Cute custom gifts can actually cost less you think!
My love language is gifts. So even though it wasn’t suggested, I couldn’t help but make Winnie’s classmates a little holiday goodie bag featuring some popular toddler items!
Baby Shark . play-doh . poppers
Details below!
SUPPLY LIST
- Play-Doh: (42) 1 oz jars
- Baby Shark Straws: 25 straws + 2 cleaning brushes (now you understand how I misread the qty…)
- Mini Poppers: 15 with chain link
- Ribbon: 500 yards split through 20 colors (25 yards each color)
- Cello bags: 300 pack of 3 sizes: 4×6, 5×7, 6×9 (I used the largest size for these but didn’t try the others)
- White Card-stock Paper
TAGS
I had fun getting creative with the wording on the tag to reference all three toys.
“wishing you a DOUGH-lightful holiday and a POPPIN’ new year,
love Winnie!
see you then doo-doo-doo-doo-doo….”
Using Powerpoint and screenshots, I pieced together a design for the hangtag . Then screenshot the final design and pasted it into a Word doc to duplicate several onto one page to print, cut and attach!
COSTS
The total cost was $39.48 for the supplies needed specfically for the 14 gifts (not including the leftover supplies). That made gifts only $2.82 each!!!
Total spent for all supplies was $74.23. However, I have PLENTY of leftover ribbon, card-stock paper, and cello bags to use for other future gifts.
But I did get stuck with 11 left over straws though. I was originally going to do 2 straws per bag, but misread the actual quantity included in the pack I bought and was short 2 straws. But also, turned out 1 straw per bag looked better.
TIPS
- I did not label the bags with names, but I know how picky toddlers can be. I wanted each package to feature as many of all the colors are possible to be fair to accommodate anyones “favorite colors”.
- example: if someone who likes blue was sad their popper was green, they likely had a blue daddy shark straw or a blue ribbon.
- After purchasing any items for kids gift bags, please inspect them carefully before committing to the item. Even have your own little one play with it while you observe to see if it is safe.
- Example: My toddler received a flashy ring in a goodie bag. Within seconds of looking at it, the top just fell off exposing 3 button batteries inside! This would not be a safe gift for ANY age due to the risk of the button batteries falling out and being ingested by a little one or pet.
- Let’s just avoid any gifts that contain button batteries. They are extremely dangerous if ingested.
- I asked the teachers to have Winnie distribute them into the kids cubbies at the end of the day so it wouldn’t distract from lesson plans and so that the parents would see them first to approve of the contents.
- Remember to consider some kids have babies and/or pets at home. Not all toys that are safe for a toddler are safe for others.
- Plus, some families have opinions on what toys are ok for their toddler to play with. So I wanted to be sure the parents were able to see the gift first and if they had an issue with their kids having access to these items they could remedy the situation in advance.
you’re welcome!
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