Goody Bag Ideas...HELP

[JPalmer]

I am looking for some great ideas for goody bags. I have seen a lot throught our days in the gym but never had to be the one to be in charge!! any ideas are appreciated

Jodi

 

[iJaide!!]

It might take a little bit more time, but when it was our turn we made grip bags! The girls loved them! They are quite simple and a fun mother, daughter activity!

There are pretty cute gymnastics items on this website: Gym Clip We thought about doing the pencils they have, or the cute little pins.
This is also a way fun website: Gym Treasures. I love the pillow cases, but you could even just make those and put your team name!

Somethings I got were: Hair scrunchies/hair flowers, a gymnastics rubix cube, flip flops, funky socks, a gymnastics necklace, a key chain, water bottles, Gatorade and some snacks, always get candy, and we once got a cute little gymnastics notebook.
At state meet they gave us drawstring bags, and a magnet board! Stickers would also be fun.

Good luck!

Oh, last thing! It would even be nice to get a roll of athletic tape!

 

[GymBee97]

The goodie bags my DD likes have the things she can use. She has received a leotard, beach towel, t-shirt, for bigger give aways for the smaller ones a bag with hair scrunchies, nail polish remover, hair clips, socks, winter hats and scarf set with the meet name and year on it, flip flops, sunglasses, seasonal candies (like for valentine meet they got valentine candy), juice, a score book to track your meet scores was one my DD liked,

it will depend on your budget per bag.

 

[MaryA]

I ordered these, in our team colors, with our team name on it, for all the level 6's to give them at States next month. I just ordered them, so I can't vouch for their quality, but they look nice on the website... Gymnastics | Gymnastics | Jewelry-Sports | GC Gems

 

[coachmolly]

I agree with items that are useful or have some sentimental value. Better to have 1 or 2 high quality items that the kids will love than a bag full of junk. I remember when I was competing I got a notepad from a local community college at a meet, what kid wants that?
Hair scrunchies, flowers, or ribbons are fun and somewhat easy. I think you get free scrunchies if you are doing GK leo sales at the meet. If you want to get more creative, lots of crafty parents are good at making flowers/ribbons- you might be able to get a group together and make a fun activity out of it. There are also lots of people on Etsy or just little local businesses that make those sorts of things and I'm sure they would give you a deal, I guess it would depend on where you are located and how big that kind of thing is. When I lived in Utah everyone and their dog made hair accessories! If you go on Etsy you can do a search for local vendors, you might be able to find someone that makes that type of thing in your community- Etsy - Local
Grip bags/tote bags (either purchased or made by team parents), tape/pre-wrap, t-shirts, scorebooks, journals, soffee type shorts with meet name, water bottles, pens/pencils are all good. I once got a bear with a t-shirt with the gym name on it that I liked, maybe you could even get the meet name on it. Or items that tie into the meet theme. I went to a Chinese New Years themed meet once and we got a bear with Chinese characters on it, a bracelet with Chinese characters, etc. Places like Oriental Trading are good for those more general products.
Talk with team parents and see if any of them work for or have connections to a business that could help (t-shirt company, screen printing or graphic design company, candy/food production) or have skills they would be willing to put to use. Good luck and have fun with it!

 

[jasminekayla]

We gave out gymnast bobble heads this year for our home meet. They were 5.95 with free engraving.

 

[JPalmer]

I am looking for one that has little sayings like a dime for a 10 a moonpie to shoot for the stars etc. I can't find it anywhere

 

[iJaide!!]

We gave out gymnast bobble heads this year for our home meet. They were 5.95 with free engraving.

Now that is something I would have LOVED to get!

 

[GymBee97]

Ok so what did you end up putting together for the goodie bag?