04/05/2026
Ultimate hacks for Easter Egg hunts:
1. Use coupons… your kids and mine don’t need more stuff but it’s fun to look for eggs and to crack them open. I started doing coupons in the eggs last year for things they would love and want. Things include but are not limited to: chasing the ice cream truck for ice cream, 1-5 minutes of extra screen time with a maximum of 10 extra minutes allowed per day so they can’t binge, 5 extra minutes of reading together, pizza party, they choose the movie, getting boba, playing their favorite games, they choose dinner, going to the movies, a candy on a day outside of Saturday, and more.
For extra giggles I threw in some push ups, squats and burpees into the coupons.
Nothing fancy - I literally hand write them and then tear the paper.
They are responsible for keeping the coupons to redeem them. If they lose it - they can’t redeem it.
2. I reused some of their old tiny nick knacks. Gems, animals, rings… things that they haven’t play with in forever but repurposed they’ll get some love out of it.
3. I save goodie bag stuff they get from birthday parties and used them here.
4. A little bit of candy but not prepackaged - I open the package and portion out the candy I want them to have. (I washed the eggs before)
5. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters which I’ll make them add and divide between the two
6. 2 higher value items
7. Reuse unused gift cards from birthdays and coupon those out.
8. Some prepackaged eggs… but I don’t love those. Although it makes it more convenient - all the junk and plastic make me feel bad which is why I love repurposing already existing but forgotten toys.
