Birthday party help

Mrs.Greg · May 2013

Lydia's birthday party is on Saturday. I've been going back and forth about doing goody bags or just skipping them. I usually do them but always worry they're lame. The toys are cheap crap but I always put a couple in, a few pieces of candy, stickers. That's about it. I'm thinking about getting a bag of assorted colors of latex balloons and have the party store fill them up with helium to hand out to the kids before they leave the party. My kids LOVE balloons. My babies will be the littlest ones at the party, the other kids will be between 2.5 and 5 years old. What do you think? Do your kids like balloons? What would you think if they got a balloon at the end of a party? Should I just stick to goody bags?

sunnydays99 · May 2013

I always do goody bags (I go a bit overboard to be honest!), but I really don't care if others don't hand them out. DS loves balloons and would be thrilled to get a helium filled one!

nekorayne · May 2013

My kid is OBSESSED with balloons and would love this.

I always love creative party favors or yummy ones over junky toys. The balloon would be a winner with my son....unless it floated away on the way to the car

we let go of one at central market once and every time we go without fail there is a random one in the raptors and even months later he points to the random balloons, makes a sad face, and says in this crazy sad voice "bye bye my balloon"

Mrs.Greg · May 2013

nekorayne:
My kid is OBSESSED with balloons and would love this.nbsp;I always love creative party favors or yummy ones over junky toys. The balloon would be a winner with my son....unless it floated away on the way to the car : we let go of one at central market once and every time we go without fail there is a random one in the raptors and even months later he points to the random balloons, makes a sad face, and says in this crazy sad voice "bye bye my balloon"nbsp;

Yeah, I kinda worried about the kids loosing them in the parking lot. I could get some sort of heavy toy to tie to the end of each one. Then they'd get a cool balloon and a little toy.

Mrs.Greg · May 2013

I Heart The 80s:
The last party dd attended she received a gift card to the new frozen yogurt place. It was for 3 dollars. Win win, and we will use it for sure,

I think it'd be great if Lydia got something like this after a party! And there's a yogurt place nearby. I'll definitely keep this in mind. Thanks!

sunnydays99 · May 2013

I Heart The 80s:
The last party dd attended she received a gift card to the new frozen yogurt place. It was for 3 dollars. Win win, and we will use it for sure,

Thats a great idea! I'm going to keep that in mind for sure!

pitterpatter129 · May 2013

I would much rather take home just a balloon rather than the bag, as a parent. My niece did those large tube looking thing of bubbles and that was a good idea we will steal in the future.

Mrs.Greg · May 2013

pitterpatter129:
I would much rather take home just a balloon rather than the bag, as a parent. : My niece did those large tube looking thing of bubbles and that was a good idea we will steal in the future. nbsp;nbsp;

See, I'm not a huge fan of bubbles. I'll blow bubbles for the kids in the backyard but they end up a sticky mess after. Every inch of exposed skin is sticky with pieces of grass. Ugh!

PaMommy02 · May 2013

I used to do goody bags but then I realized that parents just throw the junk away!

What's your theme? I usually try to get a favor to go along with the theme. It's usually edible or at least something the kid will want to hold onto. Example for my older sons basketball them party we are doing small gatorade bottles with a whistle attached as the favors for kids. GL!

lollitots · May 2013

I vote for a balloon tied to a bottle of bubbles for a weight. Easy no junky toys.

id012 · May 2013

My kid loves balloons so he would be thrilled.
This year for ds bday i just got sand buckets with a shovel and i put a box of chalk and a thing of no spill bubbles in it. And some annies fruit snacks and a few tattoos.
They came out to less then 5 dollars and the kids were playing with the bubbles and chalk before they left the party.

pitterpatter129 · May 2013

Mrs.Greg:
pitterpatter129:
I would much rather take home just a balloon rather than the bag, as a parent. : My niece did those large tube looking thing of bubbles and that was a good idea we will steal in the future. nbsp;nbsp;
See, I'm not a huge fan of bubbles. I'll blow bubbles for the kids in the backyard but they end up a sticky mess after. Every inch of exposed skin is sticky with pieces of grass. Ugh!

My kid doesn't quite get how to blow yet, so it's pretty clean since only the adults touch the bubbles. If you hate bubbles, you might not like my next suggestion of tying a balloon to a can of playdough. I try to stick with a theme too. We've done gloves at a winter theme and crayons at a crayon theme so far. I think next will be capes for a Super Why theme unless the love of super why fizzles by then.

12bailey18 · May 2013

Hav=Fath:
My first thought would be it might feel like you're sending home the decorations with them instead of having bought the balloons for the kids, does that make sense? I just know that after Hadley's party last year I sent all the balloons home with the kids afterwards.

This is what I would think too. I would stick with goody bags, especially given the ages of the kiddos that will be attending. I also usually send kids home with the balloons too but not as a 'favor', if that makes sense.

fancynewbeesly · May 2013

We had a Sesame Street theme, and for the younger kids--I was able to find the DVD of "Follow That Bird" for 4 dollars--I picked that up as a favor.

karen_loy · May 2013

Hav=Fath:
My first thought would be it might feel like you're sending home the decorations with them instead of having bought the balloons for the kids, does that make sense? I just know that after Hadley's party last year I sent all the balloons home with the kids afterwards.

Same here, I always let the guests take a couple of balloons from the decoration when they leave

It would look way better if you use another cute item as a weight (themed cookies, bubbles, small themed toy...)

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