Party Bags .... why do we do them??????

[ghosty]

I can't stand doing them and I can't stand DS and DD receiving them.
Warning: Bah Humbug alert ...
Total waste of money for the hosts of the party ... complete PITA for the parents of the children getting them.
DS and DD came home from a party yesterday with bags brimming with chocolate and sweets (as if they didn't have enough AT the party) and a pile of cheap tatt that they won't look at again ... plastic crap ...

Who likes giving them (wasting money on tatt when you have already spent money on a party etc) and who likes receiving them? And why please?

Is there an alternative?

mars - you meanie!

I don't know why we do them - I hate them - I do them because they are expected which is the worst possible reason in the world.

Wish I was braver.

would any of the "party bag haters" actually say to the host before the event "please dont do a party bag for my child as we dont agree with it"? Just wondering if there's so many who dont like them but dont speak up you could get away from this trend

No, that would just be mean wouldn't it?

those horrid kids eat my food, drink my drink are entertained at my expense and they want me to give them PRESENTS????????????? I don't think so!

I don't do party bags cos I don't want to. If my friends want to do them they can, but they all know how I feel and wish they had the courage of their own convictions lol

I love you Marslady ...

ghosty and mars - your kids are welcome at my kids parties

right back atcha Ghosty!

skinnycow ... your kids can come to mine ... but don't expect a party bag ...

my kids are excellent - the never expect anything

Okay, answer me this........

why do you need to bribe children to leave? Can't their parents just take them away? Can't you just say goodbye?

Kids after my own heart ... I will chuck them some birthday cake however ...

ooh no ghosty - no cake - its bad for their teeth!

Mars - you meany and brute!

[sighs and looks adoringly at her idol, Marslady. "I want to be just like her when I grow up" she thinks to herself]

Right, enough of this pointles gripey crap ...
Am off to bed ...
Night night all

night ghosty.... try not to dream of ravenous kids. lmao

before you go ghosty ......

HERE'S YOUR BAG!

I didnt do one once and one of the children said loudly to her mum 'Is this a party bag or a non party bag party?" her mum looked desperately embarrassed and whispered 'non I think darling' - after that I have always done something.

skinnycow ...
ROFL ...
Better be expensive, NON plastic, quality items ... like an oscars goodie bag ... [rummages in bag ... ]
Where's the latest mobile phone and ipod??
And the shisheido make up??

arrgghhh Enid!

you obviously havent got to the bottom of the bag yet ghosty!

I'm with you ghosty - have yet to find the nerve to refuse to do them though. perhaps a mn campaign against party bags is required?

If you don't agree with them, don't do them. Shove a piece of cake in a bag and be done with it!

I don't get this party bag thing at all.
My DD is only 18 months so haven't experienced it yet.
We were lucky if we got a piece of cake at the end of a party when I was little.
Come to think of it, we were lucky if we got a party in the first place.

I've kind of stopped doing them. The tyranny of it all ! How many are coming? Will Jake's little sister expect one too because she came with Jake's mummy to pick him up? etc etc.
That said, handing departing guests something at the door is a good way of getting them to leave: for older children a cheap propelling pencil ( get them in bags of 10 from WH Smith)goes down a treat. They choose a colour and go ! Great! Or a simple brightly coloured ordinary pencil, or funny rubber, or a little lollipop chosen from a bag at the door, for little ones. Costs next to nothing and there's no fuss.