Party Favors Question

For my Son's Star Wars Party my husband and I made Lightsabers. we took pool noodles cut them in 3 equal sections. bought 1 to 1 1/2' sections of pvc for the handle. Then wraped the handle with black pipe warppign and finished it off with a pvc plug end. The kids loved it! In fact i still go to friends or families houses and their kids are still playing with them and this was a couple years ago. If you want better instructions you can email me.

My sister-in-law had a Star Wars party for my nephew. She went to the dollar store and bought pool noodles, cut them in half and then used black and silver electrical tape to wrap around one end...perfect light sabers. She also found some Star Wars molds online and we bought the different colored chocolate melts (you can get them from Michael's). We made Yoda, Darth Vader, C3PO, and Chewbacca chocolate suckers and put them in cellophane with a cute ribbon and thank you note attached. Really cute and wasn't too expensive.

for my son's we actually did different things, one of which was a big oversized beach towel.... now some might scoff at that idea, but the kids LOVED having their own special towel... (esp when some kids aren't into taking baths all the time, it made it more fun) nowadays, they have so many printed towels with just about every theme.. I was like you, I didn't want to hand out little toys they'd never play with again or candy.. I also did bubbles and some brand name board games.... our party wasn't too big, so I could spend a little more.. although, the biggest hit and truly the messiest and most expensive.. was silly string.. with that.. I didn't need to give anything else... (note............. much to clean up afterward...)

best of luck!

Depends on your budget since Lego can be expensive. My 5 year old is also Lego crazy and begs to go to the mall Lego store. If you have a Lego store near you, they had Star Wars character key chains in the sale bin this month at the one near us--most were not starring characters but there were some. They were $1 and not $5 a piece. There is also a Lego birthday party kit but again it is like $60 for 10 party favors. Around Christmas Marshalls and TJ Maxx had some little Lego sets for about $3 (normally between $5-7 full price) but they weren't Star Wars. You can also get loose Lego at the Lego stores or build your own figures (3 for $10). Look on the Lego web site or call the neatest store--the people at the one near us are helpful and know the products well.

Do a big fat cookie inside a lego goodie bag. make up a thankyou note that says thanks for attending my party. she can do the thank you notes ahead of time. then just send them home on the day of the party.

Since it's a lego party IF you're willing to spend 6-10 per child, you could get them a little mini lego starwars toy they could build during the party, or book, or bookmark, or rebel alliance patch.

Alternatively... Baskin Robbins coupons in lieu of serving icecream has also always been a big hit. Tucked in a thankyou note for attending the party.

My daughter recently went to a party and came home with a water bottle that she decorated with stickers, as a party activity. It was cool bottle and had the ice stick in the middle. She also got a pair of "lucky socks" in the theme of the party. I thought both of those were good ideas, things we could actually use and went with the party theme. I may borrow the ideas for our up coming party as we are also tired of the "small plastic" toys that end up in the trash can.

Frisbees, water bottles, sunscreen key chains, sunglasses, beach pail?

Go to Hobby Lobby or Michaels and buy the smallest clay pots they have for less than $1. Have your daughter paint them herself and write with a paint pen...Thanks for coming. Maybe fill each with a seed the kids can grow or with candy wrapped in tulle?

McDonald's coupon books are fantastic! or a $5 Walmart card :)

We made CDs of my son's favorite songs one year for his birthday. Those were pretty popular and didn't cost too much at all. You could also buy a big thing of Legos and give each kid 10-20 pieces to add to their own lego collections. Maybe something like this: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/d...

K.
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Little stainless steel water bottles..place like walgreens of walmart have them cheap.. filled with a sucker and sugar free gum.

get each kid a small lego person or something else lego.

Small Lego kits would be great favors.

If it's in your budget, movie passes or gift certificates to an ice cream place would be great favors.

No clue since we're not at the party phase yet, but just from the theme it might be fun to buy a bag of some new LEGOs and divy them into small party favor-size bags or something and let the kids create something (make them all the same variety of pieces, etc.). You can never have too many LEGOs, so they shouldn't be a pain for the parents.

I have no idea what the prices are, but you could also see how much the actual figures are from Star Wars (might be too pricey) and use them as favors and name holders for seating so they kids could bring a LEGO figure home instead of loose pieces. Sounds like a fun party to me!! :)

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Exclusive-Building-Starfighter...

We got some inexpensive "light sabers" from Rhode Island Novelty (on line).

i've seen lots of starwars books for beginner readers at walmart and kmart. usually under $4 per book.

Sometimes target has little lego kits for stocking stuffers and maybe for easter basket gifts. I would think those would be $5 or less.

If people get so bent out of shape about junky little toys and candy why feel the need to do anything at all.

Hi M.,

Some items my daughter has received at birthday parties as a nice favor have been books, gift certificates for an ice cream cone at Baskin Robbins, and some cute little sand toys, which she loves. Whatever you choose to do, I'm certain the parents will appreciate your thoughtful favors.

Good luck with your party, and happy birthday to your precious daughter! \

Take care,
L.

How about a book? You can probably get a little paperback about starwars or something from the Scholastic website for $3 or so.

Plastic light sabers? You can find at oriental trading co, etc.

lego makes little lego sets. or a lego person. the problem is, all legos are pricey.