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Top Ten Kids Party Favor Ideas
The kids party favor has become a "must-have" part of every kids party event and can get quite expensive when multiplied by 10 or more party guests. There are a lot of e-pinions floating around the "net" in regard to party favors which are either "junky goodie bags" or are so expensive they rival the gift given to the party child! Let's look at it from the kids' perspective... Every kid loves to leave a party with "a little something" to prolong the excitement, and party favors certainly fit the bill. The challenge is to make them clever and meaningful without breaking the bank!
~ Kids Party Favor Ideas ~ **TOP TEN KIDS PARTY FAVOR IDEAS**Give each guest a CD your child's favorite tunes. You can play the music during the party as
well so kids will relate it to your child's special day. For about $10, you
can find really cool software to make personalized CD labels, too. For themed parties, try these great kids music selections. Try this: Wrap a glow stick in colorful paper and add a tag with this message: "After a long
party day, it's time to wash the dirt away! Have your Mom fill up the tub, activate the glow stick
and turn off the lights. Enjoy an After-Party Glow Bath." These inexpensive visors come in a variety of bright colors at your craft store and are a hit with
both boys and girls. Purchase some foam add-ons such as bugs or butterflies, alphabet letters, or
flowers, for guests to stick on the visors. Supply a few colorful permanent markers and some
glitter glue so they can write their name or favorite saying on the visor. Surf the internet for "jar recipes". You can use beverage mixes - bug juice for a bug party or
sweet swampwater for a jungle party, bath salts for a glamour party or slumber party, or the
ever-popular cookie and brownie mixes for any type of party! Just place the mix in the order specified in a 1 quart mason jar or use a ziploc bag inside a
decorated brown lunch bag. You might even use a plastic pail or other container to match the
party theme. Be sure to attach the recipe with a fancy ribbon to complete your original and homemade kids party favor! You're a hero with kids and parents alike when you give your party guests a book to take
home. Matching the subject to the party theme makes it a great party remembrance too, for
example: dinosaur book for dinosaur party, and so on. ~ Kids Party Favor Ideas ~ Put a portion of clay in a plastic ziploc bag along with a label with the party guest's name,
decorated with markers or stickers. Add a colorful cookie cutter or cut a 1/2 inch dowel into 4
inch lengths to serve as a little dough roller.
You can often find these at discount stores. It is a small terry towel with various designs
which is shrunken into a very small package. Kids add water to make it expand.
beanie to the party theme in some cases. Every kid has trinkets and treasures and loves to have a neat container to stow them in. Your
local department store has small plastic boxes in many shapes and sizes you can adapt as a
treasure box. Some even have colorful little pull-out drawers, just perfect for storing a girl's
jewelry, or a boy's rock collection.
Write guest's name on the item with permanent marker and fill with goodies: Plastic Watering Can for a Garden Party - add child-sized garden gloves, a pinwheel, and some colorful tissue paper. Pails and shovels for a Pool Party - add goggles and small water toys Sport Bottle for a Sport or Olympic party - add a coach's whistle on a string Umbrella or
Parasol for a Tea Party - attach lace gloves 
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