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contentsBasket of Smiles for a Healthy Easter ~ Shelby Barone, Glitterful Felt Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Easter Basket Ideas ~ Kristyn Merkley, Lil Luna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Easter Egg Hunt ~ Linda Gardner, Craftaholics Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Easter Egg Hunting with Nickelodeon toothbrushes! ~ Jennifer Quillen, The Rebel Chick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Spring Cleaning & Organizing in the Kid’s Bathroom ~ Ginger Bowie, Ginger Snap Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Colgate Toothbrushes in Easter Baskets ~ Melissa Pezza, The Mommyhood Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

An Egg Hunt & Easter Smiles ~ Holly Lefevre, 504 Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Easter Egg Hunt ~ Staci Salazar, 7 on a Shoestring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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contentsOral Hygiene for Easter? Colgate Makes It Fun! ~ Christy Gossett, Insanity is Not an Option . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Our Spring Cleaning List ~ Chelsea Day, Someday I’ll Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Candy Free Egg Hunting Ideas for Easter–Our Egg Hunt ~ Whitney Baugh, It’s Gravy Baby . . . . . . . . . . . 21

{Spring Break} Easter Egg Hunt ~ Tonia Larson, The Gunny Sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Easter Traditions – Old and New {DIY Easter Carrot Tutorial)} ~ Sarah Bird Bogner, East 9th Street . . . . . . 24

Bathroom Spring Cleaning, Angie Holden, The Country Chic Cottage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Mini Easter Egg Hunt ~ Crystal Owens, A Pumpkin and a Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt!!!!!! ~ Rachel Rockwell, Bubbly Nature Creations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Basket of Smiles for a Healthy EasterShelby Barone, Glitterful Felt Stories

Every year I have a tradition of where I give my

children new toothbrushes, their Grandma gives

them swimsuits, and their other Grandma gives

them money instead of candy. Walmart has a great

selection of Colgate toothbrushes that were perfect

for my kiddos Easter baskets this year. Since

we have shifted most of our Easter focus on our

religion, the kids help participate in creating their

Easter egg hunt. They help with shopping, hiding

the eggs, and it has become a special bonding

experience together as a family.

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One of my favorite Easter traditions

of all is the EASTER BASKET.

My children loved their candy and

Dora and Sponge Bob Colgate

toothbrushes (It’s always nice to

have tooth bruhses in there to help

with all the candy they will be getting

at Easter).

Easter Basket IdeasKristyn Merkley, Lil Luna

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Easter Egg HuntLinda Gardner, Craftaholics Anonymous

Look! He found a Toothbrush! A Spongebob one to be exact. And

he loves it. In this household, we take oral hygiene seriously. Very

seriously. Yes, it probably has something to do with Davis being a new

dentist, but still. Teaching our kids to brush their teeth is important to

us. And with candy filled holidays, like Easter, it is so important that

kids brush to get the sugar off their teeth to help prevent cavities.

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Easter Egg Hunting with Nickelodeon

T’oothbrushes!Jennifer Quillen, The Rebel Chick

I love hosting our Easter Egg Hunt! I love selecting

candy that everyone will like, hiding money in some

of the eggs so that the old kids can get really excited

about it too – you’d be surprised at how excited a

teen boy can get about hunting for Easter Eggs when

there’s $1 inside it! I gave them a few toys and some

really cute Nickelodeon toothbrushes to brush their

teeth after they finished eating their candy!

Spring Cleaning & Organizing in the Kid’s BathroomGinger Bowie, Ginger Snap Crafts

I came home with these FIVE Colgate toothbrushes. Did you see

the big Easter displays Colgate had up last week? Our Walmart

had already put theirs away, but it was still super easy to spot

the Colgate products. For my younger two kiddos I purchased

the Dora the Explorer and Spongebob Squarepants

battery powered toothbrushes.

They LOVE them!!!

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Colgate Toothbrushes in Easter BasketsMelissa Pezza, The Mommyhood Chronicles

For me, buying candy is hard – I am a kids dentist after all. I

am the first person who will tell you that buying candy on a

regular basis definitely has some negative impacts on your

child’s dental health. However, when it comes to holidays, the

fact of the matter is it is hard to deny our children of all the

massive amounts of candy. I highly suggest making dental

care a daily part of your kids life. Be role models for your

children so that they have a healthy mouth- make sure they

brush twice a day, floss (once their spaces between their teeth

close), and use a mouthwash (when they are over the age of 6).

Also, on those holidays that children celebrate, why not try to

incorporate some fun dental products into their repertoire. I am

so proud of Colgate for taking the first step in their huge

Colgate Nickelodeon Pallets that are readily seen throughout

Walmarts across this country.

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Jules and I decided to plan a special egg treasure hunt for her class. Each kiddo was

getting a fun new toothbrush. I am sure we looked crazy cleaning out the Dora the

Explorer and Spongebob Squarepants toothbrushes...but we were on a mission. There

are kids who need clean teeth! It was so fun to share our egg hunt tradition with all of

the kids. They had so much fun looking for eggs and they LOVED their

new toothbrushes.

