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Creativity matters and as a parent I want to inspire my children to be creative. As we start to head into warm weather I’m looking more and more for creative things for them to do outside. The best gifts to give my kids are things they can use long term, perfect gifts for Easter baskets are things like bubbles, crayons and other items that are not just inexpensive but inspire them to be creative.brooklin crayola draw on window

Thanks to Crayola we were sent a number of items to “Think Inside The Crayon Box” inspired by their recent live event on their Facebook page. They’ve posted links to the live event videos Creativity Matters and Inspire which both show ways that creativity matters and how to inspire young children to think outside of the box. In the package we were sent were some great new Crayola products, some of which are perfect for my toddler and others that just had us all excited.

The new products that were were excited about include giant chalk that create amazing effects, crystal draw on window markers, travel sized Crayola products to keep kids busy in the car, and other mess free products for toddlers.

crayola window markersTo learn more about the tools from Crayola that make it easy for parents to help children develop their creativity www.Crayola.com and like Crayola on Facebook!

Also, be sure to check out Lisas book Lisa Loebs Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs (Sterling Childrens Books, 2011) available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Sing, laugh, and play with pop Lisa in this fabulous collection of ten of the silliest songs ever. Fun activities, games, and recipes accompany whimsical songs. Take Lisa’s Silly Sing-Along with you wherever you go and get the high-spirited good times started. Includes a 10-song CD recorded by Lisa!

crayola giveaway 2012One winner will receive a prize pack to fill their Easter baskets and imaginations.

Crayola prize pack will contain:

  • My First Crayola Washable Crayons, Markers & Stampers: just the right size and shape for little hands, toddlers can create bright and colorful designs with no caps to lose or no messy ink pads
  • Crayola Mess Free Color Wonder Tiny Tube: with over 10 ft of coloring, perforated activity pages, a carry-along handle and the ability to store markers inside, kids can color at home or on the road; markers magically appear only on the special Color Wonder paper, not on skin
  • Crayola Crystal Effect Window Markers: turn an ordinary window or mirror into a colorful crystal canvas and create amazing effects on an unexpected surface that can be wiped clean with a damp cloth
  • Crayola Washable Kaleidoscope Chalk: experience sidewalk art in amazing new ways, by drawing designs, putting on the 3D Kaleidoscope glasses and watching as creations pop up off the ground
  • Crayola Dry-Erase Bright Crayons: a dry-erase drawing and writing tool for kids thats washable, smudge-proof, odorless, and will never dry out
  • Crayola Dual-Sided Dry Erase Board: a two-sided board that makes it fun and colorful to share eye-popping messages or track soccer schedules

 

Main Entry: Tell me an Easter basket gift idea that you have.

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Giveaway ends 4-4-2012

 

Disclosure: The Crayola Inside the Crayon Box prize pack, product information and prize pack for giveaway have been provided by Crayola through BlogSpark.

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  22. My favorite basket idea is stuffing it with whatever that person likes. So, my husband he’d a great lover of bacon. So, I pack it with bacon stuff, jelly beans that taste like bacon and such.
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  26. Coloring books and crayons are always nice in an Easter basket, along with the chocolate easter bunny. Thanks for the nice contest!

  37. My kids love to get activity books like crosswords, word searches and coloring books in their baskets

  38. We’re making our son’s basket out of the back of a big dump truck toy. (:

  42. My Easter Basket idea is to put in a few gift cards for fun things that we can do over Spring Break!

  43. we have 4 kids, 2 boys 2 girls and while they were younger their easter baskets were the same thing more or less but each had a different color, it made it easy to know if someone else was chompin on some elses sucker :D. now though their all much older with many different interests, the girls have more fashion inspired baskets….nail polish, lip gloss, new hair clips, cliip in feathers, new slippers, ect. our older boy is getiting into gaming, so he has a wii inspired basket, our littlest is 4 and he wants the easter bunny to bring him macaroni (and he is) its just about what their into at the moment, but all the while keeping it on what the holidays about, not whats in their baskets

  44. I usually do what is currently of interest to my daughters. This year there will be American girl books and clothes.

  46. we usually do some treats for easter in their basket, and some toys , coloring books, crayons when they were younger, now they want dolls LOL

  47. I get what my kids are into like my daughter loves littlest petshops so her basket is petshop theme and my boys are star wars pods and halo, squinkies

  56. i think an easter basket full of glow in dark braclets and necklaces for kids would be cool.

