End of a 6yr olds party- no party bag

[Just4this1]

NC! Quick one- end of a party, nothing handed out to the children- (money not an issue)- would you think rude or perfectly fine?

Kids birthdays are expensive anyway with the pressies etc, so to also pay for a party for X amount of kids is for many people right now difficult.

It’s a sweeter release than trepanning or electric shock therapy. A virtual blood letting. And cheaper than therapy!

God so much angst from posters about a party bag!

OP I'm with you. My dc are late teens now so it's been 10 to 12 years since they were 6 year old going to parties & even then the party bag was a staunch feature of the party.

I loved doing them & my dc loved receiving them.

They were usually paper bags & mostly had things like a fancy pencil/ eraser or a bouncy ball or small character from a show they all watched or a packet of seeds to plant.

Maybe a tub of bubbles & some stickers.

And something to eat. A lollipop & some moam chewy sweets & a Cadbury mini bar

Putting cake in the bag wasn't a thing that happened here. The cake was eaten during the party & leftovers brought home by the family.

I can't begrudge a bunch of 6 year olds a small party bag.

I just can't get so worked up about it...

I think people are far more aware generally about single use plastics nowadays than 10/12 years ago and tend to just give a sweet bag or a book than something like bubbles, if they do anything at all.

Not rude at all. I think the whole party bag thing has got out of hand and although it adds quite a bit on to the cost for the parents of the birthday child, results (usually) in a lot of junk going home with each child.

It would have been unusual but I would have been grateful. The only bit my DS was interested in was the cake.

My friend gives out small Easter eggs which I think is genius!

When I was young parties were few and far between. That been said, first born had parties but bags were not heard of ‘till the second and third DC then I felt I had to give them out, pressure in the playground, putting pencils and sweets in. However, when my DC received a bags with sweets, the unwrapped ones went in the bin

Good tip, like that idea

Can remember a mum once giving out a pair of neon socks, nothing else to each child at the end of a party. They were delighted (amazingly!) and I was happy - no plastic, no sweets, no cake they wouldn't eat. Extra pair of socks always welcome.

Mine went to a party where they all got given a pair of stripes toe socks at the end instead if party bags - the ones like gloves, that have a bit for every toe. They loved them. It was much better than a party bag and the Mum said she could buy them for about 1.50 a pair.

Also saw people give a small sticker book or a beanie hat, or the party was a craft activity and the take-home craft (build a bear type thing, sweets they had made, beautiful cup cakes in boxes, etc - more for 6-10 year age range rather than tiny children) was the take-home. Also saw Easter eggs given out cost £1 each and better than a bag of plastic that will be in the bin by the end of the day.

There are good ideas out there that kids love.

Why should the host and/parent of the birthday child have to give the guests a gift of any type. They’ve already been invited to a party, which even if held at home probably cost enough. I’ve always thought that giving the guests a party bag was an odd idea.

It's a bit weird. I mean, isn't it kind of a tradition to hand out bags with bouncy balls, bubble wands and squashed cake to all the kiddies that attend?!

Why? I had 3 girls, which adds up to 48 + Birthday parties. Each child went home with a prize, a piece of cake, and if they hadn't burst them all, a balloon.
The only issue I had with one Birthday party, was complaints from my youngest's friends that I hadn't organised games. They were only 17 years old. 18th Birthday party I did games...