Loot Bags???

I'm currently organising Andrew's 3rd birthday. He's having 3 friends and we are taking them to McDonalds then to the in laws to have his cake and they can play there for a bit. Should I do loot bags for them? My friend said I should do some games and make sure all the children get a prize instead of the loot bag. What do you think??

I personally don't like all the (no offence!) crappy toys that seem to be in loot bags.. I do like the idea of loot bags, but as kids we were given a piece of birthday cake in the bag, a few lollies and sometimes my aunty used to make up sherbet bags with straws.

For Jaydens birthday we Played games and gave them all a plastic gold medal from the warehouse for playing and they loved it. I didn't want to give prizes in case one won them all or due to age the others got upset.

As far as loot bags went I brought bags of party toys from countdown which were $10 each and had four each of the following : Bubbles, periscope, yo-yo, ball and a mini recorder, they were all good quality and the kids loved them.

I dont want kobe to expect a loot bag but to be honest i love making them up. We did a train theme for his party this year so found train whistles, balloons, thomas tattoos etc... it was so much fun but then i love organising and doing things like that. And yeah some of the stuff may be crappy little things but the kids love them and thats what matters to me.

my2angels wrote: And yeah some of the stuff may be crappy little things but the kids love them and thats what matters to me.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't appreciate people making them, it's just with a small house, more little things to step on and break lol

The bubble mixture is a great idea though! I will keep that in mind

Man i know what you mean about the little toys everywhere. we have a whole storage box full of those little mcdonalds type toys. Half the time i throw them out after a little while.
Last year my sister got some cute buzzy bee plastic cups and just filled them with some lollies, balloons, stickers and bubbles which was a great idea and the cup is still one of kobes favourites. Any my friend cot some firemen helmets from the $2 shop and just filled the head part with some bits and peices. Both good ideas cos whats left is a good decent thing to use and or play with.

Yeah see that's what I meant All the ideas on here sound great. stickers are always good too.. and kids love balloons!

I have a different idea for my loot bags, I'm not sharing though until after Ellas bday hehe

Over here its nuts how elaborate the loot bags are. For one party DD got a polarfleece bag with her name EMBROIDED on it, inside was a mini farm set in a pot, lollies, cake, bubbles, sunglasses, party hat, stickers and a little doll. They were all really good quality toys and since she was one of 30 kids it must have cost the parents a fortune! I was so shocked when we got it home and looked inside- I felt bad as it would have cost the same as the gift we got the birthday girl

For DDs 3rd birthday I ordered mine online- they were all done up and ready to go. I think since those places order in bulk they can get stuff alot cheaper than you could buying them seperately.

The last couple of birthdays i have been to, they have given the kids a cupcake each to take home. One they had the kids decorate their own and then put in a cellophane bag and the other they had boy and girl ones ready to go.
Very cool and the kids and parents loved it!