How to Make Your Own Goody Bags

Buckets prove to be effective goody bags.

The best goody bags are theme-related and have reusable bags. Some goody bags feature bags that are not "bags" at all, but containers such as buckets, baskets or burlap cloth bags. The container, the contents and the occasion are keys to a successful goody bag. For example, a flower pot proves as an effective goody bag if it's filled with a pair of garden gloves, seed packets and a spade. Personalize it for the occasion and embellish it with a bow.

Things You'll Need

• Tissue paper
• Ribbon

Instructions

1. 

   Velvet pouches can hold items including chocolates, bath oil beads or diamonds.

   Choose a container to use as your goody bag. This container should fit the gift-giving occasion. It can be any item, including cups, hats turned upside-down, Chinese take-out boxes, or zippered baggies decorated or printed and tied with ribbon. Bandannas tied around party favors can also prove to be an effective goody bag, Birthday Party Ideas 4 Kids Online suggests.

2. Gather the items together that you wish to fill the goody bag. The items should coincide with the container and the occasion. For example, goody bags for a girl's birthday party in the spring could be upside-down straw hats filled with hair clips, barrettes, ponytail hairbands, headbands and hair combs.

3. 

   A cup of lollipops transforms into a goody bag to take home.

   Lay two sheets of tissue paper into the container if necessary for your chosen container. Tissue paper keeps contents from bouncing around within the container.

4. Arrange the contents inside the container.

5. Close the container, or wrap a ribbon around it to give the goody bag the look of being tied closed.

Tips & Warnings

• Personalize the container by using a permanent marker or paint markers. Personalizing wide ribbons in lieu of the containers also proves effective for goody bag gift-giving.

References

• Birthday Party Ideas 4 Kids: Birthday Goody Bags/ Treat Bags

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Great-Happy-Birthday-Ideas: Ideas and Alternative Fillers for Party Bags