Birthday Party Favors
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my daughter's
B-day is coming up and I hate to give out candies... I cannot afford
toys, any ideas???
Linda 7/99
Instead of filling goodie bags, I stuffed small favors
into balloons and blew them up with this prize inside.
Had a huge barrel of
balloons at the start of the party. I explained that
every so often I'd ring
a bell or blow a whistle, and each kid could then come
and pop a balloon (I
had a pushpin available to help), get the prize, and put
it in his or her
goodie bag, which I'd strung up with clothespins on a
rope nearby. Some of
the prizes were too big or too hard to fit into a
balloon, in which case I
put in a note that said the kid could go over to another
special basket and
choose a toy from that. I used a manual balloon pumper
and plastic balloon
ties to cut down on the work. It was a bit of a job, but
two kids told their
moms this was the best bday party they'd ever attended!
Natasha (7/99)
Keep party favors simple too. A friend of mine calls
those favor bags
"kiddy litter", and I agree. Instead of giving kids bags
full of little
useless things, consider instead giving them one thing,
maybe connected
to the party theme. For example, a tea party or dress-up
favor could be
a little dress-up hat or tiara or string of pearls.
Some bubble-blowing
paraphenalia. Or some face paints, finger paints, water
colors or
markers. We recently went to a party where the favors
were candy and
toothbrush and toothpaste. The kids thought it was
great!
I have some ideas for you for party favors for little kids that are inexpensive:
Mr. Mopps in North Berkeley has shelves and shelves of 10 cent & 50 cent toys.
Chinatown is also a great place to pick up stuff.
decorated pencils (you can buy a pack of them)
fancy erasers
pretend jewelery (plastic rings, bracelets, etc)
bandaids with pictures on them (my kids always liked these!)
bouncy balls
buy a box of gummy fruit snacks, each kid gets a package
balloons they can blow up later
little rubber spiders, snakes, insects, etc.
buy a pad of fake money notepads, give each kid a few
buy a pack of plastic combs at the grocery store
paper airplanes
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