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Favors for the younger guests

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Hi everybody, I'm having quite a bit of trouble finding favors for the kids attending my wedding. There are three 10 year olds, five between 6 and 8 years old, two toddlers and 5 infants. Not worried about the babies, because they'll probably end up empty handed anyway, but what about the others? Flower girls gifts are already solved, but I wanted to stay away from the traditional tacky huge bag of candy that people give here in Spain and can't find cheap ideas anywhere. 

We're having an outdoors wedding, so expecting the kids to sit at a table with coloring books is somewhat unrealistic. 
For the adults, we're giving sandalwood fans at the ceremony, potted succulents at the reception and witty/funny pins for our friends (besides the other two).
We'd like to stay away from girl/boy favors. Don't mind personalizing them for each kid, but don't want to be giving "a racing car for the boys and a little doll for the girls" if you know what I mean.

Any ideas?
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Re: Favors for the younger guests

  • MidgetthMidgetth member
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    edited December 2011
    You can get them something they each would like based on their interests. They don't have to recieve the same thing. For my kids that I have coming  I am getting the boy a tractor toy because he loves tractors (his dad & my FI fix them all day) I am also putting little "goodie bags" together for them. In it is going to be coloring booking based on their age & interest (the girl got a princess book) also I'm going to get them some reading books again based on age & interest, stickers,& some candy. So get them each something different based on their gender, age & interest even if you get the toddlers a regular toy that's fine. I don't think it has to go with the wedding & the adults favors. You would stress yourself out to much looking for something age appropraite to go with them.
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  • CA2MT4EveRCA2MT4EveR member
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    edited December 2011
    You can give them goodie bags with mardi gras beads, fun glasses, glow sticks.  Go raid the dollar store and find some fun stuff.

    OR, if it is a possibility, rent a bounce house.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    edited December 2011
    Ditto pp. I would try to tailor it to there interests or just buy odds and ends fun cheap toys, outdoors type things. Dollar Tree and Party City are great for those things.
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  • melissamc2melissamc2 member
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    edited December 2011
    Bubbles and glow sticks.  Kids love them, they are inexpensive, and gender neutral!
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  • Muffin'sMomMuffin'sMom
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    edited December 2011
    Ditto the Dollar store.  We made bags for each child that had their name centered in the same design that the monogram is in.  Each one had some combination of coloring books, sketch pads, puzzle books, candy, cards, glow sticks, etc...depending on the age.  They were wonderful and kept the kids busy the whole time!
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  • bubu7bubu7 member
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    edited December 2011
    I saw a few good ideas for kid favors here:
    http://elegantlabels.com/busytoysforkids.html

    Even though they'll be outdoors, I'm sure they'll be sitting sometimes, and will probably need something to keep them from fidgeting too much!
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