What do you fill plastic Easter eggs with?

21 Candy-Free Ways To Fill A Plastic Easter Egg That Kids Will Love

• LEGOs. Separate a LEGO set and stick pieces in each egg.
• Shoelaces. Tie up your kids’ kicks with the colorful new laces he or she finds during the hunt!
• Hair Accessories.
• Stickers.
• Puzzle Pieces.
• Key Chains.
• Temporary Tattoos.
• Erasers.

Should you wash plastic Easter eggs?

You may not need to wipe the plastic eggs. Rather than wipe them down, just soak them in warm, soapy water. Take them out after about 10 minutes, set them on a towel, and let them air-dry after an hour. Your Easter eggs will be cleaner than before.

How do you use plastic Easter eggs?

7 Unexpected Ways To Use Plastic Easter Eggs

1. Throw and Easter Egg Picnic. Use your leftover plastic Easter eggs for a picnic lunch.
2. Make Your Own Easter Egg Tealights.
3. Decorate with Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Egg Cupcakes.
4. Go Modern with Easter Egg Decor.
5. Make Easter Egg Teacups.
6. Create Fizzy Easter Egg Bath Bombs.

Are plastic Easter eggs toxic?

Lead, a highly toxic element, can cause severe nerve damage, especially in children. Two years ago Weidenhamer and his students produced a low-profile study showing many common toys and trinkets, most made in China, had hazardous lead levels.

What do you put in Easter eggs for a 1 year old?

Something fun: Since one year old still like to chew on toys, we just get them a non-toxic teething toys or non-toxic bath toys. Something useful: This can be some socks or an outfit. Treat or Snack: Put one bag of your child’s favorite snacks. As they can older, you can replace this organic Easter chocolate.

What to put in small Easter eggs?

25 Things to put in Easter Eggs

• money (coins, bills, whatever…)
• rings.
• necklaces.
• bracelets.
• earrings.
• stickers.
• erasers.
• puzzles pieces ( it will take a couple eggs, but when they find them all, they have a puzzle to put together)

What to do with empty plastic Easter eggs?

10 Ways to Repurpose Plastic Easter Eggs

1. Hanging Planter. Drill or cut a hole at the top of half a jumbo egg.
2. Nest Necklace.
3. Metallic Pendant Light.
4. Rain Day Mobile.
5. Stylish Room Divider.
6. Bacon-and-Eggs Garland.
7. Multicolored Marquee Light.
8. Terrarium Gnomes.

Why are there holes in plastic Easter eggs?

It’s to let the air out when you join the two halves together. The tiny holes let air go in and out of the egg. It would get its air through the tiny holes in the egg shell.

How many Easter eggs do you hide per child?

Make sure you have enough eggs so no one feels left out. Ten to twelve per child is a good goal. Hide the eggs with varying degrees of difficulty that are age-appropriate: For little ones, eggs should be out in the open.

What to do with Easter eggs after dying?

If you are treating your dyed eggs just like normal hard-boiled eggs, putting them in the fridge after dyeing and then using them for egg salad, you’re good to go. Hard-boiled eggs stay fresh in the shell for about a week in the fridge, so make sure you eat them within that time frame.

What do you use Easter eggs for?

28 clever ways to use up leftover Easter Eggs

• Bring your leftover hot cross buns back to life with our HCB ice cream sandwich.
• The salted pretzel brownie to rival all other sweet treats.
• Dark chocolate and passionfruit mousse.
• This flourless chocolate torte is perfect those who say they hate Christmas cake.

Can you paint on plastic Easter eggs?

People are surprised to learn that you can simply paint plastic eggs. You don’t need special chalk paint. Regular acrylic paint is just fine. To make things a little faster, I like to give them a few coats with paint + primer spray paint first.

Can plastic Easter eggs be recycled?

Plastic eggs are not recyclable. Throw them in the trash.