eco friendly loot party bags ideas

[paulinka]

hello
what could i do to avoid plasticky and sugary loot bags for my dd 4th birthday, the party is sunday, 25th feb?
any good ideas pr links?

one decent thing each - a book from the book people - they often do 10 books for £10 - can do a speedy delivery I think

For my dts last year, I used sunflower seeds, wooden toys, a balloon and colouring pencils made from recycled wood.Oh, and a piece of cake.

how about packets of seeds?- or if you can run to it, Woolworths are doing really good mini greenhouse kits for £2.50 each.

Mine loved those kits where you press the shapes out of pre-cut wood and assemble them to make owls, dinosaurs, fish etc.

I did paper bags and put some Fair Trade chocolate in as well as some bulbs (with picture and planting instructions) and one joke shop toy.

i like the idea of books plus fai trade choc...

We made everyone a gingerbread man, with their initial on it...
Love the seeds idea, though

ds was at a party on Saturday and got one of those teeny novelty facecloths that expand in water. it was a huge hit and I thought a great non-tat idea for a party bag

having said that the plastic tat always goes down v well in this house...

bump

Notebook, pencil, stickers?

just went to tesco, and all the pound stuff was being sold for 10 p, so i bought loads. now very eco friendly because it's all plastic but cheap. there you go

I can't do links but baker ross have an online store which have loads of great and inexpenxive stuff, you can get lost in there, party bag ideas and craft ideas for parties too

i ordered soooooooooooooo much from baker ross, it's a marvellous site, hope the delivery service is good too

Baker Ross were doing sweet little flower presses last year- I got them for dd's party bags. Bit old for 4 year olds, though, maybe.

oh paulinka what did you get? I keep starting a basket then getting distracted, but it does have good ideas.