Birthday Party Bags

[RTKangaMummy]

We did brill party bag for DS

a tennis ball and a pencil

and some sweets

the kids thought tennis ball was brill and only cost 33p there are so many games you can play with tennis ball

{pack of 3 for 99p}

Party bags are so difficault to do cheaply

Good tip RTKM! Will make a note!

why do you have to do the things at all? - I really don't get this party bag thing

no i agree BD but it is peer pressure

don't bow to it....Know it's easy to say, but I think the whole thing is totally wrong and just gives the wrong message to kids (as the marbles thread also shows...) - I don't expect another parent to give my child a 'gift' (which is in effect what it is) for turning up at a birthday party. If I go to dinner I take some wine, I don't expect the hostess to hand me a goodie bag at the end....

very good point about dinner party

I did a wrapped up book at DS's 3rd birthday .. 10 for £9.99 from The Book People ..

I had got fed up of the escalating 'party bag war' .. and having to throw away a load of plastic crap after every birthday

Twiglett, that's what I want to do for ds1's 4th party in April but I can't see 10 books for £9.99 on their website - can you help?!

that is why we thought of the tennis ball

because it only cost 33p and is a quality item IYKWIM

it also has lots of play value

Gobble .. you need to go into Kids Books then into 0-5 section (I assume) and have a look through .. unfortunately they're out of stock on the 10 for £9.99 deal (but there will be more deals coming up very soon I am sure) but there are other deals that might make sense for you

how long have you got cos they keep bringing out more deals (its a standard one)

HTH

Dd went to a party on Wednesday and she came home with a gorgeous wicker bird house to hang in the garden. Apparently they were being sold off very cheap in Woolies. Really good for all ages and both sexes, and a nice change from the usual.

Thanks Twiglett - party isn't till beginning of April but was looking the other day while I thought about it! Otherwise I know I'll remember 2 days before and it'll be too late to order!!

Good idea about the tennis ball.

I usually go into ASDA and get there little note books at 9p each and buy a great big pack of felt tip pens and put about 5 in each, together with a few sweets.

The kids seem to like it as at least it is something they can play with rather than a plastic watch !

Don't do party bags. I do party cups. Buy cheap clear plastic cups, big boxes of penny sweets from Makro, cellophane and curling ribbon. Fill up cups with sweets, wrap with cellophane and tie up with curling ribbon. Very pretty to give kids at end of party and really simple. Sometimes I might buy the party bags for them to carry them home with a piece of birthday cake wrapped in serviette.

Sparkler1 - I'm making a note of that idea too! Where do you get the cups from? Might do that for ds2's 3rd birthday in November.

You can buy them anywhere - just normal disposable drinking cups. Supermarkets or discount shops will sell them. I use clear ones as I think they look good to be able to see the sweets inside but you could always use patterned,theme ones.

I bought the cellophane from a florist wholesaler on our local industrial estate. Don't buy it from the florist themselves they charge a fortune for a small amount.

I buy multi packs of nice hair clips, seperate them, and give the girls one each in their bags. Who started this party bag nonsense anyway?

What's wrong Paolosgirl??????

So did none of you have party bags as kids? I'm really surprised as they were the norm where I grew up.

We had party bags as children too.

DD's birthday isn't until April, but I am collecting ideas from threads like this all the time. As she will only be 3 I am keen to avoid sweets, maybe a bt of cholcoate though. DD doesn't like sweets at all anyway - i end up eating them! - do many kiddies of this age?

Hula - me too (collecting ideas I mean!)

Hmm, yes, mine don't really eat 'sweets' either, just the odd pack of chocolate buttons or smarties really (mine are 3.10 and 2.3).

Yes we had them as kids BUT they consisted of a slice of the birthday cake, a bar of choc/packet of sweets and a ballon if you were lucky..
Thats fine just (- I still think the whoel thing is a bad idea), but my ds has come back with a book, a toy, and sweets....this I think is crazy - it wasn't HIS birthday...

Last year we had kites from Tesco - I think they were originally 87p each, and then at the end of summer they had been reduced to half that, plus a punchball balloon (10 for £1 from Poundland) and a bottle of bubble mixture (8 for £1 from Poundland), a couple of pencils (20 for £1) and a few sweets. Total cost for 15 was under £1 each, and several people commented on what nice party bags they were.