For DD's first birthday we had kids aged from 1-4 coming so I wanted to get something I thought would be good and safe for all of them. We ended up putting a castanet (ladybug ones ), a small box of sultanas and a balloon in the bags. All the kids and parents seemed very happy with them. The castanets only cost us $2 each so I thought they were pretty cost effective as well.
I didn't really know what to do for DS first birthday, and I didn't have access to much so I just it a funky balloon to a lollipop. Woolies has the different shape balloons & just got a mega bag of cheap lollipops. That way they didn't get too much & I guess the parents didn't have to stress too much about what they couldn't have in the bag LOL. All the older kids loved it. I must admitt though I loved getting goodie bags when DS was too young & eating it all myself LOL!!!
For his second party I was better organised & had more access to stuff...but still didn't want to fill the bag with bits & pieces as I didn't know where to start. So I put in a spinning top or bouncy ball that I got a the cheap shop. Then I took the idea of the cup cake decorations from the womans weekly birthday book & iced biscuits instead. They were made to look like lions as we had bit of a jungle theme going & just put them in the bag with the toy.
balloon
crayons (I brought a couple of packets of $2 crayons and split them up)
a freddo frog
little notebook (again a pack of 5 for $2 and I split them up)
I went to a party and they gave chairs, you know those kids plastic outdoor chairs. Each child got one for the party, and at the end they got to take it home. She paid $5 each for them at a garden store.
We did the little tubs of playdough - kmart/target (pk of 10-12 I think) and balloon plus some little things from Spotlights party section - I think they had little crayons and things
ds got some socks in a party bag, they were $2 from toysrus and a great little pesent for him at that age - 8 weeks - the party mum made different bags for the big and little kids. there was also a rubber duckie and a redskin for mummy
At Jack's party we had a huge age range of kids (lots of kids in the family)
For the under 2's we had...
A t-shirt with their names printed on them (made them myself with iron-on transfer paper)
A bottle of bubble mix (like they have at weddings..very cheap from $2 shops)
One of those fancy curly straws (very cheap from BigW)
You could also add a fruit stick, baby biscuits, baby muesli bars etc..
I think the 1 and 2 yo ones are the hardest as so many of the party bag toys are for over 3's. Most of them don't seem dangerous to me but I don't want to take the chance with other people's children.
Stickers are a hit with all ages - you can buy little books with small pages of stickers for next to nothing. Also balloons - you can buy a packet and put one in each bag. At that age I also put in a box of sultanas.
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), a small box of sultanas and a balloon in the bags. All the kids and parents seemed very happy with them. The castanets only cost us $2 each so I thought they were pretty cost effective as well.
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