party bags for under ones

[Chloe55]

Can anyone give me any ideas as to what to put in them please. I have so far thought of;

bubbles
a bath toy
poss a bib?

the babies vary in age from 6mths-12mths.

Thanks

they don't need any more than that!
all good ideas

little board book ? (You can get them in multipacks and split them)

In all honesty, however, I just wouldnt bother with party bags for babies

Have to agree - it's DD's 4th birthday party on Valentines Day and this will be the first year I am going to do party bags. But if you are going to do them they all sound like good ideas.

Well, I have about 4 5-yr olds coming too and so will be doing them little party bags, just don't want the babies to miss out really or more-so the mums of the babies

I know what you mean though about them not needing them, it's not like they know, just hate to leave anyone out.

Why not get helium balloons for the little ones -thats what we did for the friends of ours when they were 1.

They have great fun playing with them and they usually last a while.

er , none ! What about a picture book from the Book People if you feel you must do something ?

all good ideas, as are helium balloons.
Ds is having his 3rd party on Sat, and I'm STILL not doing party bags ... although everyone will have a gingerbread man to take home

Just get them a cuddly toy

I swore off party bags for my last birthday party - just got a wide range of books, for big kids and little ones, from the Book People and similar, and handed out those instead.

DS2 got Just One Thing when he was at a party his brother had been invited to, and didn't notice he'd been short-changed... he was 18 months old

how about a toothbrush if you must give them anything? doesn't matter if they go straight into the babies' mouths

don't do them for anyone, it's a mad and expensive cycle to get into

Is it REALLY necessary to give party bags to children who don't even know what they are?

Perhaps something for the parents might go down better. Just a thought. I'd be touched if me or the kiddies got something, but I wouldn't fret about it.

It's the snotty 6 year olds saying, "eugh, what's THIS. I don't want THIS" that's a pain with party bags!

piece of cake and a balloon, only if you must

ime they don't even eat the cake.

couple of times i have done a lucky dip, which worked well with older kiddies, well some complained and did swapsees, ... but i spose you always get complainers

Thanks everyone. Ok, you've convinced me. Think I'll forego the party bags and put some bubbles on a table and give everyone a little teddy/book as they leave, I could probably do that for under a tenner for the lot.

I do have a habit of getting a bit carried away and I'm new to the whole birthday thing so I'm glad I have yuou lot to tell me I am being rediculous

Your baby is lucky to have such an enthusiastic mommy

Arrrgh. I have been to two 1st birthday parties so far this year (dd is 1 in June) and we are already on the party bag/ alpha mum treadmill. I'm planning DD's party (a barbecue) and I really like the helium balloon idea as we have two party bags with things in that I won't give to dd but feel bad about chucking away that are now sat in no-mans-land (on the stairs! lol!)

Otherwise, a different thread suggests a book wrapped for a girl or a boy and doing a 'lucky dip'.