Loot Bag Ideas for Kids

Whether you're planning the perfect kid's birthday party or helping your child's class celebrate Valentine's Day, creating the perfect loot bag will have your children thinking you're mother of the year. With a little creativity, you'll never create the same old treat bags again.

  1. The Basics of Loot Bags

    • Every child's loot bag should contain some age appropriate treats like candy, gum or rice cereal treats. In addition, make sure to become aware of every guest's allergy information so that you don't give a potentially dangerous snack to anyone. Writing names on each bag ensures that the children get what you intended for them. Always make sure to have extra loot bags on hand for unexpected guests or siblings of the children at your party or in your group.

      Basing your loot bags on the event's theme is a great way to help the guests remember the good time they had for weeks to come. You can purchase bags in a variety of styles and colors, and what's on the outside of the bag can be a clue to what's inside the bag. Always pass out the loot bags as children leave the event. This way the bags' contents won't be mixed up between children, and children won't be distracted from the activities at the party.

    Loot Bag Ideas for Boys

    • Sports-themed gift bags are always appropriate for boys. Consider a baseball-themed gift bag full of unshelled peanuts, baseball cards, a shiny new baseball, a whistle, and maybe even a keychain that plays "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." For a superhero party, you could include capes, "X-ray vision" glasses, a decoder ring and a note about each child's secret superpower.

    Loot Bag Ideas for Girls

    • One easy theme for a girl's loot bag is jewelry. You can include costume necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets. Also consider including some more creative pieces, like Oriental fans or hair jewelry. Likewise, you could create loot bags around a "makeover" theme by including lip gloss, eye shadows and nail accessories like polish and files. You could even include stick-on nails with glittery stickers.

    Extravagant Loot Bags

    • If your party or event calls for an extra measure of extravagance, consider personalizing each gift bag. For example, if you find out each child's favorite cartoon character and then individualize the loot bags with cartoon pencils and erasers, each kid will get something he loves. You could also include gift certificates for an ice cream cone or kid's meal at a local eatery. Game tickets to a nearby sports team would be a hit, or you could even include free passes to the local skating rink, miniature golf course or other children's attraction.

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