I want to do a lucky dip for a party. What stuff do I use for them to search through to find the presents?

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IYKWIM!!

I have the presents but need some sort of 'something' to search through.

Not sticky or gooey obviously. something cheap and cheerful.

any ideas?

Do you mean like shredded/torn paper?

polystyrene chips?

oo oo ooo
I know!
you have to make yourself coffee, turn on radio 4 to your favourite programme and sit on your arse for 15 minutes and rip tiny strips of tabloid newspaper up

I did this for ds1's party instead of fecking lolly bags and it was a tremendous success even if I do say so myself

and use a bloody great big plastic bucket

ebay?

Do you have a shredder? If so, sort through the mail pile. I assume everyone has one.

shredded paper. Do you have a shredder?

sand, if in the garden?

coloured shredded paper?

shredded newspaper/magazines?

i mean foot long ftrips

If you don't have a shredder, wood pellet cat litter would work fine. Goes in teh compost after

What about popcorn? Sounds bizarre but I've seen that corn packing material that's used instead of polystyrene... And you can make loads of popcorn really quickly. You could even dye a few batches differnent colours with food colouring, to mix in for a multicolored effect. I should really get out more...

Wow! Brilliant ideas.

My friend has a shredder and she said I can have what is in there and if I want to go over and shred newspaper then I am very welcome to!

thanks everyone.

I did this - and got real sawdust (from a company beside where I work). I wrapped up little pressies, in different colours as I had generic boys/girls toys.
We did it instead of party bags, which i detest - it was my compromise. We had about 25 at the party.

If you work in an office enviroment or anywhere that has a lot of parcels/packages come in ask the post room people for some of the poly chips that they pack stuff in to keep it safe.

Good luck