Star Wars Goodie Bags

They have these cute chunky looking figures now for ages 4+ that are practically unchokable in all sorts of characters (Transformers, Marvel Comics, Indiana Jones and Star Wars). They come in packs of two for about $7. I bought 5 packs of them and tied one character to each goodie bag. I made from them out of squares of cellophane (red cellophane if the character was from the dark side, green cellophane if they used the force for good). I couldn't find anything else Star Wars related that I could afford so instead I filled them each with a noisemaker, a punch balloon, 2 giant lemon heads (cherry heads, etc.,), two fruit flavored tootsie rolls (I saved all the vanilla flavored ones for myself), a push pop, 3 solid milk chocolate balls from See's, two citrus melts from See's, and a mini pack of Dots (the birthday boy's favorite candy).

I took five boys home from the party including one of my sons. That was when the candy trading started:

"I've got a lemon head I'll trade for an orange head, who'll give me a orange head?"

"I'll give 2 chocolate balls and a citrus melt for a push pop."

"Two tootsie rolls, here who'll give me a pack of Dots for two tootsie rolls?"

 . . . that went on for awhile until my son figured out that by blowing up his punch balloon to the size of a water melon and then sticking the noisemaker on the end, he could make what sounded like the loudest, most annoying scream ever. It was fortunate that I was in such a good mood because all the boys decided to copy him and then tried to scream louder than the noisemaker/balloon combination. The car ride was about 45 minutes long, but my son was having a great time and really that was the end result we were going for that day.