Pencils are the Perfect Return Gifts for Kids, So if You Need Ideas for Party Favors, Give Pencils! 10 Assorted Pencils and Pencil Sets That Can Make Your Kiddy Party a Hit with the Little Ones (2019)

Pencils are the Perfect Return Gifts for Kids, So if You Need Ideas for Party Favors, Give Pencils! 10 Assorted Pencils and Pencil Sets That Can Make Your Kiddy Party a Hit with the Little Ones (2019)

We have the herculean task of inviting the kids and parents, arranging the fancy decoration, organising a sumptuous spread, not to forget the sugary cakes resembling whacky characters and to top it we have to get the return gifts too. It has to be cheap so that our already burnt pockets don’t incinerate but it shouldn’t appear like we are cheapos either. So, for all such parents, here we are presenting pencils as a party favour gifts.

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Tips on Party Favours for Kids

Elements of Fun

Whether you like them or not, party favours are a big deal during any child’s birthday celebrations and are equally demanding, challenging and a big ask in terms of the creative planning involved! With all the chaos and stress of planning your kid’s birthday party, planning the party favours too is an extra ask that is easily overlooked most of the time. However, it cannot be ignored and hence shouldn’t be resorted to filling the goodies bag with junk items.

Amidst a whole plethora of things that can fill the bags to the brim, look for things that make for elements of fun for the little ones. For instance, a whoopee cushion which is like a wind blaster, a practical joke that the kids will enjoy playing a prank with, keeping them entertained and in splits for long! You’d also consider handing out gift cards for a small amount that could be used later at a local ice-cream parlour, an arcade or a toy store. Redefine the favours with a switch the usual variety of stickers, squirt toys, fidget spinners or whistles with the classic board games, mini Rubik's cubes, travel puxxles, yo-yo, silly putty or mood rings.

Learning Can Be Fun too!

Books make for lovely keepsakes and can be a perfect match with a party theme as well. For instance, if you have a bounce house blow out the theme for your kid’s birthday, you can hand out copies of ‘Mr. Bounce’ or for a bowling-themed party, ‘Curious George goes Bowling’ would be ideal. You’d also offer a swap drive for favours, where the kids can bring their most loved books to the party and exchange it with other kids or give it to a book charity drive.

You’d also avoid cluttering your space with party favour bags, and instead think of a single item to give away which fits your theme, as a Lego set, a science kit, a Kite, an airplane/train kit, a pair of furry slippers for a slumber party or floats for a pool party. Better still, plan an arts & crafts project during your party and have the kids take home their creations as party favours. DIY photo frames, fairy wings, DIY silly slime, popsicle stick monsters, bookworm birthday boy/girl, a recipe attached to a cute cookie cutter or a rolling pin or some seeds to plant with portable fertilizer bags and other craft kits are some items you can think of as party favours.

Packaging Surprise

When presented in beautiful and unique ways, party favours become all the more special and exciting for the kids. Think of some unique ways of presenting your goody bags with special packaging features like personalized ribbons, hang tags, stickers, favour bottles, baker’s twine, favour bags or boxes, favour tins, tokens and charms or personalized gift papers.

Some other ways of dressing up your party favours can be to use Sheer Edged Princess Pull String Bows which are made of thin edged ribbons with a satin stripe at the centre. All you need to do is pull the inner string and form a pom bow that looks really cute. These ribbons are available in assorted colours and measure roughly 2 ½” in diameter. You can get them at a local craft store and they’re also available online. You’d try using some beautiful flower tags, perfect for adorning a box, they are available in a variety of fresh colours. Other interesting packaging options can be patterned checkboxes and animal face favour boxes.

Party Favours-Pencils

Hoot Owl Birthday Party Favor Pencil & Notebook Set

The Hoot Owl Pencil and Notebook Set comes with 12 owl wooden pencils and 12 owl shaped notepads with 30 pages in each pad. Each pencil is 7 ½” with a #2 lead and the notebooks are 3 ¼” x 4”. The Hoot Own Pencil and Notebook Set is priced at Rs.1,176.

Coloured Block Brick Pencils with Bubble Wands

The fun express coloured block brick party favour pencils come in a pack of 24 pencils per pack measuring 19.8 x 10.4 x 2 cm and can be teamed with Super Fun Bubble Assorted Wands, which comes with 12 wands in assorted colours. The Coloured Block Brick Pencils are priced at Rs.1,491.

The Bubble Wands at Rs.1,682.

Fun Baseball Pencils Party Favours

The Fun Baseball Toy Party favours set comes with a bundle of 12 pencils, 12 mini baseballs, 12 baseball player figurines and 12 inflatable baseballs with some party tips and classic party games list. The Fun Baseball Toy Party Favour Supplies Set is priced at Rs.6,569.

Popper Soft Flexible Magic Bendy Pencils with Neon Spin Tops

The Birthday Popper Birthday Party Return Gift includes 30 pieces of cute and colourful Magic Bendy Flexible Soft Pencils that can be bent and twisted for fun, and are priced at Rs. 449.

The Popper Soft flexible Magic Bendy Pencils can be combined with Fun Express Plastic Neon Spin Tops with Glitter that comes in 48 pieces, priced at Rs.1,673.

Mining Pickaxe Pencils Gift Set

The Mining Party Favours comes in a pack of 12 pickaxe pencils, 12 mini gold bars of 3” each, a lump of 12 coal erasers, 12 green favour paper bags, and 5 bundles of party game ideas. The package is shipped flat in fold-to-make boxes and is priced at Rs.6,545. The Gold Bars can be used during the games as favours for a scavenger hunt.

