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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With that age it’s helpful to have a party favor to signal “it’s time to go.”
We usually did early reader books — I got the bundles from the school monthly scholastic order.
One year I did watering cans plus flower seeds because I think most kids that age like to help with watering plants.  
Another year I did big frosted cookies matched to the theme for take home.[/quote]

Ha! My son who is this age knows the exit plan: find the birthday kid and say, “happy birthday!” Then find the mom and say, “thank you for the great party!” Which she replies, “ohhhhh you’re so sweet take a goodie bag” and we leave. It’s a win for both moms - party ends, kids leave without a struggle.

I also haaaaate junk bags and the ridiculous candy. Watering cans is cute!
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I just remembered another—little pen holders that I got at the dollar aisle at Target (they weee like a pretty colored wire mesh) with candy and some gel amarkets out them.  They help up really well because I use the extras around the house to store pens in .  My kids got one of those plastic containers that goes under the bathroom sink once with bath stuff in it and I thought that was also pretty useful.  
I think you could also do something like those cool adult coloring books and give each kid one sheet from it tied with a ribbon and some colored pencils.  They can always donate the colored pencils if they don’t want them.  One of those colored sheets would keep my kid busy for hours….but a whole book was always kind of a waste.  I have about four of those books where she did like three pages.  Maybe I’ll take it up in my retirement.[/quote]

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