Favors & Goody Bags: Infant
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Goody Bags
Asked by S.S. from Chicago
on May 27, 2008
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When do you stop with the goody bags after a birthday party?? My daughter is having her 10th birthday party at a pizza place and is inviting 12 girls (yikes!) and I c...
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- Hi, we live in Arlington Hts, and still do goody bags, but we make CD's with their favorite music, or I just did for a hotel sleepover party for my 9 1/2 yr old daught...
- My daughter is 10 and I've been shopping the Target $1 section for goody bag ideas. I'll stuff the goody bags with a manicure set, nail polish, lip gloss, a notepad,an...
- Is it the work of goody bags you want to stop or the expense (probably both!) If it's the work...I like the idea of giving each child a book. I think it can be really...
Party Favors
Asked by J.C. from Columbus
on February 27, 2010
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I have to ask... what do you Mom's think about party favors? Are they necessary for birthdays, baby showers, etc? I'm have never been really big on party favors for my...
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- Maybe I'm no fun, but the party favors I bring home from showers end up in the trash. Always seems like a waste of money to me.
- I recently through a baby shower for my niece. I don't like the favors that you just toss as soon as you get home. I prefer something a little more practical. We used ...
- I made some delicate cookies wrapped in celophane with a decorative sticker and curling ribbon for the shower I had.
Party Favors
Asked by T.M. from New York
on June 22, 2009
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My little girl is turning 1 soon and there will be a few kids at her party. Since this is my first child, I'm very new to the whole thing, and have no idea what types...
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- i just had my little boys first B-day party and we gave all the kids that attended a box of animal crackers. the ones that look like a little cage with a string. all...
- For my daughers 1st birthday, i a gave the children under 1, up to 2 years, a board book, which the parents loved. and all the other kids, i got individual, age appro...
- For both my daughter and son I gave a healthy bag! They had fruit snacks and pretzles in it. I also gave crayon and lip gloss and air planes. The parents were so...
Birthday Party Goodie Bags
Asked by K.A. from Huntsville
on April 12, 2008
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Is it just me or have these birthday party goodie bags taken the spotlight off the birthday kid and caused our children to expect to GET something all the time-even wh...
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- I don't give out goodie bags at birthday parties. Don't sweat it. If someone mentions it, just say it's not one of your birthday traditions. My mom never gave goodi...
- I understand everything you are saying and it really makes sense. Its your childs day! Plus its not like we dont spend a fortune on planning and preparing for it....ad...
- For several of my daughter's parties, I have done a book exchange in lieu of birthday gifts. Everyone brings a book, and then, picks a new book to take home. A lot o...
Goodie Bag Etiquette for Kids Birthday Party
Asked by J.E. from Sacramento
on March 27, 2008
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We're having a small party for my 3 year old - he is inviting 2 friends from school. One of the friends has a 15 month old sister. In addition, his 2 cousins, ages 7...
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- Why not just save yourself the social worry and give out a few more goodie bags? It's fun to give out goodie bags at that age anyway. Not sure what you can give a 15...
- I'd suggest keeping it simple (dollar bins at Target are a good source of ideas) for the 15MO maybe something like cute kiddie socks or dishware, or even something lik...
- I'm all for giving goodie bags to everyone. Heck, at my 5-year old's party, we gave goodie bags to the grown-ups too! I included super balls, slinkies, little containe...
Goodie Bags for Birthday Parties?
Asked by C.T. from Los Angeles
on March 8, 2011
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Hi, at what age do you still give or stop giving out goodie bags? My son who is turning 8 wants to have a "cowboy" birthday party. I am not much of a party planner,...
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- Skip the goodie bag. I agree with most of the other moms when they say most of what is received in the goodie bag is usually in the trash by morning. I despise goodi...
- I agree that most goody bags are filled with junk that either breaks within 10 minutes or finds its way to the garbage the next day. I like the idea of giving out ban...
- I'm an anti-goody bag mom. LOL I don't know when this started, but I don't remember ever getting goody bags when I went to parties. I even had a friend who told me ...
Party Favors?
Asked by B.W. from Minneapolis
on January 31, 2010
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I’ve decided to have a party for both my kids together. My baby turned 1 in Dec and my oldest turned 4 a week or so ago. I want to do a party favor but not the usu...
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- 2 great things my kids took home from parties... a foam door hanger in a little bag with stickers and a glitter pen a small terra cotta pot and a packet of seeds
- We just had a B-day party for our girls and I too was not interested in spending $$ on a bunch of junk that would be thrown out 2 days later. We bought a bunch of $5 ...
- Look at a craft store for a little craft project that the kids can do at the party or at home. For our daughter's 2nd b-day I found foam frames and foam stickers. The ...
Unique Ideas for Party Favors
Asked by C.B. from Chicago
on October 27, 2006
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I am looking for ideas for party favors for a baby shower for my cousin. She is having a girl. I am trying to come up with something a little more unique than candy or...
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- For my sister's baby shower I made cute little picture frames.. You can buy them too. Then I made copies of her ultra sound picture and put those in the frame. We se...
- My sister, for my baby shower, individually wrapped small bottles of Purel (waterless soap) in cute little bags. Everyone really liked it, including me, because I end...
- Partyfavors.com. YOu can buy them from them, or just peruse the site and maybe steal one of their ideas if you are creative.
First Birthday Party Favors?
Asked by D.M. from Seattle
on January 25, 2009
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Hiya mamas, I need some ideas on what to do for party favors for my sons first birthday. There will be variety of kids of varying ages at this party and was hoping to...
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- Try this site: http://www.orientaltrading.com/ I've purchased party favors, incentives for classroom participation, small gifts for co-workers on Valentine's day, ...
- Bouncy balls. Obviously, the large ones filled with air, not the little ones. You can have a bin where everyone gets to choose one to take home. Leftovers are no p...
- My daughter's birthday is in the summer and we gave out little sand pails, a jar of bubbles, a book, and a small bag of crackers. The pails and books were each $1 at T...
Shower Favors
Asked by E.Y. from Norfolk
on August 14, 2007
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I am throwing a baby shower for one of my friends this coming weekend and I am looking for something to do for the shower favors that is somewhat original. Does anyon...
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- A shower gift you could give to everyone that comes, is a shower sponge with a small bottle of shower gel. Wrap in cellophane paper with a small tag that says somethi...
- My best friend had the cutest favors for my shower. She took small glass baby bottles and filled them with either Skittles or Kissables or M&Ms and placed a "thank yo...
- You can do pacifiers with a little bit of wilson's chocolate melts and lifesavers. My sister and I did yankee candles in baby powder scents to announce the birth of o...
