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Yesterday I put together gift bags for L’s friends at school. They are having their holiday party this week and I didn’t want to stay up till like 3am like I did for Halloween. And unlike with the Halloween Treat Buckets I made for L’s friends at school, I took the easy way out for Christmas and did not “make” anything (i.e. crayons). And I didn’t have to worry about packaging everything up in a cute little bag and then making sure it fit in the bucket, which took a long time too. And I didn’t have to run out and buy anything at the last minute either, which I was super pleased about. Nope, this year’s bags were easy and painless to do.
I picked up these cute bags (at Target) last week for $0.50/each. I knew I had some bigger things to put in the bags, so I had to get a larger bag. I swear this year I am going to get bags when they are on clearance. Somehow I always forget to grab them!
Since it is VERY hard to find like 20 of the same item at 90% (or even 70%) off, I usually do different gift bags for boys and girls.
The Boy Bag:
This year the Boy Gift Bags included:
~Monster Trucks ($1.19)
~Cars Coloring Books ($0.39)
~Hot Wheels Puzzle Erasers ($0.39)
~Crayola Mini Twistables ($0.49)
~Gift Bags ($0.50)
Total Cost: $2.96
The Girl Bag:
And the Girl Gift Bags included:
~Disney Princess Ball ($0.39)
~Cars Coloring Books ($0.39)
~Disney Princesses ($1.49)
~Crayola Mini Twistables ($0.49)
~Gift Bags ($0.50)
Total Cost: $3.26
And I don’t know what got into B, but he was all about helping. He dug around the basement with me to find the presents, stuffed the bags and was just all about helping. I loved it. And L is all about giving presents, which I also love. I asked if he thought we should include the Crayola Twistables too and he was like, umm, of course mama!
I put silver tags on the boy gifts and red tags on the girl ones so they will be super easy to put in the kids “lockers” during the party! I think I did fairly well this year with the bags and I cleared out a lot of space for all the loot I am sure to gather during this year’s Target clearance! I am certain the other moms think I am nuts and give crazy gifts, but I’m not sure if it’d be any better if I told them I stalked the Target clearance section for amazing deals?
Did you do gift bags for your kids school parties? What’d you put in them this year? Here’s what I did last year. And next year will all depend on what I can find on clearance. Plus, I always always always have Hot Wheels and Legos on hand ;).
Cute. I know the kids will love them. I for some reason forgot about purchasing small gifts and their little glitter “shake-up” cups from Target last year until it was too late, so I had to start from scratch. I usually end up doing some element that leaves me up to the wee hours of the morning, but this year I am doing simple. I found these cute snowman clay kits at Michaels (since it is a Winter party and not Christmas) and at just $1.00 each I thought they were a steal. I need to hunt for another little trinket to include and then just a couple of pieces of candy and I will be done.
Don’t you just love it when Lucas calls you Mama? That’s my favorite. Cute gift bags!!! I think all the kids will love it, and I wish Ashley was in Lucas’s class!
I think it is so nice you do these baggies for the whole class. I bet it gets them all into the holiday spirit even sooner. Plus, having worked at an elementary school for seven years, students don’t usually give xmas gifts to one another but rather to the teachers so it is extra sweet you and Lucas do this! Cute finds, too.
SOOOOO stinken cute!!! your gift bags are always darling!
Yours are so cute and GOOD! I didn’t get anything on clearance last year at Target. 🙁 I was beating my self up about it this year too. This year I did the gingerbread house boxes from Oriental Trading and the boys got a Kre-O(free from Walgreens with coupon) Santa marshmallow sucker and a candy cane. The girls got a Santa marshmallow sucker, a candy cane, and a Lip Smacker chap stick. (free from Rite Aid)
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