By Elena Epstein, Director of the National Parenting Product Awards
While Easter baskets, egg hunts and candy are a big part of the holiday’s fun, there are many Easter-themed gifts you can add into the mix to sweeten this special day.
Peeksville Hide & Cheep Chicken Coop
Watch the chicken or egg disappear as you drop them into the coop, and then lift, pull and rotate the doors to reveal them again. Sized for little hands, each two-piece egg can be pulled apart to build fine motor skills and unveil a chicken inside.
$16.99, ages 18 months+, learningresources.com
Pop Pop Bunny Hop
Flex your memory skills and practice color matching. If you land on a color, place a matching-color bunny in the carrot patch launcher. If it pops, you keep it. The first player to collect a bunny in every color wins. Some bunnies pop and some don’t.
$24.99, ages 3+, educationalinsights.com
Crazy Aaron’s Egg Hunt Thinking Putty
Celebrate the arrival of spring with this sparkling green putty. Stretch and pull your way through the vibrant “grass” to uncover a plethora of colorful eggs.
$15, ages 3+, crazyaarons.co
Moriah Elizabeth 6” Mini Mystery Plush
An Easter collection from the popular craft YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth includes six different characters to collect, including Easter Pickle, Easter Derp, Easter Cathy, Easter Lemon and more! Each soft, huggable plushie comes in a blind box for surprise unboxing fun.
$9.99, ages 3+, bonkerstoys.com
MAGNA-TILES Combo 20-Piece Set
These microMAGS add a new dimension of creativity to builds and are compatible with all MAGNA-TILES pieces. This new combo set mixes standard-sized and micro-sized tiles to give kids exciting new ways to learn, build and create.
$19.99, ages 3+, magnatiles.com
Tufting Kit: Garden Magic
Features a kid-friendly tufting tool to punch fabric squares through the design card to create vibrant, 3D textured art. This kit includes 12 cute designs perfect for building fine motor skills, strengthening color-matching abilities and sparking creativity.
$15.99, ages 5+, educationalinsights.com
One Two Many Rabbits
The rabbits of Wiggins Farm have been running rampant, and it’s up to you to round them up and toss them back into their rabbit hole. Roll one, two or three dice and then combine the numbers to discard rabbit cards that match the outcome. But, watch out! They will find all kinds of ways to hop back into your hand.
$16.99, ages 7+, happycamper.games
Knotz Animal Series 1
Unwind the yarn-ball blind capsule to find everything needed to create one of 12 soft
pals with lots of personality. Follow the included step-by-step instructions (or use the QR code to unlock a how-to video) to knot, twist and style a cute animal out of bendable faux fur stems and accessories. Collect them all to share, play and display.
$9.99, ages 8+, knotz.com
Make Your Own Loom Animals
Create up to 12 adorable animal friends. Just wrap the easy-to-use yarn around the loom, and then use the hook tool to weave it together. Add some stuffing and tie the ends together. Then, customize your little plush nugget into a cute critter. Follow the illustrated, kid-friendly instructions to make a bird, bee, fox, seal, mouse and even an axolotl.
$24.99, ages 8+, amazon.com
Blue Marble Easter Eggscavation Dig Kits
This hands-on activity kit features 12 egg-shaped dig bricks, each hiding either a real gemstone or a glow-in-the-dark dinosaur figurine. Equipped with 12 individual dig tools, this set is perfect for group activities like Easter egg hunts.
$19.99, ages 8+, amazon.com
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