For Something Unique and Cost Effective, Handmade Party Bag Fillers are a Great Option.
Handmade party bags fillers for children’s party bags can be a great option for keeping costs down, gifting something a little more unique and are often more environmentally friendly, so a win all round!
Scrunchies
These are super simple and quick to make if you have a sewing machine and are a great way to use up leftover scrap bits of fabric.
Hot Chocolate Stirrers
Made with wooden lolly sticks and either a silicone ice cube tray, paper cupcake cases or reuse yogurt pots. You can find recipes for these on my blog Children’s Edible Party Bag Fillers.
Colouring Sheets
Design your own colouring in sheets or a postcard that can be coloured in and out a stamp on it so that the children can send it to a friend or family member. There are lots of websites where you can get postcards printed online, such as printed.com. Or you can find free colouring in sheets online to print out.
Friendship Bracelets
There are a multitude of different types of these, many of which you can find on YouTube. Some are easier and/or less time consuming than others, so take some time to choose the right one for you.
Crown
Crochet, sew or make from card a crown for each child; which they could perhaps decorate as one of the party activities.
Playdough
There are lots of great recipes online for homemade playdough, which you could gift in upcycled jam jars.
Reusable Snack Pouches
For those who are a dab hand with a sewing machine and have the time to make them, reusable snack pouches with a washable/waterproof lining are a very eco option and fun for the kids.
Cookie Pots
Jam jars filled with ingredients to make a cake or cookies. You can find out more on my blog Children’s Edible Party Bag Fillers.
Keyrings
Personalised key rings for the children to hang on their school bags.
Bracelet Kit
Little paper bag with the materials to make their own bracelet; wooden beads and some elastic. You can buy all the necessary materials in bulk and divide up into the little bags.
Bird Feeder
You can make these with bird seed and either coconut oil or gelatine. There are lots of options as to the mould you use; biscuit cutter, yogurt pot, paper cup etc. There are lots of videos on YouTube on how to make these, or Little Wood Walkers has a nice recipe using stale bread that you can download for free.
Crayons
You can make your own crayons by melting down old crayons on a low heat in a silicone mould to make new ones, which could be in fun shapes or letters of their name. Again you can find lots of instructions for this on YouTube.
Chocolate Coated Rice Cakes
Homemade chocolate buttons or rice cakes coated in chocolate with sprinkles on top.
Hand Painted Rocks
This is a huge craze and you can find heaps of ideas and inspiration on Pinterest. You could personalise them with the children’s names.
Crochet Spider Webs
Great for a Spider-Man or bug themed party. You can find instructions on YouTube.
Fairy Dust
Reuse little bottles and jars and fill them with biodegradable glitter to make fairy dust.
Crochet or Felt Fruit and Veg
These are great for a Hungry Caterpillar themed party and are always a fun addition to any child’s play kitchen.
Jewellery
You could make jewellery from wooden beads or reuse some from old necklaces picked up from charity shops, car boot sales or your local scrap scheme.
Tie-dye
You could tie-dye a t-shirt or some socks.
Bookmarks
You could design these digitally and print them out on card, or you could press some flowers and then put them through a laminating machine and cut them into bookmarks and add a ribbon tassel.
Magic Wand
Perfect for a fairy or Wizard themed party.
Super Hero Capes
Very easy to rustle up on a sewing machine. You can get fabric from your local scrap scheme, cut up some old sheets or get a free bundle of off-cut fabric from Contrado.
Peg Dolls
You could make personalised peg dolls for each of the children. Or, gift them the materials to make their own peg doll.
Naughts and Crosses
A small fabric bag with a grid on it to play the game. The bag could be filled with two types of buttons/painted stones etc to be the naughts and crosses.
Fairy Garden Kit
All the materials in a little plant pot or saucer to make a fairy garden at home.
Lucky Horse Shoe
Upcycle horseshoes; decorate them and add the children’s names so that they can hang them in their bedroom wall for luck. Great for a cowboy or toy story themed party.
Science Experiment
Instruction card and ingredients for a simple experiment to do at home. You can find experiments on Marvin and Milo comic strips and on Stem Learning.
Growing Kit
Decorate egg boxes and fill with everything the children will need to plant and grow some seeds at home; compost, seeds, lollipop stick labels etc.
Crochet Water Bombs
Crochet water bombs are plastic free and reusable. You can find patterns on Etsy or there are some videos on YouTube.
