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Six year old party bags

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MrsStrongman · 02/05/2022 21:49

I’m really struggling for good ideas for a six year olds party bags. There will be 20-25 children mostly the same age as birthday boy but a few older & a few younger.
Any ideas?

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ThePug · 02/05/2022 21:53

My 6 year old loves Pokémon so I went on AliExpress and got some stationery sets that were about 70p each (couple of pencils, stencil ruler, eraser, sharpener and notebook in a bag) so just did them plus a bag of sweets. Oh and a wristband (also on Ali for pence). At least it's stuff that should get used.

AmbushedByCake1 · 02/05/2022 21:54

Bubble wands, stickers, sweets/lollys, novelty erasers.

MrsStrongman · 02/05/2022 21:58

@ThePug my DS is Pokémon obsessed so this is a great idea! Thank you.

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Noodledoodledoo · 02/05/2022 21:58

Agree pencils, notebooks on a theme are a hit. Plus mini bag of haribo! Tattoos always a hit in my house.

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 02/05/2022 22:10

About that sort of age I used to buy a box set of books from The Works/Book People and split them up, one book per child. Worked out to about £1 or so each and no plastic tat! (The kids would probably have preferred the tat I'm sure!)

Feckingfeck · 02/05/2022 22:12

Does the party have a theme at all?

I made sweet cones and marshmallow kebabs?

carefullycourageous · 02/05/2022 22:14

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 02/05/2022 22:10

About that sort of age I used to buy a box set of books from The Works/Book People and split them up, one book per child. Worked out to about £1 or so each and no plastic tat! (The kids would probably have preferred the tat I'm sure!)

Agree, party bags are a bloody menace, give a book and some sweets and leave it at that.

Down with plastic crap!

Elpheba · 02/05/2022 22:15

We did a 6 year old class party last week and party bags had:
Squishy ball, Dino glider, finger puppet, party blower, bubbles and a little bag of pick n mix (made up from supermarket sweets).
The party blowers were annoyingly very well liked but the biggest hit with every single one of them were the squishy balls. Got everything from the poundtoy website.

ParkheadParadise · 02/05/2022 22:19

Bubbles
Hair clips
Yo-Yo
Cupcake
Tattoos
Mini Note pads & pens.

WeeM · 02/05/2022 22:21

I got a huge cardboard box, filled it with shredded paper and did a lucky dip - the kids loved it. I budgeted £1 an item and got books from the works, frisbees/bubble wands/pens/pencils etc from Wilko/pound shop/b&m and wrapped them in wrapping paper. They all lined up at the end to have a rummage in the big box and find a present. I then gave a small party bag with the cake in it.

TheTeddyBears · 02/05/2022 22:23

No to party bags usually full of plastic tat, stuff we already have plenty of (like bubbles) or just stuff that goes in the bin.

I recently did sweet cones for my daughters party and My DD went to a party near Easter and they all got an Easter egg instead.

GroggyLegs · 02/05/2022 22:24

WeeM · 02/05/2022 22:21

I got a huge cardboard box, filled it with shredded paper and did a lucky dip - the kids loved it. I budgeted £1 an item and got books from the works, frisbees/bubble wands/pens/pencils etc from Wilko/pound shop/b&m and wrapped them in wrapping paper. They all lined up at the end to have a rummage in the big box and find a present. I then gave a small party bag with the cake in it.

I love this idea!

I'm mean.
Balloon, mini haribo, bubble wand, cake.
Done.

JoeGio · 02/05/2022 22:24

Sweet cones, NO plastic tat.

Beepbopblop · 02/05/2022 23:56

pre Covid I am pretty sure there was always a party bag pick and mix next to the greeting cards all major super stores.

If you are competitive parenting, then read on, my son (8) has received a mini drone, a light up yo-yo and tickets to the latest town football game 😂😜 this is all true btw but I don’t recommend!

Personally I like practical things like a pencil, rubber, sharpener, slice of cake, as a surprise one of them little balsa wood planes etc - perfect party bag IMO

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