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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 3, 2015 15:38:04 GMT
So somehow I got wrangled into making birthday bags for our middle school. I signed up to volunteer and next thing I know I am in charge of birthday bags!
Our middle school is divided into teams, and the 8th graders have 4 teams. Our team gives each kid a birthday bag. There are 120 kids on our team and I will need to make 14 for the month of September. But I have no idea what to put in these bags!
The bags will sit in the homeroom until the students birthday so there cannot be anything perishable. There are no food allergies I was told so I can put bagged treats like candy and such. They must be gender neutral of course.
I thought about using the book they are reading in shared reading class for inspiration. They are tackling Shakespeare this semester but I am not sure which book.
Any ideas on what to put in these bags? Everything I see on Pinterest is for 6 yo's not 14yo's!! |
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Post by quiltz on Sept 3, 2015 15:44:00 GMT
What is the budget per bag?
I would put in a gift card (McDonald's?) and a small bit of candy. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 3, 2015 15:47:52 GMT
Definitely need to know a budget per bag.
Are they allowed to include a "homework pass"?
A Blowpop? Or other hard candy (non-melting & no dairy/nuts)?
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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 3, 2015 15:51:24 GMT
No budget was discussed. Parents are donating all the contents of the bag. The kdis seem to be big into Starbucks so I thought about gift cards for there.
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Post by kels99 on Sept 3, 2015 16:02:14 GMT
What a fun idea! Love the homework pass and Starbucks ideas. Are there any school supplies that are coveted (and inexpensive)? My 16 yo DD could not have been more excited about the mini stapler I got her yesterday at Wal-Mart.  |
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Post by RiverIsis on Sept 3, 2015 16:02:36 GMT
No budget was discussed. Parents are donating all the contents of the bag. The kdis seem to be big into Starbucks so I thought about gift cards for there. No guidelines as to what was in them previously or what kids did didn't like? Also is this general parents or you parent donating? |
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Post by anxiousmom on Sept 3, 2015 16:05:33 GMT
Odd as it may seem, Chic Fil A is a HUGE thing with the kids here. Chic Fil A is also really big about community participation, particularly with schools. I wonder if you could contact your local store and see if they will sell a large batch of the cards for a discount? Or provide a coupon for free stuff? Ours used to donate coupons for free breakfast chicken biscuit things to our school.
Other than that, try to avoid the stuff they would have gotten in goodie bags when they were younger. No pencils or erasers or the like.
I have boys, so I can only speak to that with any kind of certainty, but for them the only stuff they would appreciate would be candy and a gift card for food. They don't do Starbucks.
Even fun stuff like book marks would be wasted on them-and one of my boys is a voracious reader.
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Post by myshelly on Sept 3, 2015 16:08:38 GMT
I would go to fast food places and restaurants and see if they would donate anything.
Most restaurants around here will just have you a book of coupons (like free drink, free ice cream, etc.) if you say it's for a school.
I would ask teachers for donations (homework passes, bonus points, etc.) as well.
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Post by ginacivey on Sept 3, 2015 16:18:01 GMT
sonic donates those peeler cards all the time
itunes cards - even the $5 are great
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Post by Drew on Sept 3, 2015 16:24:22 GMT
I like the idea of McDonald's or baskin Robbins gift cards, or movie passes. My 7th grader and her friends are into the extreme sour candies, flaming cheetos, stuff like that. They also like buttons and hanging items for their backpacks, like flair.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 3, 2015 16:46:57 GMT
I like the idea of McDonald's or baskin Robbins gift cards, or movie passes. My 7th grader and her friends are into the extreme sour candies, flaming cheetos, stuff like that. They also like buttons and hanging items for their backpacks, like flair. Ah! The buttons and flair remind me, locker decorating is big at the school! (I spent an hour helping dd weave ribbon through the slats in her locker before school started.) I wonder about magnets and such! |
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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 3, 2015 16:51:26 GMT
No budget was discussed. Parents are donating all the contents of the bag. The kdis seem to be big into Starbucks so I thought about gift cards for there. No guidelines as to what was in them previously or what kids did didn't like? Also is this general parents or you parent donating? Nope. She just told me to come up with some ideas and to call if I had questions. It would be the parents of the kids on our team donating, so the parents of the 120 kids. There was a sign up sheet at meet the teacher night for parents to sign up to donate stuff. I saw the list and it was full so we shouldn't have any problems getting items. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 3, 2015 18:36:21 GMT
What a fun idea for school We do this for our 4-H kids so I'll be watching this thread for ideas! We put rice krispie treats and candy in ours. Also the snack pb and cheese crackers. I'll try to remember to ask my dd. We also like to do them in different types of containers. Water bottles are fun, but you need to make sure you get long slender items like pencils and pixy stixs |
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Post by 3jaysanc on Sept 3, 2015 20:02:27 GMT
If you look on Etsy there are a few sellers that make social media pins and key rings. They have Twitter emblems, "@" symbols, the Facebook like, the twitter bird, "retweet"... I think the pins are generally $15 or so for 10.
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