The birthday party is over and your child comes running up to you with the dreaded party favor bag. It’s filled with the usual plastic garbage, noisemakers and tiny toys that will get maybe an hour of attention if you’re lucky.
Next time you throw a party for your little one, you can avoid the party favor bag and still send guests home with something fun. How? Click the arrows above or the link below to see ten birthday party craft ideas that will keep party guests busy and happy, and result in something cool to take home.
Sharlyn Petit is a Northwest-obsessed, annoying iPhone food-documenting, day-tripping fool. By day, she's an HR communications specialist, but she spends every other waking minute as a freelance writer and editor for food, travel and lifestyle content. Born in Hawaii and raised in Alaska, she left the coconuts and survival camps behind long ago for a quiet life in the Emerald City with her French husband.