8 Easter Gifts for Grandkids that last longer than Chocolate

Toys, books and games can be better gifts than Easter eggs for grandkids. They will not only keep them entertained for longer but can make great prizes in an Easter egg hunt.  Your grandkids will have great fun and they won’t eat too much chocolate and get hyperactive and irritable.

  1. Where’s the Bunny?: An Egg-cellent Search Book

In this cute book Easter is coming and the rabbits are busy decorating eggs to deliver. The eggs fall down the rabbit hole and land in Fairyland. Your grandkids will go on a journey through their favorite fairy tales to find the bunny, 10 eggs and a few chirping chicks. 

2. Plush Girl Easter Bunny Basket Tote

The plush girl tote basket  is made from soft poly-cotton fabric and the white girl bunny with rosy cheeks is adorable. The soft polka dot handle is easy to hold and your grandchild will enjoy filling up the tote with Easter goodies on an Easter egg hunt.

3. Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Jack-in-The-Box

You may enjoy reading classic tales to your grandkids such as Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter the Rabbit. If they love these stories , a jack-in-the-box musical toy in the this style is a good gift. The box is made of durable, sturdy metal and when the plush rabbit pops up, it plays “Pop-goes-the-weasel”.    

4. Dig-a-Dozen Dino Egg Dig Kit

Your grandkids can excavate a toy dinosaur like a T-Rex from a dozen dino eggs using a chisel and brushes. This kit is suitable for kids of six and older. It includes 12 cards that describe each of the dinosaurs. It’s exciting to dig in an egg and slowly uncover the dino inside.  After digging up the dino, they match it with a card to learn more about it.

5. Inflatable Bunny Ears Ring Toss Game

The whole family can join in the fun with the inflatable bunny ears ring toss game. All you have to do is toss the 12 rings onto the bunny ears for a fun Easter activity. The package includes three Easter bunny ear hats in purple, pink and yellow and twelve inflatable rings in pink, blue, green and purple.

6. The Original Egg-mazing Easter Egg Decorating Kit

Decorating Easter eggs with your grandkids is a fun activity. The Original Egg-mazing Easter egg decorating kit spins hard-boiled eggs making it easier to decorate them. The kit includes the spinner and eight quick drying non-toxic markers.  It makes the whole process of decorating real eggs a much less messy one and is suitable for kids of six years and older. The spinner needs four AA batteries which aren’t included.

7. Hide and Squeak Eggs

Any grandkid over eighteen months will enjoy this toy egg box that contains six colorful squeaking eggs to play with. They encourage shape and color recognition and the shells crack open to reveal colorful chicks inside which chirp when you press their heads.

8. Toy Easter eggs filled with construction vehicles

If you have grandsons of three years or over, consider giving them this 12-pack of Easter eggs. They are filled with different pull-back construction vehicles with movable parts.  The Easter eggs are three inches in length and come in six different colors. The vehicles include dump trucks, forklifts, a cement mixer, a bulldozer and an excavator.  Just pull the vehicle back and let it go forward naturally and the smooth wheels keep it running. The Easter eggs and toys are made of safe materials.