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Jul 2019
6:44am, 15 Jul 2019
13,084 posts
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Rosehip
When we were kids we just went home with a slice of cake - party bags are a new thing and I think they've become a competition between mums rather than something that the children look forward to/care about.
complex parties for 2 year-olds, with goody bags etc - why? it's not for the 2 yr old, is it?
And face painting with glitter! wtf? might as well just pour tubs of plastic bits straight down the sink.
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Jul 2019
7:26am, 15 Jul 2019
2,135 posts
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Elsie Too
My son has been to a party where all the kids were given a book and a bit of cake. They were all more than happy.
Another where the mum gave a donation to charity instead of doing party bags and the kids didn’t notice.
I did paper bags but have to admit to putting glow sticks in.
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Jul 2019
7:36am, 15 Jul 2019
20,830 posts
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Lizzie W
I've done paper bags with a book, pencil, lolly cake. We've had a good quality animal figure, and some of the kits from Tiger - a wooden birdhouse, or fake meccano. T8 cares more about the bag than the party...
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Jul 2019
8:05am, 15 Jul 2019
42,302 posts
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Velociraptor
A long time ago, I organised an "art-themed" birthday party for my oldest daughter in which the kids painted small terracotta flowerpots at the beginning, played party games and had a picnic while the paint dried (my main memory is the girls dutifully playing musical this and musical that while the boys fled to the bottom of the garden and kicked lumps out of one another) and at the end the flowerpots, with the addition of a couple of pencils and some sweets, became the "party bags".
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Jul 2019
9:19am, 15 Jul 2019
4,879 posts
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Wine Legs
I've hated the party bags we've been given. Full of utter junk. It's heartbreaking. I saw some plastic free ones advertised that were seeds etc. If I can find the link, I'll share it. I've thought about getting kids to make something like grass heads out of old tights & yoghurt pots to put in their own party bags. I'll come up with other ideas and not them down. Bird feeders? I've done them made of lard & seeds etc squashed into a pinecone on string.
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Jul 2019
9:35am, 15 Jul 2019
6,062 posts
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WA
Baking is always fun. Or at least decorating pre-baked cookies/ fairy cakes.
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Jul 2019
10:03am, 15 Jul 2019
371 posts
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Turtlemama
I do plastic free party bags for all my daughter's parties. Pencils, mini colouring books, wildflower/sunflower seeds, paper masks etc etc.
This year she's having a pirate party on a boat. I have paper bags, pirate themed pencils and colouring books, mini notebooks and every child will get a (fabric) pirate hat to wear.
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Jul 2019
12:21pm, 15 Jul 2019
4,880 posts
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Wine Legs
I spoke to a woman at the supermarket today who put a single red onion in a plastic bag. I'm not convinced she got it when I asked her why she had a plastic bag when it came already wrapped...no it doesn't, she said. I meant the paper skin, was my response...oh yes, I see what you mean...
FFS.
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Jul 2019
12:25pm, 15 Jul 2019
29,162 posts
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DocMoye
I thought you were going to say the onion in a bag was the party bag!
I've always hated party bags. And despite the snidey looks from other parents went for books or single items and a peice of cake instead when mine were little.
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Jul 2019
12:37pm, 15 Jul 2019
10,368 posts
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MazH
I've been reading this thread with interest.... once you start to open your eyes, it really is amazing the choices you can make to not contribute to single use plastic waste.
I'm going to try and emulate silvershadow and share my mini decisions and minor changes, as I think aspiring to be super mindful like RedSquirrel or RunFree, is like trying to eat an elephant!
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