What's the best favor your dc has received at a b-day party?

[SnuggleBuggles]

Which one was the biggest hit for *them*, not the one you liked the best for them? How about the one you thought was the best?

I have liked all the favors we have given but I am drawing a blank for this year and need some ideas. I meant to buy more of these adorable canvas covered, jungle themed journals that were $2 at Target back in Feb. to give but, alas, I didn't get them.

Beth

[egoldber]

The only thing I can actually remember Sarah getting as a favor was a My Little Pony (which she was never into but Amy loves LOL!). We have mostly gotten just random junk. I seriously cannot remember a single other favor.

[DebbieJ]

I just threw away a bunch of stupid little plastic bugs that were a favor at a party a month or two ago.

I like useful things--bubbles, pads of paper, crayons/markers, stickers.

[khm]

Balloons. Plain jane regular ol' ballons. The kids will fight tooth and nail over a penny balloon until it mysteriously disappears. Sigh.

[Jen841]

What the boys would say...
Thomas Engine
Bath Stuff - bubble bath, color tablets
Punching ballon (like we had when we were little)
Sticky frogs that you throw on the wall/ceiling (fyi one can stay on the high part of the stairs for weeks!)
Water guns

[Corie]

When my daughter turned 4 years old (about 3.5 years ago!), I gave
out really cool party favors. I gave each child a disposable camera
and a Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse photo album. The kids loved them.
That's what the parents told me, anyway.

At my son's 4th birthday party this year, we gave out a balsa wood
airplane and a hatching dinosaur egg to each boy. The boys seemed
pretty excited.


I would love to find a really good deal on Lil Kinz for my daughter's birthday
party. (not until November)

I try to keep my goody bags at $4-5 each.

[mom2binsd]

DD went to a Safari party at age 4, they gave each child a straw hat, had a jungle print bandana, binoculars (to hunt for animals) and a disposible camera to photograph the animals...she came home with all of this plus a small bag of safari animals..we still have the hat, bandana, and binoculars and animals 2 years later. (and both kids play with them all the time)

We developed the pictures (they only took about 10 at the party so I let DD take the rest of the roll and then we took it in to be developed)

I thought this was awesome and so creative! There were only 6 kids total at the party so it was manageable for the parents.

DD also loves to come home with a plain balloon.

[deannanb]

$2 gift certificate to baskin robbins rolled up in an icing dipped cone with sprinkles on it

[SnuggleBuggles]

$2 gift certificate to baskin robbins rolled up in an icing dipped cone with sprinkles on it

I did that last year.

Beth

[MamaMolly]

Wellll, my faves and DD's faves are a whole 'nother thing.

Her favorites:
~the super cheapy suction cup ball. We use it in the tub, tons of fun. They come in a 4 or 6 pack at Target.
~a plastic pencil box with a packet of crayons, a few stickers, a mini notebook, 2 pipsqueek markers and a packet of 'fruit snacks'.
~a go-go's truck

I'm hoping to get a bunch of ideas from this thread. I want this birthday (our last with this group of friends before we move) to be really special.