Showing off our Easter Baskets and #EasterSmiles #Cbias

Last week #Cbias put out the call that they were looking for bloggers to make Easter Baskets and incorporate Colgate Kids items. I was SO excited!!

We always put a new toothbrush in our stockings at Christmas but never put one in our Easter baskets. It makes perfect sense though! With all of that candy it is a great idea!

Soo....off to Walmart I went....ALONE! WooHoo! That happens like...NEVER!

I was on the hunt for a special Colgate #EasterSmiles display....I never found it. Stink!

I did find some pretty flowers though, LOTS of candy, not very many baskets to pick from and tons of eggs. I decided to get a Dora AND SpongeBob toothbrush and tube of toothpaste, a few packages of candy and a few things I needed for other projects. To see my entire shopping experience check out my Google+ story.

Once I got home I put everything into a big pile and added some things I already had. I was very happy with the end result and although I did include some candy, the majority of the girls baskets were non candy things.

Here is MGs basket....

She LOVED her Dora toothbrush and toothpaste and could not wait to try them. She also LOVED the fingernail polish, lipstick and clippies. Her little chocolate bunny was a pretty big hit as well.

Here is Mads basket....

She was pretty excited to see the SpongeBob toothbrush! Her other favorite items were the pinwheel and bath stuff, she said "The Easter Bunny must think I am like 16 or something!" HA!

After our fun Easter morning at home we headed to church. I am so glad I decided to include the new toothbrushes and toothpaste in their baskets! I think they each came home with about 30 pounds of candy from the egg hunt at church!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

You can find out more about the fun Colgate products on Twitter and Facebook

This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias All opinions are my own.

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