40 Best Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas to Make Them Forget All About Sugar

Good Housekeeping experts were really impressed with how these no-spill tumblers really lived up to their names and kept the messes to a minimum. You get three tumblers of assorted colors in a pack, making for a great set for siblings. Ages 3+

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These Peep-shaped soaps smell just as sweet as they look: Each one has a subtle jelly bean-inspired scent, so they can enjoy the holiday's best sweets long after Easter Sunday.

Good Housekeeping testers couldn't get enough of the touch-and-feel element of this book: the puppet arms, which get long each time you turn the page. The board book features different animal parents sending their babies off to bed, so it's a good one to read after all the Easter excitement has died down.

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Good Housekeeping Institute Lab Executive Director Lexie Sachs was so impressed by Pipsticks' stickers, she gifted friends memberships to its subscription box. The Easter set comes with a 4'' x 4'' sheet of eggs in a variety of cute patterns, so they can dress up their notebooks and other school supplies.

Kids of all ages enjoy the sensory experience of pushing patterns into the colored gel with these boards. There's a stylus they can use, though some think it's more fun to just use your fingers. It also comes in five different gel colors. Ages 3+

There will be no complaints about getting into the bath when kids have these bath bombs, which come with an Easter-themed surprise toy inside. There are 12 in a set, and they turn the water different colors, too!

If you're looking for a non-candy Easter gift for older kids, look no further than this challenging puzzle cube. At first, it looks all black, but heat reveals the colors on the different squares. Players have to press them and make their moves before the colors fade to black again. Ages 8+

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These eggs come pre-filled with all the pieces they'll need to build some kind of creature, which will give them something to do after they've found all the Easter Bunny's hiding spots. You can find unicorns, rabbits, dinosaurs and a variety of other animals, or get a similar set with construction vehicles. Ages 3+

NeeDoh is the stress toy that's taken over TikTok because it feels so cool to squash and squeeze. And while NeeDoh comes in many shapes, the groovy, sparkly marble eggs are perfect for an Easter basket. Ages 3+

Easter is a great time to plant those seeds and see what sprouts. This kit comes with everything a budding gardener would need, including a tin planter, soil, seeds, wooden plant markers, a shovel and a watering bottle. There's even paint, brushes and a palette so kids can decorate the planter! It grows cosmos, zinnia and marigolds. Ages 5+

Give your little Picasso a mess-free activity: Here, they can bring 10 Easter scenes to life with an assortment of mosaic-like colored stickers. Ages 5+

This copper bunny stands out on its own, but it'll really sparkle and shine once it's decorated with her most-worn rings. You can also get a three-pack of ring holders that includes an elephant and a reindeer.

Forget your old bunny slippers; these rabbit socks are ultra-toasty. Plus, they have no-slip grips on the bottoms!

Proof that holiday traditions can double as teaching lessons: When they chisel away at a fossilized egg, they'll unveil one of 12 dinosaurs, which they can then identify with the provided cards. Ages 6+

For 30 days straight, they can pick a card from this deck and read their daily intention over breakfast. Then they can recite their intention throughout the day when they need a mood boost.

With sweet aromas like jelly beans, sour apple, bubblegum and cotton candy, these scented pencils will give them something to look forward to once they return to school after the holiday. There are five pencils in the pack, and Scentco proudly claims that they're made from recycled newspapers.

Roll this into a ball and it bounces; knead it out and it stretches. It even has magnetic properties! It's a perfect basket addition for fidgety hands. Ages 8+

These happy bunnies treat lips with a cosmetic with a texture somewhere between lip gloss and lipstick. You can get them individually for $8 or a three-pack for $24, and there's also bunny-shaped perfume bars.

They don't know who they'll find when they open these LEGO minifigure blind bags — and that's the fun of it. They can expand their LEGO world with one of 12 creative characters, from a person dressed as a carrot to an aristocrat with a full face of white makeup and a lapdog. Ages 5+

For a faith-based option, gift them a bedtime read that explains the true meaning of Easter. The story comes courtesy of a polar bear cub asking questions of mama and papa bear. Ages 2+