Loot Bag Suggestions Needed

We are having the kids 5th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and I will providing drinks/pizza/token for 10 kids (5 each). I always have such a hard time with the loot bags. I personally don't like receiving them because they are usually filled with junk. Any suggestions on usefull loot bag items?

 

How about some glo sticks? Those always seem to be a big hit.

 

I would set a rule that they are not to be opened till they go home. Small bubbles, a candy bar, a matchbox car for boys, a necklace for girls, tokens for a return trip to CEC.

Some things I have done in the past were those things in gift bags or I got straw sip cups at the dollar store and filled those with candy or a toy

 

We were just at CEC yesterday and they had some loot bags already prepared that were plastic pencil cases. I didn't scour the contents (I didn't buy them for my children but they were selling them at the door) but the bags seemed kind of cute, maybe a possibility?

 

When we did a birthday party at CEC, we did purchase theirs, they really weren't too expensive. This year I went to Party City and they have loot bag sets which are 8 sets for $9.99, and were pretty decent stuff, like a pencil, activity sheet and game. They have them for all different types of themes, so you could get some that appeal to the boys and some for the girls.

 

last year I got some kids books from a discount book store that were $2.00ea and did those along with a lollipop and stickers.

 

Just call me overly practical, but I would look at using some of the cheap school supplies. Maybe a couple of pencils, a glue stick, a sheet of stickers, a box of crayons and a little memo pad. My kids would be thrilled with that.

Marissa