Birthday party goodie bags don't have to be sacks of candy filled with cheap junk — it's a waste of money and no parent on the receiving end wants to add flimsy plastic to their kids' collection.

And while it might be tempting to fill a party bag with packs of sweets and chocolates, too much of this – alongside a piece of cake – is likely to go down badly with the other parents.

For decades, party bags have been a popular take-away tradition at children’s birthday celebrations. But one person recently ...

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The most common problem caused by party bags is an allergic reaction to sweets or other foodstuffs included in the bags. A quarter of those polled had caught a child choking on a toy, ...

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The selection of joke products, which also includes a squirt pen and noisy putty, comes with a small bag of sweets inside an old-style plastic goodie bag. ... Craft Party Bags: £4, ...

Party bags can cost about €3 a pop, so €30 for 10 guests. If this has become your practice, you’ll have spent about €150 on this by your child’s 10th birthday.