With Easter rapidly approaching, stocking kids' Easter baskets with healthy alternatives to chocolate and candy is a smart start to lead children down the path of healthier eating. By the time a child is 6, chances are they have developed eating habits for life. While it is important to provide nutritional treats for children, it is important to do so in a fun, creative and healthy way. Taking time to pack a health conscious Easter basket is a perfect way to kick start healthy eating habits.
Healthy, Sweet and Fun Easter Basket Ideas:
- Mix It Up-Fill Easter eggs with colorful Easter erasers, tattoos, stickers, coins, and trail mix with dried cranberries and raisins.
- Too Cute-Clementines will add a bold splash of spring color and are a sweet treat kids will love to eat. Mini red and golden apples work good too.
- Frozen Fun-Freeze dried fruit tastes just like candy. Kids love bananas, mango and apples. Be sure they brush their teeth afterwards!
- Egg Hunt- Replace egg shaped chocolate with egg shaped chalk. Place the chalk in colorful mesh netting and tie with ribbon. Have a bunny drawing contest together for outdoor family fun.
- Veg Out- Now that spring is here, inspire kids to grow a vegetable and herb garden by packing a garden tote (in place of a basket) with a seed kit, mini pots and kid sized gardening gloves and a shovel.
- Book It- Include Easter coloring books and crayons as well as educational books teaching kids eating healthy can be fun. I found a book "Super Baby Abigail's Lunch Time Adventure" which has a garden theme and takes kids on an adventure with a group of other kids.
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