Hello Mom's...My son is turning 10 years old next month. We are having him a skating party at a nice skating rink. They have a DJ, Fog machines, disco balls and lights and lots of music, skating and excitement for 10 year old. Anyway my son isn't onto little boy things he is more into music, skateboarding, hip hop dancing, writing songs and of course video games and his friends are into some things like this as well. Pretty much the pre-teen scene. Anyway I wanted to send home party bags with the boys and I want them to really cool and not corney. With my daughter I know exactly what to put in her good bags. Girls are sooo easy to find little cute things for their bags and I love shopping for girls, boys are different especially at this age. If I could get some helpful advice about what cool things I could put into these party bags for these 10 year old boys, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks to all!!
What about making a music cd of some songs that your son likes. You could then put a on the a thanks for coming to my party. Then you could ask the skating rink if they would mind playing the cd at the party. Good luck on finding the right party favor.
I work at Pump It Up and see party bags for all ages every day :) Some of the best ideas I have seen; oversized frisbees, water toys for the swimming pool, extra large Hershery bars, Hackey Sacks, Bounce balls, and even a $5 blockbuster gift card given away. It is also not uncommon for older parties not to hand out goodie bags at all.
Hope that helps!
As a mom of two boys - one on the brink of turning 13, I can tell you that the traditional goody (junk) bags are just not necessary.
On my son's 12th birthday party, we took a large group of boys to play at GatSplat, a paintball field. As a courtesy, I gave each of them a "Paintball Survival Kit". It was clearly labeled and the kids immediately dove into the bag to see what they may need. It included the single use ice packs, kleenex, bandaids, a glow stick, gum, a camo bandana, and a dollar for the vending machines. This kit was less of a 'goody bag' and more of a safety thing. Since kids do fall when they are skating, you could do the same kind of thing.
Have fun!
Hi Kristi,
If your son loves music then I think a good idea is to burn cd's with his favorite songs on them and give them out for the party favors. You can get pretty cool colored cd cases and put a label on it with the names of the songs and who it is from. Good Luck!!
I read over the responses below and I really like the hacky sack and the candy bar (our local Wal-Mart has the 6-pk. of regular-sized candy for $2.00; yours might too). The gift card idea is cool too: any place that has ice cream. :oP
Good luck!
Pamela <><
I agree with another post that after a certain age, goody bags really aren't necessary. If you feel like you need to do something, I like the CD idea.
I had a nephew of mine who got a sticker for his skateboard that was designed by one of his friends...perhaps something like that...local skate shops may be able to tell you where to contact to get started.
I love the CD idea, especially because I was going to suggest that, too. LOL ;) REally, though...maybe download some of his favorites that they can enjoy, too.
Make a cover label that he can (help) design. Maybe add a skateboarding sticker in the CD case as the "cover" or something (leave the sticky back covered, though, so the kids can use them).
i like the cd idea, but maybe some parents of the kids that are coming to the party wouldn't like their kids listening to the type of music he likes. me i am open with my kids and wouldn't mind. my son who is about to be 10 is into the same things as your son. what i would do is, maybe (if you feel the party bags is what he wants) is to give a $5 or $10 gift certificate to putt-putt where they can play arcade games. there is also a skate park in plano, for skateborders where you can give addmission tickets to. i hope this helps. =)
I agree that party favor bags are not really necessary for older kids. I have two boys, ages 9 and 14, and when they bring them home, we usually end up throwing it all away after a week or so. If I do one, I try to make it something disposable, like candy, gum, and they love silly string, snap pops (buy them at a dollar store - throw them on the ground and they pop). The CD idea is great! One of my boys friends (a girl) always has a custom t-shirt made for the party (her mom has a t-shirt business.)
What about a free pass to come back to the skating rink another time?
I have gotten, from 10 year old boys' parties, basketballs, footballs, anything that is a ball, that they like. They dont have to have some small keychain or something, they like the ball idea! Hope this helps!
Go to Dollar Tree and get some of those glow in the dark necklaces. Kids LOVE those. You could give them those when they come to the party to wear while they are skating. I agree with the other mom that said a "party bag" really isn't necessary.
Have you thought of going online to limewire and letting your son create a mix cd to hand out to his friends? My 14 year old daughter made a mix cd for her birhtday and for the party favor we handed out copies of the cd and assorted candies.
How about making CDs with your son's music. Have him make a list of his favorite songs, burn them onto cd's, have him make the covers for each friend, and maybe include a coupon for something like icecream at McDonald's. You could do all that for about $1 per kid. Hope that helps.
My son had a skating party at 10 & 11. He went to the candy store and found some oddball stuff he thought would be fun.. like candy with a worm in it.. We also bought some of those plastic bracelets like you get for a "cause" from oriental trading in colors.. and some squirt toys. They loved them!
burn some cds with a variety of "cool" music - a mix cd
I don't do party bags anymore. This year when my son turned 9 I jsut couldn't come up with anything and decided to do Target gift cards ($5) -I figured that is what I would have spent anyway. Kids seemed to like it and the parents appreciated it too. But an idea I do have -my same son went to a bike park party and they made cool cd's with the kids favorite songs burned no them and put them in a paper case with a cool label! They had Rock Band type music and current music. That doesn't take much money -- just a little time making them! I bet they would like that!
Erika
Ten years old is tough! They want to be grown up...yet are still kids. A $5.00 gift card to McDonald's is way cool! It keeps them from looking like a little kids by leaving a party with a "bag" and they have money to spend! It won't break your bank and your son will be really "cool" with his friends!
Good Luck!
I don't know your budget, and I don't have a 10 year old boy, so I don't know if this would be cool, but could you buy each of them a music CD? Or, could you pick a few songs and burn them on do Cd's for them? (Most songs are 33 cents each I think.) Maybe your son could pick some favorites?
What about videoing them while they are skating and cutting up and then making it into a video at home. Your son could pick some music for the background and then you could burn a copy for each kid and mail it with the thank you note.
Other than that, I don't know. What does your son think is a cool thing for the goodie bag? Also, at what age you do stop doing a goodie bag? I thought it was for little ones that don't quite get that they don't get a "present"?