Best party favor your kids has gotten

[Anonymous]

Pokemon cards for my kid. For his birthday party we did one old fashioned toys - yoyos, snake puzzle, 15 puzzle, etc. It was expensive but we just did one game per kid and lunch paper bags that the kid decorated.

[Anonymous]

Candy, like movie theater boxes. Anything edible and poof, it's gone. No junk!

[Anonymous]

Favorites over the years:
A rubber playground ball
Hula hoop
Pinwheel
Punch Ball
Wooden peg game
Jump rope (we've gotten a couple in goody bags that were junky, but one was a nice jump rope that still works a few years later)

These all lasted for years beyond the party and were played with a lot. Even the pinwheel was random, but it was really strong and still sits in my tomato patch to try to scare away squirrels! And the bunches looked really pretty as party decor.

[Anonymous]

This was SO over the top - but for one preschool party themed "princesses and knights" all the girls got a poofy princess skirt and tiara and the boys all got a tunic and a sword - my 4 year old thought this was awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mad Libs

This is a good one.

[Anonymous]

The two best were a squishmallow and a water bottle with their name on it.

But, honestly, I don't mind food like a baked good or even candy. My kids eat healthy like 80% of the time, so the treat is fine, and then nothing junks up the house!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two best were a squishmallow and a water bottle with their name on it.

But, honestly, I don't mind food like a baked good or even candy. My kids eat healthy like 80% of the time, so the treat is fine, and then nothing junks up the house!

Oh, my 4 yr old also got a transformer at a transformer-themed party and that it was THE. BEST. THING. EVER.

[Anonymous]

I like to do a small bag of consumables. I aim for things the kids don't see super often.

Exs: cool temp tattoos (look on Amazon for whatever might be cool to your kid), pop rocks, interesting bubble gum, unique lollipop or cookie. When the kids were really little, nothing.

That way I know I'm not contributing tons of plastic crap to a landfill. Everything is "usable" but it's not all just tons of candy. No one needs a water bottle full of Hershey kisses, for example.