DS's 1st birthday is coming up soon. I wasn't going to bother with party bags, but DH insists we have to because his sister's kids will expect them (they are 6 & 4). My sister's kids are coming as well, and are aged 2 & 1. My sister doesn't especially want her kids to grow up expecting party bags etc, but obviously it's not fair to leave them out (which was DH's original plan).
Anyway, I'm not letting DH organise this as he'll spend a bloody fortune on crappy junk, but I've been to very few children's parties so I'm not totally sure what to do. I don't want to give them stuff that will just break or be chucked out, so I've thought of the following (there's a vague Very Hungry Caterpillar theme to the party):
A craft kit to make a caterpillar bookmark (lollipop stick, pompom and googly eyes), with instructions
A caterpillar made from grapes stuck on a cocktail stick
A butterfly made by filling a sandwich bag with sweets/fruit and then using a clothes peg to pull the middle in so the "wings" firm with the sweets/fruit in
A craft kit to make a caterpillar which turns into a butterfly (involves more lollipop sticks, googly eyes and pompoms)
A piece of birthday cake
Does that sound OK? The 1-year-old might get a version with rusks or something instead of sweets. I thought the craft kits would be a fun thing for the kids to do when they get home.
Would your kids be happy enough with that, or think it was a bit naff/rubbish?
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IDreamOfPuffins · 29/07/2015 20:32
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