Party Bags 0-16 ideas...please...

DumbBlonde

It's my baby's first birthday soon, I've got to do party bags for 25-30 children aged 0-16...

Whilst I don't mind a bottle of bubbles in a party bag, I don't like plastic tatt hat lasts 5 seconds and becomes landfill in 5 minutes...

I've ordered some books off of the book people thanks to a lovely link here on MSE....

I'm thinking fruity healthy dried snack things for the littler ones and then sweets for the older ones...

But what else do you put in a party bag these days....?

Xx

kingfisherblue

You could put in a small craft kit - Wilkinson's have a sale on at the moment.

Mini smellies for the older ones.

Pens or pencils, maybe a novelty sharpener or eraser (again, try Wilkinson's, they usually have some nice ones at a low price)

A sheet of stickers for the younger ones - try Home Bargains

Water bombs - my youngest loves these.

If you have time, you could make a welly peg for each child.

Mini notepad.

Balloon for the mid ages.

Bib for the babies - buy a multi pack and split.

Could you put together a cake or scone mix and print out instructions?

ETA: Dunelm Mill and some craft shops have craft kits for upto 30 children. You could buy one of these (about £8) and separate into individual kits.

Possession

If I were getting everyone a book I'd just wrap it up and stick a bag of Haribo on.

ALittleInLove

Dotcomgiftshop.com have a sale at the moment which includes:

tins of 36 coloured pencils £1,
mini jigsaws 15p,
tealight holders 39p,
candles 39p,
stickers sets £1,
patterned flannels 29p,
hanging decorations 39p,
6 pack of Sandcastle flags 59p
Stickers 19p,
Kids rain macs 59p
Set of 5 pencil sharpeners 25p
pack of 3/4/5 erasers 10p
Gold/Silver fabric mirrors 50p and even more.

There is a delivery charge of £2.95 but there are plenty of items in the sale (I stocked up for xmas!) including 10p incense sticks and 1.29 umbrellas that you could get for other occasions.

Also i've heard wilkinsons and WHSmiths are having sales on stationery.

Hope this helps some x

DumbBlonde

Brilliant thanks for the ideas.... Now off to have a loo what I can get xx