party bag thingies

[onthefly]

Do you have to have something to give all the little ones who attend kid's parties?
Any great ideas for something small, simple and not sugar-laden or made of plastic? It's just suddenly ocurred to me that I might have to organise something

[briggsy's girl]

bubbles are always a hit
coloring pencils/crayons
little cars for little boys

really depends on how much you want to spend

[indie24]

For DD's party we put in some pencils and small notepads but the children at the party were a bit older.
One of the parties we went to had boxes of sultanas in her bags

[Jennie13]

I got these little tiny beanie babies from woolworths for the babies/kids who came to DD party. I put them in the lolly bags with some bubbles, a few jellybeans, balloons etc.They were really cute, some wearing little bunny outfits, some wearing little bumble bee's outfit. I think they were like $1.20 or something each They were a hit

[Mum2SweetCs]

I made printed t-shirts with the kids names and some skills they have

[~Kim~]

A little flower pot a packet of seeds and a shovel/watering can/hoe

[Doing my best]

I bought a pack of books from the bookstore, and put one book in each bag.

I got some paper bags with handles and some stickers from the bargain bin (or any cheap store), and decorated the bags.

[Beach Mama]

A little Mr Men book or other book, a home made/decorated cookie, last year I made crayon rolls for them all, and the year before a little robot softie, little castanets or pencils/crayons,stickers, balloons, home made play doh, mmm can't think of anything else!

[HotI]

little wooden maraccas are pretty cool

[Taurean]

Small books - the 'mini library' ones, 4 in a pack so 4 gifts . Water pistols or cars for older boys, glo-sticks / glo-bracelets, skipping ropes, bubbles (various types), balloons. For the babies at DD's first birthday, I bought body suits on sale at Myer and gave them one each

Small musical instruments are great for younger kids too - castanets, mini maracas, bells, etc.

There are some great sites online that sell party favours

[Taurean]

I had the same issue so I got final numbers, where possible, a few days before. The body suits I bought for the babies I could return if necessary. I had a couple of older kids so I bought them pencils, sharpener & note pads. A couple of the 3-4 year old girls loved Dora so they got cheap Dora stuff - a bag, skipping rope ($2 each), etc.

[onthefly]

yeah, but you're super organised Taurean And I'm a slack bugger.
I still have to buy DS' present so I'll try and sort this out when I do taht on Friday. You know, 2 days before the party.
hmm, now to think about a cake...

[Taurean]

LOL!! Go big bubble blowers and water pistols - $2-$3 from The Reject Shop. Perfect!

Cake - buy one, too easy

[Mum2SweetCs]

Oh big w has some good fillers too. You can get bubble wand or a claw for 1 buck and a bunch of cars for 2 bucks whch u can split up

[Trillian]

I always buy those 10-pack party tubs of play-doh for the party bags. They are about $10 a tube for the 10 tubs, so not the cheapest, but in terms of value they are worth it.

[Mumma22beautifulgirls]

What about little rubbers like what they get at Smiggles, or bouncy balls, glow sticks are a hit and twisty straws and whistles, or pretend recorders. You can get little rings that squirt water, which also seems to be a bit of a hit with the kids at parties.

[Netix]

S&R went to a 4y/o birthday yesterday, and they each got a cupcake to take home (not the actual birthday cake, but all decorated in the same style). No toys, but that's okay with me too.

[Bern]

we had an activity at dd party last year where i baked some vanilla cupcakes and the kids got to turn them into jelly/lamington cakes.... they dip them in jelly ( not set ) and then roll them in coconut..... they then got to take their cupcake home in a little cupcake box.