Plastic ones were better cos I used to put one or two on a pile of dog crap to make it a little more interesting for them! LOL But this happens sometimes!
My family does not do Easter Egg hunts, we just take the kids to the community hunt at the library or something...
But being creative all except for me, my family comes up with Easter eggs that are lovely! Something like this...the empty decorated shell is the basket, ribbon for a handle and then filled with little flowers or other pretty stuff...and then you hang them from gnarled twisting branches you have found.