Last year I discovered a girl called Louise who made refillable Personalized Easter Eggs and I bought some for my 3 grandchildren.
This year I will be re-using these three eggs.
Now when I got these large plastic eggs they were already full of treats and you can read more about the eggs & about Louise's online business in my review
This year when I went up to the storage area
I easily found the eggs.
2 Deep Pink ones for Ruby and Sarah
and a Blue one for Matthew
but of course they were not full of little treats now.
I would have to think about it this year and decide what I should put in the eggs and then organise to get the treats myself.
BEFORE
Main Thing is I need to remember
an egg is "egg-shaped"
so not just any treat will fit inside.
IDEAS
First Thing as per usual for me is a list of ideas that would immediately spring to mind knowing what our grandkids like.
- Chocolate
- Stickers
- Lego Cards
- Little Notebooks
- Washi Tape
- Balloons
- Bubbles
Secondly I thought about having a little look around my study for the box that contains things that I used to have for little prizes for my Sunday School kids a few years back.
- Sharpeners
- Bookmarks
- Magnets
- Hair clips
- Pencils
- Pens
- Flip Bracelets
- Small puzzles
So glad I thought about this because I then realised that I probably already had enough little treats in the house to fill all three eggs.
I got out my two boxes that had these types of things plus other larger things stored inside.
The first one mostly had items that would be too large
The second one had a variety of better sized items
FILLING THE EGGS
These were the things I could consider (except for the large bubble wands but they will be used in the back garden in the summer because the grandkids love to run around the grass after me trying to catch or burst the bubbles).
Small bubbles - but there was only one of these left and they would not be happy if one got bubbles and the other two didn't.
Washi Tape - only two was ok because it would be for the girls but at 2 yrs and 4 yrs they are a bit young to appreciate it.
Balloons - Yes definitely they always enjoy a balloon to play with.
Small ball puzzles - best for Matthew's age so he could get one of those.
Stickers - only a few Easter themed ones and they would suit Sarah
Little Hoop button operated game - Ruby would be old enough now to try it.
And we cannot forget the
Chocolate treats - Ruby needs different items from Matthew and Sarah as she is allergic to nuts and dairy so I had to go online previously and order a selection of bars and buttons for her because there is not a good variety in our supermarkets.
AFTER
Yes everything I had picked did fit into the eggs but I could have had more treats if eggs were not egg-shaped and I didn't include any chocolate items.
Tips & Helps!
Don't leave things like this to the last minute.
Most mums and grannies will normally have some sweet treats in the house but you can also have some other little treats bought in anytime you see something in one of those pound shops or the dollar shops for our American friends.
Also what about some of those small things that your kids receive at Christmas or birthdays that they hardly notice among everything else or just forget about. Store them away in a box for a time like this.
Another place I like to gather things up from is any Christian Book Shop I'm in - some of these have a great variety.
Lastly when you are shopping online somewhere like Ebay keep an eye out for small items because sometimes you can buy a bunch of similar things for a good price.
So is Easter sorted for our Grandkids?
Almost for the grandkids because I have the refillable eggs and I already have some eggs for an egg hunt for them. Now just need to get some Easter eggs for grandkids, the grown-up kids & my husband and myself because let's be honest we all love Chocolate Easter Eggs too.
Now you may be thinking how this is organising my home!
1. I had the eggs already in the house
2. I knew exactly where they were in the storage area
3. I had little gifts that would suit the kids ages in 2 boxes
4. I knew exactly where these two boxes were in my study
5. I had a table clear for working on where I could sort the little gifts out around the eggs without having to use my dining table.
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