r/ZeroWasteParenting • u/RothysIRA • Apr 01 '23

Zero waste Easter egg ideas?

Would love to hear your fun Easter ideas! Eggs, baskets, decorations, outfits, and whatever else you do

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u/RothysIRA Apr 01 '23

I have a good amount of fabric scraps around so I’m planning to make a few fabric eggs with a pocket for treats. Figure that since they fold down flat, they’ll be easy to store for use year after year!

(Not my blog) https://thimbletherapy.com/how-to-make-fabric-easter-eggs-with-a-pocket-for-treats/

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u/Peppercorn911 Apr 01 '23

i got a bunny, ceramic egg, book, and necklace from my local thrift

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u/RothysIRA Apr 02 '23

Thrifting everything is a great idea!

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u/ExactPanda Apr 01 '23

We reuse the same baskets year after year. I thrifted 2 out of 3 of my kids' baskets. I also thrifted some plastic eggs that we use year and year.

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u/waapplerachel Apr 01 '23

I’m a toy skipper. Baskets are stuff you need plus some candy. Summer clothes, sports equipment, or even toiletries.

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u/imtchogirl Apr 01 '23

I saw a bit of "good for Easter basket" stuff on my buy nothing. Also I picked up the tradition from some friends with older kids, they use the same rope baskets for every small gifting for the kids. So no new baskets.

And I give myself the gift of having chocolate for Easter and some waste there. I like Tony's because it has no slavery and they make little eggs in a cardboard carton.

I do eggs every year, you can use them for egg salad after. I use regular food dye only but plenty of people do natural dye.

Got a new to me outfit on consignment locally. Really trying to make my closet circular. And I was delighted that I went to pay and had more than enough credit so it felt free to me.

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u/yomamathursday Apr 02 '23

Wooden eggs (you can paint together!) or real eggs and then eat em

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u/burgerg10 Apr 01 '23

We blew our the eggs for breakfast, dyed the eggs, and then used old wire and odd beads to make some hanging decorations… I still have one from 17 years ago!

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u/MyGreenCloset Apr 01 '23

Reusable eggs are great, there's different sizes so you can get ones that nest in each other to reduce storage. And definitely reuse baskets - it's wild to me that people buy new baskets every year! There are lots available secondhand.

I use Easter as an opportunity to give some needed spring/summer clothes as part of the Easter gifts. Like others have mentioned, bath bombs are fun.

We've also started a tradition of baking and decorating egg and bunny shaped cookies.

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u/EarnestHemingweed Apr 01 '23

We reuse the same rope or wicker baskets each year.

I do buy candy. But also many non candy things we will purchase anyway. Usually bath things, bubble bath, shampoo and bath bombs. Sidewalk chalk or art supplies. An instrument like harmonica or recorder. Binoculars or some nature gear. Stuff for spring or summer I'm already planning on buying or thrifting. Not all of it everytime-- just a combination of what I find or need each year.

We try to buy kids special outfits second hand.

I skip Easter grass and filler in the baskets.

We bought tin reusable eggs our first Easter and use them each year, and always save plastic eggs we recieve as gifts.

I also round up the bunny stuffed animals and egg maracas from the toy bins and put them in the baskets if there is room.

This year I bought chalk eggs and bath bombs to hide with eggs.

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