Thank you to Oriental Trading Company for providing the party favors used in creating the activity goodie bags featured below. All opinions expressed are my own.
Earlier this week, my oldest turned 11. He'll be moving onto middle school next year and I'm still having a little trouble accepting it. Since this is his last year of grade school, I wanted to make sure we sent some fun goodie bags to school for his birthday. We always send non-food goodie bags due to there being so many students suffering from a variety of allergies, plus the school does not allow sweets to be sent in for birthday celebrations. We do this for all 3 of our children, who all happen to have birthdays in January. Sometimes it's difficult to come up with a fun new idea. Thank goodness I found some inspiration from Oriental Trading Company!
Our twins will be turning 8 later this month. Their goodie bags were easy to put together. Since our family went to the local Super MegaFest comic convention, our children have been obsessed with drawing their own comics. So, when I saw these superhero-themed party favors, I just knew I had to create something fun with them. That's when I had the idea to make DIY comic book kits for the twins' 2nd grade classmates!
What you'll need for DIY Superhero Comic Book Goodie Bags . . .
There are 100 stickers on the roll, so I had enough to put one sticker inside each of the goodie bags and to place one outside of each bag to seal it. These books have a framed space for drawing on each page, as well as lines below for writing. I think one frame per page is perfect for 2nd graders. The twins can't wait to hand these out to their classmates!
What you'll need for Zombie Activity Goodie Bags . . .
Printable Zombie Word Search (at bottom)
Apparently zombies are extremely popular with 10 and 11 year olds. The goodie bags were a big hit and our son was thrilled to finally have a nose pencil sharpener.
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Zombie Word Search (plus Answer Key)
I made the above free printable word search puzzle with the help of Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker. This particular puzzle is difficult and would be perfect for adults and older children. Enjoy!
