Alternative Easter 'egg' ideas, anyone?

[LittleMonkiesMum]

My Mum is determined she wants to hide an Easter egg in the garden for DD1 16 months to find at Easter. I'd prefer not to give DD chocolate, and told Mum this and she thinks I'm a complete meany. I can't think of an alternative which DD will get really excited about and think something that she can eat may be best. Any ideas. Have also posted this on food. Cheers x

DD had milk allergy so no chocolate for her until she grew out of it. Instead she used to get soft toys - Easter Bunnies, chicks etc. I also did a small basket of jelly beans one year - but chocolate would have been healthier than sweets!

Battered /deep fried easter bunny?

decorated hard boiled eggs (perhaps not exciting in a culinary sense, but could be quite pretty) ... or if dd has a favourite character, you could paint that on...

I bought a bag of plastic eggs that you can open and put different things inside (think kinder egg type shell) from hobby craft, planning to put them round the garden for dc to find (or indoors if it's peeing down like today...grr) Could put small toys, raisins, a few chocs, bracelets, cars etc in them.

An eggcup?

But if you're hiding it in the garden, then I still think a spring lamb, bunny or chick would be great.

I've done the small plastic egg thing too, I got mine from Baker Ross, and you can fill them with anything.

Oh, last year they did them in woolworths too.