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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Skip the party favors.  I have three kids and have never given party favors, and no one cares.[/quote]

Really?

My 10 year old went to sleepover and got roller rabbit pjs,, silk pillow, eye mask, and a sack of spa goodies.  It was strange because I think the party favors were 3-4x the cost of the gift.  The girl had 15 girls for the sleepover.  That was the other end of the spectrum.

OP, I try to give something they will use.  I've done a book and a blow pop when they were young.  When they got older I would do scruchies and a fidget something or other.  Now, at 10 I would do some scented lotion and a bath bomb or something like that.  If I had boys. I'd do water guns or sport toys.  (I have very girly girls, even though I'm a total tomboy and would have preferred the water gun at that age). And yes, at our coed parties I gave the boys the sme things - I just tried to get some in dark blue and black so they were a bit more gender neutral.  I even had some scrunchies with skulls on them one year and the boys wore them as bracelets.[/quote]

Yes, really.

I’m sure kids like all that junk you listed if you give it to them (everyone loves getting a surprise gift) but no one will notice or care if you DON’T give them random crap on someone else’s birthday.[/quote]

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