Stickers, stamps, bubbles, coloring book with crayons/stickers they are in the dollar spot at Target, cute band aids, drawing pad, board books

If you want to be popular with the parents, those expensive $5 character theme tooth brushes

Consumables e.g. small box of crayons, origami paper

mini fubbles

Anonymous wrote:Do you live near Bruce’s Variety in Bethesda? They have a whole section of fun small kid junk.

+1 on Bruce's

Anonymous wrote:Please don’t do this

Please stop posting this reply.

The Little Dover Activity books are great. $1.50 a piece and once done you can throw it away. Those sticker activity books got us through many a restaurant meal (pre COVID)


https://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-children-s-books-little-activity-books.html

I hate goody bags but my kids LOVE them and it's really not that big of a deal to make the plastic shit disappear after a few days. Plus, at the age of 4 your kid probably will know that other kids do this and if he/she doesn't that might engender some challenging feelings.

This year I plan to take my kid (turning 6) to Party City or Target and have him pick out 5 things from the "small junk" aisles. Bubbles, little slinkys, stickers, candy, bags of mini cookies... it's not hard.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Pre packaged snacks like granola bars, fruit snacks, pirate's booty, and a Hostess cupcake?

Do you live near Bruce’s Variety in Bethesda? They have a whole section of fun small kid junk.

This year I did play-doh and some scratch art pads. I like bubbles, sidewalk chalk, crayons, etc- art things and things that can be used to play outside are good. I also did an "animal theme" one year that had a felt animal mask and an animal board book.