So, my nearly 6-year-old daughter is all set for her trampoline party. The venue is organised, I'm just leaving it to the last minute to organise invites, party bags, cake etc. I'd assumed she would go for a unicorn or mermaid or similar theme, but no, she’s thrown me a curveball with “Save the Animals.”
I am both proud and guilty at this as I know this is a result of frequent lectures on the environment (mostly in response to repeated questions - why is this animal dying out? This one? And this one? But why?) but honestly sometimes trying to drum into her why I hate buying more than we need, especially toys when we already have so many and single use plastics. I caught my Mum at it last week too. I think we've gone a bit overboard on it and she's feeling personally responsible for global warming. (And she has almost stopped asking me for toys - or at least started accepting no for an answer, so maybe it has worked!)
Anyway, I'm feeling a bit stumped.I’m pretty sure she won’t be chuffed if I suggest people donate to the WWF instead of bringing gifts (as lovely an idea as that is), and I suspect the other kids might not be too thrilled with a voucher to adopt an endangered fish as a party favour. I'd wanted to go for sustainable gifts anyway, but I’m struggling to find anything that most kids would be impressed with that doesn’t cost a small fortune and now also I need to add in the "save the animals" aspect.
Any brilliant ideas for party bags, or any other suggestions, would be much appreciated! Mumsnetters, over to you! (Any tips on making a trampoline party specifically special also welcome - I suppose glitter tattoos are out given the theme!)