Will I regret not doing goodie bags?
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Anonymous
In less you are doing an adult movie pass along with the kid one, that makes no sense as kids cannot go without an adult. |
Anonymous
Ok ok geez! I said if OP doesn't have too many kids. How much have others spent on destination parties? Skyzone or themed eatery parties or movie parties? If it's a house party, swap out wasteful decorations and random plastic. My mistake since I thought the big OH NO goodie bags were due to posters not supporting more plastic crap. Mea culpa...enjoy the plastic whistles, putty, ring pops. You know you'll spend more than 2 bucks a kid! |
Anonymous
House parties aren't cheap. Most people still spend hundreds on house parties. Because there's better food, drinks and there's often entertainment too (bounce houses, characters in costume, or a magician). I prefer house parties because I can go all out and it irks me that people think they're cheap. Don't do anything you can buy at Dollar Tree. Get a real gift that your kid enjoys. |
Anonymous
No, I actually don’t spend more than $2 per kid. I usually buy a pencil (30 cents at party city) for each, a notepad, and open a big bag of Dum Dums - each kid gets 1-2 of those. |
Anonymous
| Kids expect it! If you are going to do it do something with some imagination based on their age and skip the candy. |
Anonymous
| I would expect the goodie bags. |
Anonymous
+1 No one goes to their death bed regretting goody bags |
Anonymous
| I've never done goodie bags. My kids still have friends. It's all good. No one really cares. |
Anonymous
My kid didn't get into Harvard this year, and I'm convinced it was because not giving out goodie bags at his 5th birthday destroyed his self-esteem. |
Anonymous
| I have never done goodie bags. My kids parties are still really fun. No one even asks about them. |
Anonymous
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We haven't done goody bags yet. Instead I try to do an activity that results in something to take home. For example, we did little pumpkins that the kids could decorate one year, and another year they got to paint maracas.
My husband is very anti-junk, and I am too, but feel more social pressure than he does. This activity + something to take home is the balance we strike. |
Anonymous
It's not because of low self-esteem. It's because his classmate Jimmy complained to his grandfather about the lack of goodie bags at Larlo's party, and his grandfather happens to play golf with the Dean of Admissions. Kids talk. |
Anonymous
wtf. your circuit must be incredibly privileged to have the time and energy to spend so much emotion and energy on gd goodie bags. i'll pray for yall. maybe try volunteering. check your privilege. |
Anonymous
+1. This is where it begins |
Anonymous
| please skip the goodie bag. Honestly, half the time my DD doesn't even know she received a goodie bag because I trash it. |