Alternative to chocolate Easter gifts
Because Easter doesn’t have to be about consuming a huge mountain of chocolate, we have hunted out some great alternative to chocolate Easter gifts.
Upload your own photographs to the Canvas Collection website and let the design team create a piece of art out of your baby snaps or child’s artwork.
www.canvasartcollection.co.uk
Past Times have plenty of Easter gifts inspired from different design periods.
Sisal Easter Chick Decoration
£3.50
Easter Lamb Soft Toy
£8.00
Box of 4 Decorative Hanging Easter Eggs
£6.00
www.pasttimes.com
These fun toys from the Hand Picked Collection will be a healthier option to chocolate.
Ball Basher
£16.95
This chunky wooden toy rings a bell when the ball gets hit through the hole. For age one plus.
Family Photo Cube
£9.85
You can put family snaps into this soft, huggable photo cube.
Garden Basket
£14.95
This fun gardening basket will give your children a great introduction to growing the spring flowers. For age three and above
www.handpickedcollection.com
Buy an Easter gift that will really benefit those who need it the most. These ethical gifts from Present Aid will help to strengthen communities in developing countries.
A brood of chicks for £31
Ducks for £24
www.presentaid.org
Make eggs quickly and easily with this Egg Cooker from Scotts and Co. Boils up to seven eggs at once, and you control how your eggs turn out.
£17.95
www.scottsandco.com
The Smartbox is a great gift that lets the recipient chose the gift. Packed full of all types of activities and experiences you use the voucher inside to redeem your chosen activity.
We recommend the chocolate making lessons at The Chocolate Tart, sessions where you learn to make chocolate, taste it and take it home.
Read our full view here: http://chopsybaby.com/mag/?p=1889
These fun tins from Steamcream contain multi-purpose face, hands and body cream using fresh natural ingredients. Suitable for all skin-types and a tin design for everybody.
www.steamcream.co.uk
Hide ‘n’ Squeak Eggs from Tomy is a fun game for one year olds which helps their coordination as well as avoid the chocolate . Little ones learn to crack open the eggs revealing the brightly coloured press-and-cheep chicks inside.
£4.99
www.tomy.co.uk
Offer your guests the ultimate Easter cake baked with the Fred Peace of Cake from Fred.
This mould will make your peace cake a talking point, and Fred donate a portion of the proceeds to organisations dedicated to the peaceful resolution of conflict.
£14.50
Dusting can be fun with this Dust Bunny from Fred. Made from genuine high-tech, dust gathering, machine-washable, high-pile microfiber to fight dust and allergens.
£9.95
www.powderrooms.com
So they want a rabbit but you don’t want the fuss. The solution: a baby bunny from the FurReal friends range.
With soft fur and a feeding bottle, the rabbit will make baby bunny sounds and lift its head to look up.
No vet bills, no cleaning cages, no having to look after a real rabbit for years after your child gets bored of it. Everyone’s a winner.
£14.99
www.hasbro.co.uk
If your cakes come out like a frisbee or you just don’t have the baking gene, then Green’s have solved this problem for a nation of parents who don’t have the time or skills to make much more than a mess.
Available to buy from supermarkets, you can make some really great tasting cakes by adding water and an egg.
Chopsy Baby loves making Thomas the Tank Engine cup cakes. It’s great to introduce your toddler to the concept of some kind of baking, great to do on a rainy day, and you will be a hero for making cakes with Thomas’ big moon face on them. Cash back!
£2.49
www.greenscakes.co.uk
With its four flavour promises: molasses syrup, wheat flour, licorice extract and aniseed oil – and traditional cooking methods, Panda Licorice, has a no-nasties policy and contains no artificial colours, flavours, preservatives, additives added salt, hydrogenated fat and is vegan friendly.
If you are all chocolate out than this is a great alternative. See our review here: http://chopsybaby.com/mag/?p=1950