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Give a read to The Plain Dealer’s Article Goody Bags Gone Bad. It chronicles kids demanding good goodies or else! The stories recounted are not urban legends, but true! I have plugged Birthdays Without Pressure before and Bill Doherty is found here discussing how goody bags have become their own arms race!
Alternatively, Response Source out of the UK, discusses setting a trend for Ethical Party Bags. Ideas include using cotton bags rather than plastic to hand out the goodies, choosing little wooden toys as goodies made from sustainable wood, and recycled notebooks. It’s all about quality and sustainability.
Looking to get off the goody arms race altogether? Why not hand out prizes for games or do a craft together and let those serve as the goodies? If kids demand the goodies and decide not to show because there aren’t any goody bags being handed out, allow them to not attend. Sooner or later kids will come around and want to be a part of the party fun for the sake of the party and friends…not for the goodies!
