How much candy is too much for a party favor

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a box of cracker jacks

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Anonymous wrote:Last year, we gave everyone a water bottle with the party theme. This year, I found a little art kit with a wood figure, paints, and a paint brush.

We would donate that immediately or "forget" to take one on the way out. We don't need 40 water bottles, and especially don't want a cheap POS one.

We got a plastic water bottle as a favor last year. I suspect it was from Oriental Trading or similar, and then there were custom letters on it in the recipient's name. I really appreciated the effort and they looked ok, but they smelled terrible and I didn't let my DD use it to drink out of. She "displayed" it for a few days and it got trashed.

Really? My kids manage to lose a water bottle a week at sports practices, so I only buy them cheap ones now. Obviously, water bottles don't get used before a round in the dishwasher. But I buy them in bulk on Amazon now.

A water bottle a week? It happens occasionally with 3 kids but maybe every few months. It's pretty easy to ask them if they have their water bottle when its time to go.

Yeah a water bottle a week is crazy

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Anonymous wrote:The key chain and ball are still junk, it hardly matters that they are not plastic. And no candy so close to Halloween and the holiday where there are so many sweets. Just go back to the drawing board on this one.

So what’s your bright idea for a sport theme party?

None. They kids have fun at the party, get cake, and the parents don’t have to throw crap out

i tried it one year and it was awkward. Kids were looking for goodie bags. I wish it were the norm, but not gonna fight that battle at my kids party.

That was a huge clue in neon lights and you missed it. These kids are spoiled rotten to entitlement. Get out of Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:The key chain and ball are still junk, it hardly matters that they are not plastic. And no candy so close to Halloween and the holiday where there are so many sweets. Just go back to the drawing board on this one.

So what’s your bright idea for a sport theme party?

A bottle of Gatorade and a bag of chips. Personally, I’d throw in some candy.

That's pretty much every after game snack. Just skip it.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year, we gave everyone a water bottle with the party theme. This year, I found a little art kit with a wood figure, paints, and a paint brush.

We would donate that immediately or "forget" to take one on the way out. We don't need 40 water bottles, and especially don't want a cheap POS one.

We got a plastic water bottle as a favor last year. I suspect it was from Oriental Trading or similar, and then there were custom letters on it in the recipient's name. I really appreciated the effort and they looked ok, but they smelled terrible and I didn't let my DD use it to drink out of. She "displayed" it for a few days and it got trashed.

Really? My kids manage to lose a water bottle a week at sports practices, so I only buy them cheap ones now. Obviously, water bottles don't get used before a round in the dishwasher. But I buy them in bulk on Amazon now.

A water bottle a week? It happens occasionally with 3 kids but maybe every few months. It's pretty easy to ask them if they have their water bottle when it's time to go.

Yes, especially with a carpool, and more so with my add kid. We have only cheap water bottles for sports now.

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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.

Noone wants clementines or apples as a party favor. Come on!!!

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Anonymous wrote:The key chain and ball are still junk, it hardly matters that they are not plastic. And no candy so close to Halloween and the holiday where there are so many sweets. Just go back to the drawing board on this one.

So what’s your bright idea for a sport theme party?

None. They kids have fun at the party, get cake, and the parents don’t have to throw crap out

i tried it one year and it was awkward. Kids were looking for goodie bags. I wish it were the norm, but not gonna fight that battle at my kids party.

So many parties I've been to, kids start leaving early before the goodie bags get handed out. Nobody is looking around for them and the parents have just forgotten about them themselves several times. Again, nobody noticed or cared. It's not that big of a deal to just skip. Kids only notice if other kids are getting a bag, but not them. Or if they are sitting out in plain view.

Again, not my experience. They asked and I didn’t have any. Entitled? Yep. But they are little and it’s common.

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We should probably find more sustainable alternatives. Candy is unhealthy and all the plastic from individually wrapped items, even consumables, is contributing to micro plastic polluting our oceans. Small toys are equally terrible from a sustainability viewpoint. I don’t have a solution but it’s sad that no one else has mentioned this.

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Anonymous wrote:We should probably find more sustainable alternatives. Candy is unhealthy and all the plastic from individually wrapped items, even consumables, is contributing to micro plastic polluting our oceans. Small toys are equally terrible from a sustainability viewpoint. I don’t have a solution but it’s sad that no one else has mentioned this.

And all the wasted has and car miles to get there...parties should really be on zoom or maybe not at all. They can just sing to themselves.

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

+1 it’s entirely unnecessary