Party bag ideas please

[cowslipped]

So bored of buying and receiving useless plastic tat.

Does anyone have an idea of what I can fill 16 party bags with (mostly boys) for 7-8 yr olds.?

At a party we went to, instead of tat bag they were all given a comic (which came with a bit of free tat) - thought that was a great idea.

Thanks for the reply.

More ideas would be great, the party is this Sunday and I live rurally so I'm a bit restricted.

Books delivered from thebookpeople?

Other Things we've done in the past :
Pack of playing cards
Colouring pens
Plastic cup with sweets in
Sweetie cone
Punch balloon
Lucky dip with various things in so not Everyone gets the same eg slap bands, balls, stationery, football cards
Seeds and a plant pot
Bucket and spade from £ shop
Gingerbread man
Lego minifigure type thing. B&m sometimes stock cheaper versions
A ball from £shop
Water bottle filled with sweets

My children recently went to a party where they all received an old fashioned bag of sweets at the end - ie a stripy pink paper bag filled with sweet-shop type sweets. They were all thrilled and didn't miss the plastic tat at all.

I always theme my party bags to the theme of the party
Lego party - Lego men, chocolate Lego made from a silicone mold, etc

For that age group
Footballs
Those hand spinner things that are all the rage
Horrible histories/science/geography books
Little science sets
Little magic trick sets

Novelty mini torches always go down well at that age.

Glow-in-the-dark putty (in fact, glow-in-the-dark anything !).

Rocket balloons/ water balloons.

(Via Amazon Prime, if you're desperate?).

Footballs

Books

Hot wheels cars

Haribo

Sweetie cone. Piece of cake and a small cheap book ( think on line bargin) got 24 Charlie and the chocolate factory for under a tenner. Kids loved it.

small craft kits from Baker Ross (badgemaking, paint your own mug, etc)
Lego minifigures
3D wooden dinosaur/animal/whatever kits
magnifying glasses
invisible ink
fart putty

Book people do sets of books for £1 ish each. This plus a small treat has been very successful for us in recent years.

Mo,

A comic's actually a really nice idea. Thanks!