Party favors?

[blondemoment123]

DS wants to give party favors at his birthday party. 🫤

He's turning 7. Any ideas?

[maudefindlay]

A snack/non messy treat to take home.

[momin2013]

Consumable ones! We’ve done big chocolate chip cookies decorated with the theme and individually wrapped before - those seemed to go over well and were easy to hand out as the guests left.

[nicolewi]

Is there a theme to the party? What does your son think would be cool?

[blondemoment123]

The party is at the bowling alley, but I'm bringing WWE decorations (his latest obsession).

[konapoppy]

I do glow sticks and ring pops. I recommend things that are consumable or meant to last - not just junk,

[cricketwife]

Is there a book series he likes? We gave everyone Dragon Masters book #7 as the favor for his 7th birthday. But we always give books as favors.

ETA: can/bottle of 7up for everyone? If you want to go the consumables route? 

[lilac05]

At 7, my kids were SO fascinated by any full sized candy, and thought that the movie size boxes of candy were the greatest thing in the world.

I bought an assortment of boxes and bars, and then we also made a quick game of it. I put #s 1-10 (or however many kids), and they could pick in whatever order they pulled out. I had extras so the last kid could still have a choice, even if not their favorite. It was a huge hit.

[kitty]

I much prefer edible with a themed bag/tag. We’ve also done other non food “consumables” like mini dig kits or bubbles/sidewalk chalk/crayons.

[meowmaps]

My 6 year old loves getting temporary tattoos and stickers.

[blondemoment123]

Ooh books are a good idea! He's into Captain Underpants 🤦🏼‍♀️

[shauni27]

pinata with candy every time, lol.

[sandandsea]

They have Halloween packs of Pokémon cards that kids that age love and are very reasonably priced. Also candy/consumable/use and throw away things are good.

[pittpurple]

I love consumables as well - we did a couple years of sweetie cones (they probably have a different name in the states) - just a plastic cone shape filled with my son's fav candies with marshmallows on top to pad it out a bit.

[blondemoment123]

It's right after Halloween so I'm trying to stay away from candy.

[noodleoo]

Oct 22, 2024 9:13:16 GMT -5 blondemoment123 said:

It's right after Halloween so I'm trying to stay away from candy.

If you aren't going to do candy or snacks, I'd go with one high quality thing instead of lots of cheap crap.  The thing I hate most is bags full of cheap, plastic toys from the party stores.  Often they go straight in to the trash when we get home and it feels so wasteful.

My kids went to a party recently and every kid got to pick a hotwheels car.  One party we did we gave out small squishmallows, I got a multipack from Costco so they ended up being just a few dollars each.  Those were a hit, kids love them.  Books are also a good favor.  

ETA:  ooh, they have the multipack at Costco again!  

www.costco.com/squishmallows-5-mini-plush-8-pack-assorted.product.4000233373.html

[niq]

We got Hexbugs at that age. Super engaging.

Our local toy store had them for really cheap, but now they seem to be about $4-5 each.

[pittpurple]

My daughter gave out books at her 8th birthday - the party was themed after her favourite book character (Isadora Moon). I'd say though that some of the kids never read the book and some of the kids already had it so it wasn't the best option - if you do books, I suggest getting a few different ones for kids to choose and returning what's left maybe.

I did water guns one year and that was a good choice. I also prefer 'one' thing (or nothing to be honest) as opposed to lots of things that will immediately fall apart. What about something like a frisbee or fun bouncy balls or something that can definitely be used? My daughter's friends are pretty artsy so we trended that way but my son's friends are very much not so we usually do active gifts.

[blondemoment123]

Ok I just placed my Amazon order:

WWE popcorn buckets
Smartfoods white popcorn
Fake tattoos
Slap bracelets
Bendy pencils (DS's only idea)