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8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

These adorable, inexpensive loot bag favours can be whipped up in no time!

By Today's Parent
8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

8 quick DIY loot bag goodies

Oh, goody!

These inexpensive DIY loot bag favours can be made in a few simple steps. Your little one's guests will adore these teeny treasures!

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

Animal zipper charms

What you’ll need: Artificial flowers with wire stem, mini toy animals and lanyard hooks.

To make: Feed the wire stem of an artificial flower through a hook. Attach the flower to a toy by twisting the wire around the toy until it is secure.

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

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Customized bubbles

What you’ll need: Pipe cleaners, bottles of bubbles, coloured and patterned paper, scissors and double-sided tape.

To make: Twist a pipe cleaner into desired shape, leaving several inches for a handle. Cut paper to wrap around bubble bottle and use double-sided tape to secure in place.

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

Candy necklaces

What you’ll need: Gummi candy, string and a beading needle.

To make: Thread candy onto a piece of string (if it already has a hole) or use the beading needle to feed the string through the candy.

TIP: Pick colours based on your party theme!

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

Candy pouches

What you’ll need: Coloured or patterned paper, scissors, washi tape, double-sided tape and candy.

To make: Cut paper into a rectangle, roll and use double-sided tape to fasten into a cylinder. Pinch one end and tape closed; fill with candy, pinch opening on other side and tape closed. 

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

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Playing card holder

What you’ll need: Box from travel soap, washi tape, scissors and cards.

To make: Use washi tape to create a pattern on the box and trim any long ends. Insert cards.

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

Name hairpins

What you’ll need: Coloured bobby pins (or other hair clips), a glue gun and letter beads. 

To make: Use the glue gun to attach letter beads to the flat side of a bobby pin.

TIP: You can use pompoms, too!

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

DIY grass head

What you’ll need: Mini pots, mini zip-top bags, soil, a clear bottle or other vessel, grass seeds and eye stickers. 

To make: Place soil in bag, put grass seeds in bottle and put in pot with stickers.

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

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Wooden stamps

What you’ll need: Wood cubes, small foam stickers, paint, a paintbrush, thin painter’s tape and ink pads.

To make: Put a sticker on one side of cube. This will be the stamp side. Use painter’s tape to create patterns on rest of cube. Paint over and around the tape. Remove tape once dry. Put in loot bag with ink pad.

8 quick and easy DIY loot bag favours

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This article was originally published on Apr 26, 2016

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