Giving children lollies containing real bugs in their party bags.....

[S1ur]

A winner? or erm not so much......

[Bellsa]

Ds would adore this.

[GreensleevesFlouncedLikeAKnob]

what?!?!?!?

[SixtyFootDoll]

My DS's would pro love it, I wouldnt though

[ramonaquimby]

hate suckers, I chuck them out when they come home in party bags

[themoon66]

I saw them lollies in that big posh shop in Birmingham (cannot remember its name). They were VERY expensive and not a party bag item! Something like £10 for a couple of lollies if I remember correctly.

[nappyzoneisback]

sorry please explain i dont get it....

[TheProvincialLady]

Just buy normal ones from a really crusty corner shop

[hippipotamiHasLost65lbs]

Oooh, I remember those from when I was a child - grim grim grim (and somehow strangely fascinating)

As for a winner or not so much - that would depend entirely on the children in question. My ds would love it, dd not so much

Nappy, they are lollies with a (dead, hygienic, preserved) larvae or grub or other insect inside.
The 'fun' lies in deciding how much of the lolly to lick - do you risk coming in contact with the bug...

look here but not if you are squeamish

[nappyzoneisback]

urghhh - not for me thanks.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

poncy and yuk. give them a chupa chup.

[S1ur]

weee-ll my dd's birthday (and party) is on Sunday and has a disorganised loose theme of bugs, butterflies and so on. Theme mostly meaning that I am baking a butterfly cake at her request and various other insect related decorations and so on.

anywaaaaaay, a local museum have an 'bug exhibtion' on atm and it is wicked and in their gift shop the are selling lollipops with insects inside, completely edible - utterly gross. But kids eh? they are a bit weird and gross themselves........

Ramon - Ordinarily I would only include a small piece of organic fruit and an educational book but I was taken by the novelty factor

[TheDMshouldbeRivened]

ick

[PortAndLemon]

not so much, IMO...

[GreensleevesFlouncedLikeAKnob]

how

utterly

fucking

revolting



if my ds got one of these in a party bag I think I would move him to a different school

[S1ur]

My personal leaning is that kids would think ooooh parents would think errrrr.

[hippipotamiHasLost65lbs]

Again, I think it depends on the age of the child - my 10 year old and his friends would think 'cool', but my 6 year old and her friends would not be happy (and neither would their parents)

[S1ur]

There are seriously nasty I agree Greeny, though that's certainly not a reason not to give 'em to children.



A bigger concern of mine is the parents who might actually think I was insane, or trying to poison their children or possibly a member of an odd cult

[S1ur]

a very good point hippipotqami

[skybright]

Yuck,i think it's horrible.

[hatwoman]

if they came with a museum-type label that indicated they were safe, edible etc and not home made (barfff) then I'd think they were, to use dd-language, way cool. so would my dds. though one would also find it freaky and a bit scarey and probably wouldn't eat it. they sound great.

[hatwoman]

dds are 9 and 7 btw - but I'm not sure age has much to do with it as I think they'd have had the same reaction 2 years ago, and would do in 2 years' time.

[Fennel]

My 9 and 8 yo dds would love them, totally.

you'd need a vegetarian alternative though. Plant mould or similar.

[Acanthus]

I think they sound awful.

My kids would absolutely love them.

[GreensleevesFlouncedLikeAKnob]

fennel's dd1 will carefully excise the grub and then keep it in a matchbox and call it William