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Inexpensive Take Home Gifts for Birthday Party
Guests
When we think of birthday party gifts, the first thing
that comes to mind is the gifts that guests bring for
the birthday boy or girl. But it's also nice to send the
guests themselves home with a small gift. It's a nice
way of expressing appreciation for their attendance.
If you're playing party games, gifts could take the form
of prizes. But unless you come up with a way for every
child to win something, you'll also need some party
favors to give everyone. Here are some ideas for
thoughtful gifts that won't break the bank.
Party Favors
You can often find inexpensive party favors to use in
grab bags at your local dollar store. It's possible that
they'll even have something that matches with your
theme. If they don't have items that have exactly the
same theme, you can almost always find some more general
favors like costume jewelry, bouncy balls, or toy cars.
Some nicely packaged candy is an appreciated and
inexpensive favor. You'll just need a large bag of
candy, some small cellophane bags or tulle, and some
ribbon to tie them up with. You can also add shaped
beads or other decorations if you like.
Letting kids make their own favors provides a fun party
activity and a unique favor to take home. It's even
better if you can find a project that fits well with the
theme. For example, girls at a princess party could make
tiaras out of construction paper or poster board and
decorate them with markers, paint, or stick-on gems.
You could also use more general items for projects. For
example, you might buy inexpensive items such as plastic
visors and provide paint for the kids to personalize
them with. These types of projects are inexpensive, easy
and fun.
Prizes
If the kids will be playing games for prizes, offering
something a little more elaborate than the standard
party favors is in order. It doesn't necessarily have to
be more expensive, just something above and beyond what
everyone is getting.
Filling a jar with jelly beans, hard candy, or some
other small treat provides both a game and a prize.
Guests can write down their guesses as to how many of
the items are in the jar, and the one who gets the
closest can take the jar home to enjoy. Or, if you
prefer, you could provide another prize and let everyone
have some of the candy from the jar.
The dollar store should also have some good items to
give away as prizes. Small stuffed animals, jump ropes,
and other inexpensive but fun toys work nicely as
prizes. You could also get a few even less expensive
items and put them into a gift bag or basket for a
special prize.
Gifts in the form of party favors and prizes will give
your child's party guests something to remember the
party by. They also let the guests know how much their
presence was appreciated. These gifts do not have to be
expensive to be appreciated. It is, after all, the
thought that counts.
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