  59. A Easter gift idea I do every year is put movies, Easter coloring books and crayons, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, jump rope, an outfit and a nice set of pajamas along with some Easter candy for kids from the Easter Bunny. I love seeing their faces light up on Easter morning. After going through their Easter baskets then they go on an Easter Egg Hunt outside to find Easter Eggs. So Much FUN!!!

  63. We always put an Easter-related DVD and a few Easter-related items in our kids’ baskets, and we put a little candy in plastic eggs. They look forward to their baskets before an egg hunt…we still do it for the teen too, lol.

  65. Each of my boys have different themes. 13 year old was music, 4 year old was trucks, and 3 year old was planes.

  66. I choose a different theme every year depending on my kids individual interests and try to do “most” everything that goes into their basket around that particular theme. I also color theme them to each child’s favorite color as well. I have 5 kids so we always have a colorful Easter. For example, one year, one of my sons was into Monsters inc, so everything in his basket was based around “Mike” the big blue shaggy star of the show. I added blue plastic eggs filled with candy, blue peeps, etc. His was tied off with a big blue bow, while my daughter was into Barbie at the time and hers was mostly pink (her favorite color) and included a Barbie doll and pink plastic eggs with candy topped with a Pink bow. Easter is one of our favorite holidays at my house and its such a wonderful time to be colorful and creative.

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  69. were doing outside toys- frisbees, badmitton, bubbles, jump ropes, tennis balls…

  70. this year i started selling for a company called 31 gifts and in the spring book they cam out with a new tote so i got all three of my kids each one with their names on them in different prints then filled the baskets with spring clothes sandles candy and a few extras! im very excited!

  72. instead of using a basket i like using a backpack so they can reuse it

  84. I like to put Easter themed crayons & coloring books into my Easter baskets

  85. I’m getting my little girl different kinds of bubble blowing toys!

  86. this year, i did outside toys. jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, and volleyball

  89. I would like to make an easter basket with new dvd’s for my son.

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  103. Mostly small stuff- sidewalk chalk, sunglasses, bouncy ball, some books, etc.

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  105. I got my son a toddler swing for the swingset and filled it with snacks and treats for my son!

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  116. I am putting a favorite movie in each basket along with a box of microwave popcorn. This way each person can choose their movie for family night and we already have the popcorn.
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  120. besides candy we put books,hair ties,nailpolish
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  130. Besides candy, one that includes fun things for the spring such as bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

  132. I think I’m going to make a “bake your own cake” basket with a cute silicone cake mold, mixing bowl and whip, cake mix, and a bunch of decorating goodies.

  139. I like to put a pair of shorts and summer top in my little grandson’s basket.

  144. buy items and create your own, it is much cheaper and better than the pre-made ones

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  158. We always put some new outdoor toys for spring and we get my son a new Bible that fits his age.

  159. I am giving my oldest son a baseball themed basket including baseballs, batting gloves, baseball hat and baseball cards.

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  176. I got my daughter a lovey, Wow Wow Wubbzy Easter DVD and a bunny pillow pet last year.

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  180. put kites in them so you can have fun
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  182. i always put a new pair of sandals, a kite, bubbles and lots of candy in my sons easter basket

  191. Instead of getting a ton of candy, I will spend the night blowing up a ton of ballons for my kids and their friends to play with on easter!

  192. I like to include small outdoor toys, like the little men with parachutes

  200. I always put stickers, small cars/toys, candy and cookies in Easter baskets

  222. We always fill some of the eggs with change and dollar bills…so the kids can go to the after Easter sales and pick something out. 🙂

  227. We are going to give sidewalk chalk and outside stuff!

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  247. We do a big variety of stuff! Hair clips, paint, chalk, coloring books, little stuffed animals, socks, lots more!
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  252. i saw this on pinterest and am going to do this with the kids this year – instead of using regular Easter egg dye, you dye the eggs with kool-aide! and the pics of it were beautiful so i cant wait to try it!

