Trunk tales

Party favors from the trunk

How to turn one box into twelve goodie bags without a trip to the dollar store.

PinkSheep classic jewelry set with six beaded necklaces and bracelets

In short

A 24-ring box fills twelve bags with two rings each.
A six-set gives six guests a necklace and a bracelet.
The 36-bracelet tin covers a whole class.

Count the guests

Six guests: one classic jewelry six-set, a necklace and a bracelet each. Eight to twelve: a 24-ring box, two rings per bag, or a 24-ring box plus a tin of bracelets so each bag gets a ring and three bracelets. A class of twenty-plus: the tin of thirty-six bracelets, handed out at the door.

Match the theme

Unicorn party: the unicorn charm bracelets and the unicorn six-set. Princess tea party: pearl-bead bracelets and the heart ring box. Halloween: the Halloween ring box and the pumpkin-and-spider six-set. Pool party: a pair of sunglasses per guest and the swim set for the birthday girl.

Bag it

Small cellophane bags, one ring and one bracelet each, tied with a ribbon in the party color. Write names on the tags; it stops the swap arguments. Keep the empty ring box for the birthday girl, since it is the best part.