Thread: Treat Bag Help

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So at last minute I decided I would make little treat bags for the kids that come into my work on October 27th. The 27th is our annual Associates Dress Up Day for Halloween. I'm not sure what to put in them as far as candy. The main age I'm concerned about is 1-5. What's something they could have that most parents would be okay with? I was thinking Fruit Snacks but that can get costy as I'm pre-paring around 400 bags for an 8 hour shift. Any help would rock.

I hate to sound cheap, but we usually include a small candy bar, Gummy worms, SweeTarts, lolly pop, bubble gum, and a small cheep toy. The toy is at your own risk because of the swallowing hazard with the very little ones. As to the candy, if the parents are OK with it, any kind should be fine as long as it is sealed. They know the kids are getting candy. Of course, that's at our front door on the 31st. I've never given out candy at a party.

I would go with something that melts fast (such as SweeTarts or "pill rolls" - hope this makes sense, it's a direct translation from French )

But, my 2 cents as a mom - I didn't allow my son to chew on candy when he was 1.... Not until he was2 or 3 (if my memory serves me right...) so don't worry too much about it!

Little box of raisins? A halloween eraser/sticker? Little bags of goldfish crackers?
Not sure how these price.

I think M&M's and Glow Sticks from the dollar tree would work for the little ones. Thanks for all the help. :-)



As pearents do you think those spider rings are okay? You would think people would watch there little kids anyways.

SweetTarts, Tootsie Rolls &/or MnMs are good for the under 5 crowd; if you want to give chocolate bar, Three Musketeers is a good choice since it's soft and has no peanuts. Glow necklaces are good too!

Safety suckers have always been my choice for kids 2 to 3. Kids under 2 animal crackers, goldfish, stickers.

check into the small snack bags of cookies or boxes of animal crackers and glow stick necklaces...try looking at your local dollar store for solid little doo-dads larger than 2"-3" to cut down on choking hazards (usually something the size of a plastic easter egg is safe in that situation)

yeah glow in the dark stuff is mostly appreciated and fun for kids me i made a big chest full of stuff such as glowing bracelets 6 for 1$ necklesses, snakes, bugs ,stickers ,earasers ,skellys spider and skull rings ,jumping roap w glow in the dark handles ,sparkling bracelets and more all i know is that they love it and parents will always have there jobs to do in making sure that what there kids have picked is safe for them.... hope u have ideas for ur party!!! happy halloween!!!

The toy is at your own risk because of the swallowing hazard with the very little ones.

That's why I have two goodie bag piles. One candy bag pile has a toy in each bag, the other pile does not. The older kids will get the bags with the toy in it, and the really little tot'ers will get the bags without it. I also inform the parents about the toy in the toy bags.