Parteet Birthday Party Pencils with Eraser for Kids - Assorted Designs

The Assorted Design Pencils come with sharpened and are like push pencils of the finest quality and high-grade materials. Available in assorted colours and measuring 13cms, the package contains 12 pencils that cost Rs.179 and as such can be combined with many different coloured pencils on top of each other to form a big pencil as a party favour.

Multiple Paw Print Pencil Bundle Pack

The Paw Print Birthday Party Favor Bundle includes 12 wooden pencils with #2 leads that’s 7”x12” long, 12 Dog Collar Nylon Bracelets of 7” that resembles a dog collar with tiny black paw prints and a metal paw print charm with a plastic clasp, 12 mini paw print ink stampers in plastic - 1 12" x 1" diameter, 12 paw print erasers 1”x12” and a secret bonus bag. The Multiple Paw Print Pencil Bundle Pack is priced at Rs.4,768.

Under the Sea Theme Fish Design Wooden Pencil with Mermaid Squirts

Under the Sea Theme Fish Design Wooden Pencil with Rubber Top Party Favor comes with a pack of 6 wooden pencils made of good quality wood with rubber tops. Each pencil has a fish-shaped rubber eraser in assorted colours. The Under Sea Themed Pencil Pack is priced at Rs.240

It can be gifted with Mermaid Squirt Party Favours that come with 12 pieces of 3” x 2” vinyl mermaid squirt toys in assorted colours. These toys are a fun inclusion to your party favours as water toys, priced at Rs. 1,185.

Justfun Galaxy Pencils Party Favors

The Justfun Galaxy Pencils Party Favour pack comes with 12 pencils in assorted colours of galaxy theme in 7.5" with eraser top and #2 lead, 12 galaxy themed mini notebooks in assorted designs measuring 3.5" X 2.75" with 20 unlined sheets, 12 paper galaxy goody bags measuring 10” x 5 14” with a sheet of 20 planet stickers, priced at Rs.3,792.

Tree Branch and Twig Hand Carved Wood Pencil with Geometric Shape Puzzle Pencil Erasers

The Tree Branch and Twig Hand Carved Wood Real Pencil comes with one pencil made of twigs and branches measuring Length 20 cm X Width 1.5 cm with an animal-shaped top, priced at Rs. 299 per piece, which can be teamed up with a Geometric shaped puzzle pencil eraser pack. The pack includes small-sized eraser cubes that are made up of smaller geometric shapes and are fun to disassemble and try to put back together as well as being a useful school supply. Each complete cube measures 1.25" x 1.25" x 1.25" made of smaller individual pieces in an assorted pack of 12 eraser cubes, priced at Rs. 2,789.

Bonus Tip: Unique Inclusions to the Goody Bag

Make the party favors at your kid’s birthday party cool, special and easy! Not to forget memorable for the children taking the goodies away! Here are some unique filler items for the party favors.

  • Origami Kit - A sculpting craft using pieces of paper, Origami can transform anything simple into something unique and create by folding paper differently! For a favour that’s also a party activity, an origami kit can help the little ones make their own masterpieces with help of assorted coloured papers and instruction guidebooks.
  • Edible Treats - Send the kids home with a jar of hot cocoa mix or cake mix for a party favour. These sweet treats are unique with the addition of a custom mason jar or kids cup.
  • Super Slime – A creative alternate to play dough is Glitter Slime which is super easy to make and requires only some glitter glue, borax and water. Make them in a single colour or in assorted colours, you can package the super slime in snack bags or food jars for fun!
  • Upcycled Crayons – A house with children always has a bunch of crayons somewhere. You can now upcycle them by melting the crayons into fun shapes in your over. Use a round tin, candy moulds or cookie cutter to make some colourful crayons in accordance with your party’s theme and package them in cellophane paper with a colourful bow as a cute party favour.
  • Chalkies – Get some sidewalk chalks in assorted designs and colours like glow-in-the-dark, striped, swirly or neon chalks and then package each of them in waxed paper with the excess paper twisted to make it look like candy. Put individual pieces in each favour bag or a bunch of them tied together with a ribbon.
  • Super Hero Masks – Choose some printable masks and print them out onto cardstock and cut them out. Add a string/curling ribbon or elastic to each mask and you have a superhero mask ready! You’d also trace the masks onto felt and cut them out, as felt doesn’t fray and there’s no sewing needed. Just use hot glue and attach the strings for the ties.
  • Squishy Toys – Animal squishy toys are an amazing and cute way of keeping kids engaged and stress-free because they are extremely squishy and are soft, meant to be squeezed for stress relief. Made of thermoplastic rubber these squishy toys feel great and are quite comforting.
  • Bouncy Balls - The inexpensive bouncy balls are a big hit among the kids. Customise the party favour by writing each kid’s name on the bouncy with a metallic sharpie and gift away!
  • Noisemakers - Noisemakers are not only unique party favour but are also fun to make, which you can use as a party activity for the kids. All you need is scissors, corrugated kraft paper, markers, craft glue, popsicle stick, a hole punch, waxed twine and some beads or buttons. How to make – Cut 2 identical circles from the kraft paper and using markers ask the kids to decorate both sides of the paper with designs of their choice, then glue the 2 pieces together, sandwiching a popsicle stick in between the paper pieces as a handle. Now using the hole punch, make holes around the edge of the paper pieces about an inch apart and thread 3” to 5” in length the twine with beads/buttons and tie the free end to the holes.
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Party Favours for Kids Should Be Safe

Pencils as party favours for kids are safe. They do not pose any danger to the one using it or to the ones around. Along with being interesting, it is also easy and simple to use. It not only makes you feel good about your choice but also adds value to the learning of the kid. Complex gifts usually end up not being used. You can also consider giving story books as the safest option for kids. Stories give wings to a child’s imagination.