Stuff their baskets with stories, science, and screen-free fun!

Chocolate bunnies are great. But you know what lasts longer than a chocolate bunny? A book and an activity that goes with it. This Easter, our REACH: Read & Play post is all about pairing books with free printable activities that turn basket stuffers into brain boosters. Every printable is designed to extend the reading experience—because the story doesn't have to end when you close the book.

Print them out and tuck them into baskets alongside the books. No batteries required.

🍀 How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover

Paired with: Clover Hunting Easter Egg Stuffer

Know what’s harder than finding a chocolate egg in the backyard? Finding a four-leaf clover. Know what’s even harder? Finding Blarney!

This printable gives you a page of eleven four-leaf clovers coins plus one special clover held by Blarney himself. Cut them out and stuff them into plastic Easter eggs for a clover hunt with a twist. Whoever finds the Blarney clover wins the big prize—and we’d suggest a copy of How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover as the perfect reward! The rest of the clovers? Those are lucky all on their own. You can attach small prizes to them or simply let the thrill of the hunt be the fun. Because honestly, when you’re a kid, finding anything hidden in a plastic egg is a win.

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🔧 Kinzie’s Kinventions Series

Paired with: Build a Bunny Bounce Pod — A STEM Challenge

Kinzie believes the best inventions start with stuff you already have lying around the house —and this activity is pure Kinzie.

Here’s the challenge: your toy-filled plastic Easter egg needs to survive a drop. Kids build a landing pod using a paper cup and cardboard, then engineer shock absorbers from whatever soft materials they can find—cotton balls, tissue paper, fabric scraps, bubble wrap, you name it. The printable walks them through the whole experiment, including testing without shock absorbers first (spoiler: the egg bounces right out) and then redesigning until their bunny survives the big drop. It’s the scientific method meets Easter meets raiding the recycling bin. Kinzie would be so proud.

Note: This activity pairs well with all three Kinzie's Kinventions books and peanut butter-filled chocolate eggs. Trust me—I tested it!

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🐄 Moo-La-La-Ti-Da!

Paired with: Ella Bella Bovine Paper Doll Kit

If Ella Bella Bovine had an Easter outfit, you know it would be fabulous.

This printable paper doll kit lets kids dress up their favorite fashionable bovine in all her glory. Print, cut, and style — because every cow deserves a spring wardrobe refresh. Tuck it into an Easter basket with a copy of Moo-La-La-Ti-Da! and let imaginations run wild. Will Ella go with a classic pastel look? A bold floral? That’s between your child and their scissors.

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🔍 Claw & Order: Fairy Goose Unit

Paired with: Dr. Licken’s Fingerprint Activity Page

Every good detective needs to dust for prints. Dr. Licken—Fairy Goose Unit's Forensic Chicken—is here to help.

This printable fingerprint activity page turns young readers into young investigators. Kids can collect fingerprints, examine the evidence, and crack the case — just like the detectives in the Fairy Goose Unit. It’s the perfect companion for any of the Claw & Order books and a seriously fun addition to an Easter basket. Forget peeps. I mean, YUCK, am I right?

Give them a mystery to solve instead.

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🪃 Oh, My Word!

Paired with: Boomerang STEM/STEAM Activity for Kids

This one’s part science, part art, part inspiration and 100% fun.

Kids print the boomerang template onto cardstock, then trace it onto different materials— construction paper, a cereal box, heavier cardboard—to test which one flies the farthest. (Spoiler for the grown-ups: cereal box cardboard is the sweet spot. Rigid enough to hold its shape, light enough to actually fly.) They’ll hypothesize, test, and figure out the science behind why some materials work better than others. Then, once the experiment is done, they pick their WORD (just like Zander does in Oh, My Word!) and decorate their winning boomerang with it. Science first and art to finish it off—because nobody wants to wreck their masterpiece mid-experiment.

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Skip the Sugar Rush. Start a Story.

Here’s the thing about books as Easter gifts: they don’t melt in the sun, they don’t cause a sugar crash by 10 a.m., and they don’t run out of batteries. Pair them with a hands-on printable activity and you’ve got a basket stuffer that actually does something long after the egg hunt is over.

All five printables are free to download right here on REACH: Read & Play. Print as many copies as you need — they’re perfect for Easter baskets, classroom parties, library events, or just a rainy afternoon that needs a little reading razzle-dazzle.

Happy Easter, happy reading, and happy making!