What Green and Educational Things to put in Birthday Goodie Bag

sfbaypeachykeen

My son will be having a birthday party from daycare. The other kids range in ages 2-3. What are some good "green" and "educational" items to put in the goodie bags? TIA!

sarahbear

Not sure about green, but stickers, crayons and noise makers are always fun. You could also do mini animals figures (as long as they won't be a choking hazard).

Butter Cookie

I'm with pp on the crayons/noisemakers thing.

 

Buy them stuff that doesn't require batteries or electricity. Big Legos would keep them busy and their minds working. 

6fsn

If you really want to be green don't fill a goodie bag with a bunch of crap that will break or be thrown away.  Give a book made from recycled paper (although that's not really green in my mind, but that's a whole different subject). 

Personally I'd give them a cookie or some other small edible treat in a paper bag.

GatorWedsNole

6fsn:

Personally I'd give them a cookie or some other small edible treat in a paper bag.

I agree.  "Edible" has to be green in some way, right? 

SueBear

bubbles with a funny wand (not just the wand you get in the package).  Not exactly "green" but you can look to see if the bottle is recycleable (number 1 or 2 on the bottom in our district).  And the kids will enjoy playing with them.

Treats such as goldfish in the small packages

Fat crayons and a coloring book

 

daisyterp

The best b-day goodie bag we ever got had a CD the parents burned of cool kids' music (we keep it in the car) and a paperback story book- over a year later we have both. 

We got sidewalk chalk in a goodie bag once. 

I don't like doing candy/cookies because I think the kids getting cake @ the party is enough sugar. 

Wish Upon A Star

Bubbles?, Playdough? (You can get the really small containers) I like the pp's ideas about chalk, jumbo crayons and the CD! 

6fsn

Call me crazy, but I hardly think bubbles or chalk are green or educational.

Wish Upon A Star

For 2-3 year olds, chalk is good for fine motor development, developing the pincer grasp and depending on what you draw it's a great opportunity for language development, social skills and letter/number drawing.

Brunette03

See if you can find a good story at a dollar shop or something in regards to growing things. Put in a bag of seeds and a dixie cup. Then they can read the story (or have mommy read to them) and learn about plant life and growth. My kids did this at that age and loved it. Every year they want to plant seeds now.  

Brunette03

Ooh, and another green fun idea. Make play dough! You can make it all natural with things in the kitchen and the kids love it!