cheap or free hen night party bag fillers

lauz8726 wrote: »

want to bump this post, any one seen anything lately that can be put in hen party bags,i need to make 25 so need everything as cheap as possible. or any1 have any new ideas since the last post in 2011? x

Im also joining this discussion because I need to do 20 bags for a joint hen night for work colleagues. Some great ideas listed above but also looking for any other (budget friendly) ideas! ?

I forgot to say at the last hen party I went to the cheap shot containers and the willy straws were not used so a waste of money for the organiser. But it depends on who is going.

Just made 16 hen bags - going for a more premium feel - but it's amazing the amount of things you can get for next to nothing...

Glossy black rope handled gift bags from amazon (20 pack)
100x glowstick bracelets from ebay (6 per lady) £5
20x packets of haribo strawbs - Ebay £5
20x Fizz wizz popping candy - Ebay £5
20x large zebra pattern nail files - Ebay £2
20x pairs of pink foam toe separators (for nail painting) - Ebay £5
20x pink infinity charm bracelets - Ebay £5
21x love hearts lip balm/glosses - Direct cosmetics £5
20x large rolls love hearts sweets - Ebay £7
20x chinese folding fans - Ebay £4

All the above worked out at £3.50 a person/bag roughly...

Now my splurges (but still incredible bargains):

Hand-made pandora-style bracelets to match hen party theme colours made from the following components - I got all the following from Ebay sellers:
20x leather charm bracelets for £7 with magnetic clasp
40x black faceted glass charm beads £4
50x pink charm beads £1.50
50x pink and black glass beads £4
20x 80s audio cassette style charms and bail/carrier beads £5
50x orgnaza bags for both the infinity bracelets and pandora-style ones - Ebay £1.50

So that's 16x nice pandora style bracelets with beads and themed charms for £1.40 each

Big splurges for my hens:

24x sets of 3 mini nail polishes - ebay £17
18x Collection 2000 - eyeshadow palettes in bedazzled and smokey eye colours - Ebay £29 (about £1.60 each (they normally retail at £5 each in Boots)!

Made the bags about £6.40 a person roughly with the added luxuries.

Also got some hen party charms in case I want to put those on the bracelets or use them in some way too! (I often make handmade soap or bathbombs and tie the charm to the wrapping ribbons!)

Another thing I did was design some themed badge pocket mirrors for each hen and sent them off to a printers (badgesandstickers dot co dot uk), much cheaper than the £5 per item I've seen advertised elsewhere for most personalised items. Got them for £1 each that way fully personalised.

Hope this has given some of you some ideas