  255. we are doing an all elmo basket and everything in it is giong to be red

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  258. I usually stick with candy and stuffed animals and Hot Wheels. But I want something different this year. My son would love the Crayola stuff. I was also thinking of adding a dvd this year. bekki1820cb at gmail dot com

  284. Each year it gets harder and harder for the last past couple of years I have looked online to get ideas, last night I ran across a basket full crayons, coloring books, and chalk (the normal stuff), but when I looked closer I seen a Scentsy buddy I would have never thought about putting a scentsy buddy in a easter basket.

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  300. I use a big vintage basket and fill it with toys and candy. I try to find organic chocolates and unusual candy that you cant find at regular stores.

  314. The dollar store near us sells Easter baskets with sports designs on them. Perfect for the boys who are a little older (and more stubborn).

  325. This year I want to include crafts, so it’s not all just candy. Also Every year, I eat some of the carrot that we leave for the bunny. She loves it!!
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  328. i am going to put pennies in the boys eggs so it just not all candy (3)

  362. My son wants a toy story themed basket.
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  370. I was thinking of using my son’s giant dumptruck and decorating it to use as a basket

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  390. I almost always try to find fun outdoor toys for my kids, like jump ropes, hula hoops, and sidewalk chalk!

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  391. I love the idea of a basket filled with summer toys. Maybe beach/sand toys, a new bathing suit, flip flops, etc

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  412. I usually throw a few dvd’s into his basket! they’re inexpensive, don’t take up a lot of space, and he loves them

  413. I”m putting crayola 3-d chalk & their favorite book and of course candy!!

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  429. My son is a Legos nut so I’m looking for a Lego Easter bunny set, if it exists!

  437. I’m putting Legos, books and some chocolate in the baskets this year.

  446. I usually fill the kids Easter baskets with an outfit or two for spring/summer, sandals, fishing gear, small toys, a DVD and maybe a piece or two of candy.

  449. my kids easter baskets will be filled with a new outfit for spring, a kite, chalk and bath toys and a little candy
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  457. My easter basket idea is no candy and just books, markers and other little toys

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  461. I’ve made Disney-themed Easter baskets, with Disney toys and chocolates.

  466. My son also loves Veggie Tales so we thought we would do a Crayola/Veggie Tales themed Easter basket.

  474. My son is almost 18-months-old and he is probably going to get a radio flyer trike for Easter, especially since the weather has been amazing in upstate NY. Definitely not going to fit in a basket!

  476. I was going to fill up my sons Easter basket with a chocolate bunny of course, along with some summertime toys like a new sprinkler and pool toys, wiggles dvd to take in the camper, and new swimming trunks, and a summer hat and sandals.

  477. I’m buying rattles, pacifiers, bubbles, and books for my 9 month twins!

  485. I always go to the party store and hit the aisle that has all the favors bins. They have everything from balls to dinosaurs and the kids love it!

  495. An easter basket gift idea is to put money (coins) in the easter eggs!

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  508. I always bought chalk, bubbles, pails, jump ropes, and other small outside toys.

  512. I don’t give much candy to my 2 year-old so she is getting a candy-themed basket minus the candy.

  513. I put the chocolate in the eggs the night before and then freeze them so they don’t melt in the sun the next day….in the basket I put a lot of coloring and arts and crafts kind of things

  531. My son is a big Super Mario fanatic so I thought I would theme an Easter basket around that, with DS games, stuffed Marios, stickers, etc.

  534. I am going to hopefully get HOP on DVD to put in my kids’ Easter basket.

  537. I found a neat idea today using reusable piping bags {like for icing}. You fill them with orange candies or gold fish, tie the top with green ribbon, and VOILA – a carrot shaped treat! I’m determined to make everything in my son’s Easter basket this year so that was a fun find that’s both cute AND inexpensive. 🙂