How much candy is too much for a party favor

[Anonymous]

We have only been to 2 all class parties this year and both favor bags had plastic trinkets that I felt guilty about throwing out. I want to give out a couple of sport themed non-plastic items, probably a keychain and a decent mini ball, but also candy. How much candy is too much? The favor bags are large, maybe quart size... it feels stingy to plop 3 mini chocolates in a big bag.

[Anonymous]

No candy please. Between Halloween and Xmas we’re swimming in sweets.

[Anonymous]

I always went with one bigger item like a Kinder Egg or a full sized candy bar. To my kids, those felt more special than a handful of smaller ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No candy please. Between Halloween and Xmas we’re swimming in sweets.

I like candy or snacks because consumables are preferred to random toys. Everyone's playroom and house are full of things.

[Anonymous]

If you want it to feel full, maybe just throw in a couple bags of goldfish/fruit snacks/teddy grahams/pretzels and call it a day?

With snacks like that, they always get consumed, I put them in my kids' lunchboxes.

[Anonymous]

Can you include non-food consumables like chalk/crayons/stickers? Or throw in clementines/cuties/apples — kids like them and they take up lots of space.

[Anonymous]

We let the birthday kid pick out three of their favorite candies and three candies they think their friends will like, so six bags. Then everyone gets two of each.

[Anonymous]

I would trash all that. No kid needs a key chain, mini ball. Useful or fun or nothing.

[Anonymous]

Sports theme, popcorn. Takes up lots of room too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you include non-food consumables like chalk/crayons/stickers? Or throw in clementines/cuties/apples — kids like them and they take up lots of space.

This would get trashed. Most kids have crayons and Chalk and don’t need more. No stickers as they can ruin a house.

Go for a $5 Lego kit, book, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would trash all that. No kid needs a key chain, mini ball. Useful or fun or nothing.

Maybe it is school and kid dependent? My kid and crowd all have multiple key chains attached to their backpacks, along with those popper toys. Mini balls are also played with. Plastic whistles, plastic flag spinner toys, toy tops, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you include non-food consumables like chalk/crayons/stickers? Or throw in clementines/cuties/apples — kids like them and they take up lots of space.

This would get trashed. Most kids have crayons and Chalk and don’t need more. No stickers as they can ruin a house.

Go for a $5 Lego kit, book, etc.

We have way more legos and books than we can deal with already.

[Anonymous]

Just don’t do a favor bag at all. I don’t want plastic junk or my kids eating candy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you include non-food consumables like chalk/crayons/stickers? Or throw in clementines/cuties/apples — kids like them and they take up lots of space.

This would get trashed. Most kids have crayons and Chalk and don’t need more. No stickers as they can ruin a house.

Go for a $5 Lego kit, book, etc.

Crayons and chalk wear out (hence consumable) so my kids at least wouldn’t turn down more. My kids (including the 3yo) are capable of understanding appropriate places to put stickers; I’m surprised most elementary schoolers aren’t? I was thinking of those puffy stickers tbh since they seem to more fun and are easy to use repeatedly but even normal stickers wouldn’t ruin our house.

But based on this thread it sounds like the only acceptable option is no goodie bag. Which I would be fine with as host or guest and is pretty common in my social circle but I suspect there are DCUM sticklers against too.

[Anonymous]

Ring pop
Popcorn ball or rice crispy treat
Cheesits or Goldfish