Chocolate-Free Easter Treats

Did you know that in Britain we are set to spend a massive £520 million on Easter eggs this yea. It seems such a short time since the Christmas chocolate mountain, and with Easter so early this year (Easter Day is on 23rd March this year), you may well want to cut down on the number of eggs arriving in your home!

So, if you’re looking for some alternative gift suggestions this Easter, here are some relatively healthy, non-calorific alternative ideas for a more than eggcellent Easter. The guide is compiled by idealpresent.co.uk - a free gift advice website, for every gift occasion from birthdays to Christenings, and of course Easter.

Some gift suggestions (think Eggs, think Chicks, think Rabbits, think bouncing and energy!!):

Easter Gifts For Girls

0-1 Knitted Bunny Rattle - £9.99 Gift To Go
1-2 Pink And Chocolate Stripe Bunny Fleece Dress Set £12 Next
2-3 Denim Chick Hat– Next £5
3-4 Flower Sit 'N' Bounce Ball - £6 Early Learning Centre
4-5 Percy Pig Egg Cup Set - £5 Marks and Spencer
5-6 Easter Cross Stick Book marks - £3.99 Yellow Moon
6-7 Cluck-Coo Clock (Chicken Coo Clock) – £40 Headsup.com
7-8 Aroma Home Hot Hugs Bunny - £15 Amazon.co.uk
8-9 Magic Message Egg - £4.99 I Want One Of Those
9-10 Naughty but Nice Lip Gloss - £9.95 Prezzybox

Easter Gifts For Boys

0-1 Soggs (6 pairs of socks in an egg carton) - £8 Babyworld
1-2 Tomy Hide ‘n’ Squeak Eggs – £4.99 MailOrderExpress
2-3 Mr. Potato Head - £5 MailOrderExpress
3-4 Foam Zoomer - £6 Early Learning Centre
4-5 Egg & Spoon Race - £6 Early Learning Centre
5-6 Amazing Expanding Bunny Trick £3.99 Letterbox
6-7 Zoob 55 by Great Gizmos £14.99 Brightminds
7-8 Egg Laying Rubber Chicken £1.99 Hawkin's Bazaar
8-9 World Vision Gift of 20 Chicks – £12 Greatgifts.org
9-10 Hipper 100 Mood Lamp - £19.95 Amazon.co.uk

Some great book ideas:

Pre-school
Clackety-Clacks Bunny Book
Happy Easter Maisy! by Lucy Cousins
Where's Nicky's Easter Egg? by Harriet Ziefert

5-9 years
Eggs-traordinary Easter (Boring Bible)

Older children
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks

More gift suggestions can be found at www.idealpresent.co.uk – for a quick search, check out the “What’s Hot” section.

Idealpresent.co.uk is the first online independent children's gifts advice service, created and run by real toy and gift industry experts. It features ideas for specific occasions, including Easter, to ensure that everyone, including parents trying to avoid an “egg mountain”, get “just what they always wanted”.
Idealpresent.co.uk was launched in 2004 by Alison Berry, a mother of three young children herself. Alison launched the service as a result of many friends commenting on just how difficult it was to choose presents for their children (or other people’s children), and how so many websites just recommended the products that they sold, rather than being truly independent. “One of the features I was particularly keen to include on the site was the option of searching for gifts for a particular occasion, such as Easter, so all the recommendations are perfect, in terms of theme and price”, explains Alison.

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