Appreciate ideas for 9 yo bday goody bag
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Anonymous
| Do you still provide goody bags for kids at this age? My 9 yo dd will have mostly girls and a couple boys at her party. Don't know what more stuff to get for kids that they don't already have and them toss as soon a a they get in the car. Thanks for any good, creative, productive ideas. |
Anonymous
| If they do an activity or craft at this age, they can take it home. |
Anonymous
| Op here. We will be bowling |
Anonymous
| I skipped the goody bags at my 10 year old's party--was already spending an arm and a leg on the location and didn't have time to deal with it. It was totally fine. |
Anonymous
| I am the only one who hates goody bags. We already have enough junk in the house. If you must send something, try a small themed cookie or something. |
Anonymous
| Look for paperback kids' books on sale--one book per kid, and no goody bag. |
Anonymous
| Bowling party sounds fun. I think you can skip the goody bags. |
Anonymous
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Goody bags are over-rated. Especially if you are providing entertainment for the kids (bowling). You really don't need to give a goody bag.
That having been said, I'm a fan of the paperback book for that sort of thing, as a PP mentioned. At age 9 though, it could get kind of pricey if you've got a lot of kids coming. I prefer something useful as opposed to crap that will be thrown out. Even a full sized candy bar would be better than a bunch of plastic crap. |
Anonymous
Yes. Yes. Thank you for your response. We have all the junk possible. It's no longer "exciting" for my child to get goody bags and I don't want to waste money and time looking for something that will be quickly forgotten and maybe left for trash. Two years ago, my dd got a bag full of cheap plastic stuff that you can get from a gum machine; she didn't know what to do with it. You can't even recycle it. I like to provide something useful for the money that I spend to give as gifts. I just don't want to buy more useless junk. Thanks for your responses. |
Anonymous
| Dd11 still does them. Some toys are timeless. Tattoos, crazy straw, couple of ring pops, tiny thing of bubbles. I was worried when dd picked out the bubbles, but every kid loved them and happily blew away. |
Anonymous
| We usually go to party city, and I let my birthday kid pick out stuff for the goody bags. |
Anonymous
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I just cruised by the dollar bin at Target for my son's 9 year old party, and found:
light "sabers" for $1 light up bounce balls fake mustaches that and a piece or two of candy and I think I'm set. Using bags from last year. We are having 10 kids so not too crazy a cost. One year I didn't have bags and a kid (age 7) came up to me and said "where's the goody bag?." (NOT COOL, but strangely I felt bad for not having one!) Also it helps end the party, if people see the bags going out, they know to start leaving! |
Anonymous
| Nail polish would be cheap and girls love that. |
Anonymous
| A balloon tied to a full sized candy bar, nail polish, or light saber. |
Anonymous
| Just a large candy bar |