I know it has been done before but - non plastic tat party bag ideas, please

[FrannyandZooey]

For children aged 2 to 7. I am going to make nice glittery and scented home made play dough and stick in a pretty cellophane bag. Piece of cake obviously.

A friend had fab eco friendly bath colour tablets, but I have tracked them down and they are 50p a pop

I have about 20 guests

any ideas please? how little can you get away with putting in the bag?

I always put sweets in. Choc buttons or Percy Pigs.

thank you

any non edible things?

Bumper packs of anything are good such as pencils, then you can just break up packs into as many as you need. I think the 2 things you are putting in sound great already, don't put much more in than that.

Bumper packs of anything are good such as pencils, then you can just break up packs into as many as you need. I think the 2 things you are putting in sound great already, don't put much more in than that.

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packet of seeds? Although that might work out expensive as well

no I don't think it needs much more, but it needs something else, doesn't it?

oh seeds a good idea
would it be a bit pricey as you say, hmm

Books from The Book People

Home Bargains has little Polly Pocket sets (doll plus a couple of outfits) for 99p each

Plastic plant pot (buy in big sets) and a bulb (buy in big packs and split)

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how about one of these with one or two sunflower seeds?

sunflower seeds and a plant pot

beat me to it

podmog I have entertainment on so no time to decorate the bags, good idea though

books always nice hula, I pinched your plastic pot idea and ponced it up even more

bubble mix (you can get multi-packs I think, also littler ones that are meant for weddings)

little badge made of salt dough/Fimo (wouldn't take long to make these, you could do little animal ones and even put the children's names on them)

little friendship bracelets (do you know how to make these?)

also form the playdough into little characters (snails, mice etc), that would be nice

you could buy some big flat wooden buttons - the kind with a hole in it - and get ds to decorate with colours (oil paints/model paints/inks), put each one on a little piece of string, like a pendant

or make lovely multi-coloured bobbles (you know, where you use the two rings of card and wind coloured wool around) kids LOVE bobbles - you could put on a little bit of elastic for bouncing around

or you could just go for glo-sticks

will keep thinking

tesco are selling wee toy kites for 21p - I just bought them in bulk!!

for girls go to primark/new look/claires accessories and buy packets of hair bands and split them up

boxes of organic yogurt covered raisins from asda

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my word greeny you have gone mad
I am not making 25 pompoms or friendship bracelets

cod it's ok, we have lentilly friends. They won't need therapy.

Sticker sheets and cut them up into strips.

ELC do a good craft set you can split up with four rolls of stickers.

Got bumper packs of patterned/picture sheets of paper from craft shop and split them up.

eeeeuw, inflatable guitars?!?

bugger off back to poundstretcher, you soulless old stickleback

LOL cod in what parallel universe would a plastic inflatable microphone NOT be tat?

DS came home with a fart cushion in a party bag. Fantastic fun . Cost a few pennies from Woolies.

aha glo sticks though
don't think I have 25 left after last weekend's glo stick bribing bonanza