An Egg Hunt & Easter SmilesHolly Lefevre, 504 Main

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Easter Egg HuntStaci Salazar, 7 on a Shoestring

The kids simply love the art of discovery in the yearly Easter Egg Hunt. They

know that there is money and candy out there waiting so they are ready to go!

Of course, since Monkey is only 2 she does not quite understand. So, after

putting the girls to bed one night my husband and I went to Walmart to grab

some things for our Easter egg hunt. We would surprise the girls the next day

with the activity!

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Oral Hygiene for Easter? Colgate Makes It Fun!Christy Gossett, Insanity is Not an Option

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You see those beautiful smiles above?

They’re very important to me and I’m so

lucky to see them each and every day! I

love to make those faces smile and I love

to keep those smiles healthy!

Our life has been chaotic lately with this

move from the Island to the Woods. We

haven’t had as much fun as we usually

do so I decided to have a little pre-Easter

Egg Hunt. Spring is in the air and Easter

is just around the corner so it seemed

like the right thing to do.

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Our Spring Cleaning ListChelsea Day, Someday I’ll Learn

We picked up a cute SpongeBob brush by Colgate over at Walmart for Some

Boy’s first brushing experience, which he seemed to get quite a kick out of. I

occasionally put Spongebob on for him and he seems to like the sea sponge’s

quirky, animated antics. He already seems to recognize characters from the

DVDs I show him, and I feel like a Spongebob toothbrush makes the process

a little less daunting, similar to the way they stick Elmo all over band aids or

make gummy vitamins in the shape of the Flintstones.

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Candy Free Egg Hunting Ideas for Easter–Our Egg HuntWhitney Baugh, It’s Gravy Baby

Yesterday I mentioned how Bryson loved Easter egg hunting last year and

how I look forward to watching both of my babies hunt eggs this year. Today,

we had a mini egg hunt- just the kids and I- at home with some fun prizes.

Because their Easter baskets will have candy and because we have candy

leftover from who-knows-when (I need to throw it out!), I wanted to go for a

candy free egg hunt. Colgate has some great Nickelodeon character themed

oral care products out for Easter and I incorporated those into our hunt.

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{Spring Break} Easter Egg HuntTonia Larson, The Gunny Sack

During my kid’s spring break, we went to visit

one of my best friends who lives in South

Dakota. It had been way too long since we had

made the drive to her house. We traveled with

another one of my best friends and her kids.

We had a wonderful time relaxing, catching up,

sitting in the sun and laughing like crazy! It was

the perfect opportunity to have an egg hunt for

the kids!

The night before we left, I stopped by Walmart

to pick up a bunch of egg hunt supplies. Kids

typically get a ton of candy from egg hunts so I

added some Colgate Nickelodeon Spongebob

Squarepants toothbrushes. Most kids love

getting new toothbrushes and what a great way

for them to clean all that sugar off their teeth!

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Easter Traditions – Old and New {DIY Easter Carrot Tutorial)}Sarah Bird Bogner, East 9th Street

For kids, big and little, Easter has to be celebrated by having an Easter Egg

Hunt. This year we’re going a special hunt with my daughter’s closest friends.

You see, these little girls (and their moms) have become very close over the last

year and now that two of us are moving out-of-state soon, we’re cherishing the

moments that we can let them play together. Wanting to do something a little

different for the girls, I remembered a cute craft project I saw at Bird’s

Party. In the original tutorial long suckers were used to make

the carrots. Instead of using suckers, I used

Dora the Explorer toothbrushes

I found at Walmart.

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Bathroom Spring CleaningAngie Holden, The Country Chic Cottage

I have been all about spring cleaning this year. Some years I skip it all together,

sometimes I do it halfway, but this year...it has been on! I have already shared some of

my triumphs with y’all. After Easter, I decided to tackle another project. The bathroom

is my latest victim. How about some before and after magic? Okay it was not magic

WHILE I was doing it but it is magic now.

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Mini Easter Egg HuntCrystal Owens, A Pumpkin and a Princess

I picked up Dora and Spongebob toothbrushes to

change things up a bit. I also included matching

toothpaste to go along with them. Since they get so

much candy from family on Easter I thought it was

only appropriate to remind them of the importance of

taking care of their teeth. It’s also nice that Dora and

Spongebob are some of my kids favorite characters.

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Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt!!!!!!Rachel Rockwell, Bubbly Nature Creations

It’s not Easter yet, but who says that you have to wait until Easter to have an egg

hunt? My husband and I decided that this year we would plan on having one early!!!

We went to Walmart to get all of our supplies. While there, we saw this Easter display

for Colgate toothbrushes and toothpaste for kids. What a great idea to include in our

Egg hunt or for an Easter basket! Colgate has cute Dora the Explorer and Sponge

Bob Squarepants toothbrushes. My girls LOVE Dora. The littlest one can even sing

the song! They also have some really great tooth paste varieties for kids too!

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