It’s almost Easter and you are probably looking for inexpensive no candy Easter basket ideas for your kids or grandkids. Easter is so fun: dying eggs, Easter egg hunts, going to church and celebrating Christ’s resurrection. But it’s not a time you want to spend a bunch of money filling Eater baskets with candy, right?
There are lots of awesome options to give as Easter basket gifts instead of filling them with candy. Toys, books, crafts, umbrellas, and rain boots are a few of the no candy Easter gift ideas that are less than $10.
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10 Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas For Less Than $10
Below are the ten best Easter gifts for kids on Amazon for less than ten bucks.
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1. Pre-Filled Easter Eggs With Pull-Back Cars
Looking for Easter eggs that are already filled with great gifts? Look no further than these 12 colorful eggs pre-filled with Mini Pull Back Cars.
The cars are adorable and they zoom fast too. Your kids will enjoy hunting for each egg just to see which cool vehicle is in the next one. These look perfect for girls or boys, and unlike many of the pre-filled egg trinkets, these will actually get played with long after Easter is over.
Plus, they’ll save you precious time because you don’t have to figure out what to put inside all of your eggs.
2. Easter Books for Kids
Books are a perfect non-candy gift idea!
Here are some great Easter children’s books on Amazon for less than $10:
Christian Children’s Easter Books
Secular Children’s Easter Books
- The Great Easter Race! A Springtime Sesame Street Story with Elmo and Friends!
- Paw Patrol Pups Save the Bunnies
- Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure
- Llama Llama Easter Egg
Almost every gift-giving time in our family involves a book. Birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, and Easter too. It’s one gift I don’t mind buying more of because of all the benefits of reading with your children.
With a gift of books, you’ll help build your children’s vocabulary and knowledge, spark creativity, boost their empathy and concentration, and strengthen your bond by spending special time together.
3. Galaxy Slime Starter Pack
You and your kids can make stretchy, jiggly, and sparkly slime with the Galaxy Slime Starter Kit. The pastel colors are perfect for Easter, and with over 3,300 reviews and a 4.4 rating, this is the perfect slime starter kit for an Easter basket!
If your kids are really into making and playing with different batches of ooey-gooey slime, you may want to look into the gallon of School Glue to save the most money.
4. Glow in the Dark Slime Easter Eggs
How about an Easter Egg Hunt with Glow-in-the-Dark Easer Egg Slime?
This pack includes 12 glowing putty eggs that can be recharged over and over again. Stretch it, squeeze it, mold it, this is one of the best non-candy Easter basket stuffers.
5. Tomy Hide & Squeak Eggs
Put a little fun and educational twist on your Easter egg hunt this year by hiding these squeaky fun eggs.
Both of my little ones like these squeaky eggs by Tomy. The bottom of each egg has a different shape, and the faces on each eggshell match one of the colorful chicks inside.
Your preschooler or toddler will enjoy hiding and finding the eggs then matching the colors and shapes, while your babies will enjoy taking them apart and hammering them to make them squeak.
6. Easter Stampers
This kit includes 50 Easter Stampers with cute Easter designs that are pre-inked.
No need for ink pads AND they fit inside plastic Easter eggs!
These would be perfect if your kids like doing crafts, making cards, or if you’re looking for no candy Easter basket ideas for egg hunts or classroom parties.
7. Melissa & Doug Slice & Sort Wooden Eggs
The Melissa & Doug Slice & Sort Eggs are perfect if you prefer wooden eggs over plastic eggs and want an Easter basket gift idea that encourages hand-eye coordination, motor skills, color recognition, and imaginative play.
In this set, you’ll get 6 wooden eggs with 6 different colored yolks inside and a wooden knife. Your kids can practice slicing each egg in half then mix them up, practice color matching or play a fun memory game.
These are also perfect for pretend kitchen play and they come with a wooden tray. These eggs will also fit in a real egg carton too, which is how we store the eggs in our play kitchen.
8. Kid’s Froggy Rain Coat
For less than $10, you can get an adorable Froggy Rain Coat or this TopRen Kids Rain Coat for this upcoming spring.
Rain? Puddles? Mud? These raincoats are not only so cute your kids will love wearing them, they’ll help you do fewer loads of laundry too!
9. Reusable Easter Stickers
Kids love stickers! From babies to toddlers to big kids, they’re just fun to create with. And you know what’s even cooler than regular stickers?
Reusable stickers!
This cute pack includes 400 Reusable Easter and Spring Stickers that would be a fun addition to any Easter basket.
As a natural saver, I used to cringe when I’d watch my daughter pile sticker after sticker on the exact same spot of a page in her coloring book. But with packs like these, not only are there 400 stickers, they are reusable too!
More fun for the kids, and less cringing for money-saving moms.
10. Cute Umbrella For Rainy Days
Easter means spring showers are just around the corner. What better than a cute and practical gift like this adorable bubble umbrella to keep your little ones dry this spring?
Plus, have you ever let your kids taken an umbrella to a splash pad in the summer? Trust me, bring the umbrella!
This umbrella is typically in the $15 range, but once in awhile you can find it for about $10.
BONUS EASTER BASKET GIFT IDEA
Silly Rabbit, Easter Is For Jesus Shirt
If you want another way to keep the meaning of Easter focused on Jesus, consider adding this t-shirt to your no candy Easter gift basket.
This “Silly Rabbit Easter is for Jesus.” t-shirt comes in six different colors in men, women, and youth sizes. It’s not under $10, but it’s a cute and fun way to remind everyone you see the reason for the Easter season.
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