 36 on Amazon.

I guess we really like glowing things over here at The Mommy Avenger because the next few things I have to tell you about all have that in common. Geomagworld has incredible toys that really get the imagination going and I love giving toys that spark creativity and include building. Their latest addition to their line up, the Geomag Glow, is a 93 piece set that encourages hands-on play for anyone between the ages of 3 and 99. You can build anything you want with the magnetic rods and steel spheres and with this new set, it will glow in the dark. You can feel good knowing these European construction toys are made up of 100% recycled plastic and created using hydropower.

We love imaginative play both indoors and out. So when it’s nice enough to be outside, we love playing with friends the weather will be getting warmer (eventually, we hope….) now is the perfect time to grab a game or two to get your family moving and playing together outside. We are loving Ghosts in the Graveyard for nostalgic night time game play and Cosmic Kick the Can, the latest from Starlux Games. Be sure to grab a couple of these fun, interactive games to enjoy with your own family! You can even turn it into a neighborhood gathering, which is always a great time!

If you want more nostalgic fun, head on over to Winning Moves. Here you will find tons of great options for board games for when the weather isn’t conducive to outdoor play like Scatergories Stackagories and Pretty Pretty Princess. Or choose some of your childhood favorites like Candyland, Hi Ho Cherry O, and Barrel of Monkeys. Or gift them Wham-O’s Slip N’ Slide, Frisbee, HackySack or Superball. The possibilities are endless!

Looking to fill those baskets for teens and adults? We’ve got some great ideas for them, as well!

We love Bee &You’s amazing lip balms. These are great to put in anyone’s basket. Enjoy their intensive care lip balm set for recovery from dry winter air or their ultra-conditioning lip balm set, my favorite! This all natural, no chemicals added formula makes your lips feel absolutely luscious. Made with raw honey, vitamin E, elderberry and propolis, each purchase of their products helps supports bees and beekeepers. I can’t think of anything more spring-like than that!

Worried all the Easter candy will set your workout back? No need! Bucked Up has some incredible products that will enhance your workout, not bog you down with tons of sugar. That’s right, the Candy Series Pre-Workouts from Bucked Up are the perfect addition to your favorite gym-goer’s Easter basket. Available in fun candy flavors like Cherry Hard Candy, Sour Bucks and White Gummy Deer, all available in regular, BAMF and Woke AF, depending on your preference. I can’t decide which is my favorite flavor, truth be told, you may want to pick up all the varieties to find out which you love the most. I love that these come in full size tubs or single travel sized tubs (they are mini, but loaded with gainz!). The travel sized ones have ten servings vs. thirty and are easy to keep in your gym bag or take with you anywhere without taking up a lot of space. We absolutely love Bucked Up products and highly recommend them to you!

Smartwool clothing is always a favorite in this house. They have incredible clothing for all times of the year. For spring, we are loving some of their great clothing options perfect for exercising outdoors that can easily fit inside an Easter basket. Check out their men’s mesh hoodie, the perfect weight for exercising and gives the best ventilation. Made of wool, but it dries like polyester (and it’s recycled!). Women have great mesh high neck tanks, too!

Holly Yashi always has beautiful jewelry for your favorite gal and this spring, we can’t think of anything more perfect than their delicate layering necklaces. The Marina Pearl Necklace and Cora Pearl Necklace are the most lovely combination of petite pearls that adds dainty glitz. We love the way it wears and looks and recommend their products to everyone who will listen!

Whether you are expecting or just living an active lifestyle chasing the kiddos around, you are going to want to make sure you are well hydrated. I know there is a major craze right now of another competitor’s tumblers, but I’m here to tell you I love Owala’s tumblers the best! Their 40 oz tumblers are very generous in holding lots of fluids, making a great reminder to get my water consumption in. They fit in drink holders in the car securely, they are easy to take on the go with their comfortable handles and they come in all sorts of fun colors and styles and they even have limited edition color drops! It is splash resistant and you can also use a straw to drink or sip. All the components are able to be taken apart and thoroughly washed when you need to. It’s great to note that these tumblers are lead-free! 

FragranceNet.com is my go-to for great personal beauty gifts and they are all the perfect sized items to fit in Easter baskets. You can find the best assortment of colognes and perfumes for both men and women. Spring is in the air and it’s time to refresh your signature scent. Being able to select high-end brands at a fraction of the cost and without the risk makes it especially appealing. Perfumes like Calvin Klein Euphoria Spring Temptation and Clean Reserve for women and the mesmerizing scent of Gucci Guilty and Versace Eros  for men are sure to be big hits! They even have travel sized fragrances that would be wonderful to give for those going away on spring break. You really can’t go wrong! Don’t forget to look beyond just their fragrances for people–they also have a great selection of candles for your home!

Looking for something unique to fill those baskets with? Experiences are always great and won’t leave your house cluttered. I love keeping everyone in the family entertained and occupied. Looking ahead to the future, passes to something fun is a great way to go. If you live in Utah, I can’t think of something better than to grab some family season passes to Splash Summit Water Park. Everyone will be thrilled to know there is some serious fun to be had in their future this summer, which will be here before you know it! Be sure to check their website for special deals and discounts.

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