I have read on many mommy blogs that mom's hate loot bags! They hate making them and receiving them. But kids absolutely love them! I on the hand love loot bags and couldn't wait to put them together for my son's birthday, but I have to admit I almost started hating them because I just couldn't find anything good enough to put in the loot bags. But after bouncing from one store to another it finally came together.
It all started with the Penguins...to clarify the theme of the party was Winter ONEderland and I found a super cute penguin Beanie Baby named Waddles at Chapters (Chapters had the lowest price and they had bags of this guy, which was perfect as I needed 34) and I fell in love. So I walked out of Chapters with bags of Penguins! The salespeople had a good laugh. I thought it was nice to give the kids a collectible, keepsake they can always have from my son's birthday.
Then I got lucky at Michael's and found take out boxes that had candy cane swirls on them to use as my packaging. They went perfectly with my theme.
Because of the size of the penguin I didn't have much space for the "fun" items so it limited my options. I found the best places to shop for the little trinkets were:
- Michael's - this store had a very big selection and the prizes were much better than other places.
- Mrs. Tiggy Winkles - this store had cute little things that I didn't see anywhere else but the selection wasn't overwhelming.
- Winners - good for random things
- Chapters
For the boys I included some of the following items with the penguin and some chocolates:
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| From Toy R Us |
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| From Michael's |
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| Via Mrs. Tiggy Winkles |
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From Mrs. Tiggy Winkles
For the girls I included the following items with the penguin and some chocolates:
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| From Michael's |
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| From Winners |
For the babies/young toddles I included some of the following items with the penguin:
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| From Shopper's Drug Mart |
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| From Winners |
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| From Winners |
The end result looked like this!
A big thank you to
Gwynn Wasson for the theme inspiration and the beautiful favour tags! Check out her work on the catchmyparty.com
website.
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