Party & Parlour Pink Striped Deluxe Surprise Bon Bon

Most party favors for kids are chosen in a hurry and forgotten by the car ride home. This one earns its place on the table first. Each deluxe bon bon is a hand-wrapped paper tube, seven inches from end to end with a four inch core, dressed in pink striped tissue, curling ribbon, and paper pom poms. Inside are nine to twelve small surprises, so opening it is an event rather than a handout.

Set one at every place and two jobs are done at once: the birthday party favors for kids are sorted, and the table is decorated. They work as girls party favors at a birthday, as a gentler alternative to party crackers at a holiday meal, and they carry the same small thrill people love about surprise balls. Each bon bon is sold on its own, so you can count exactly one per guest. There are small parts inside, so these are made for ages four and up.

What are fun birthday party favors? Favors that get used or eaten travel home better than plastic trinkets, which is why candy, stickers, temporary tattoos, small toys, and craft supplies are the perennial workhorses of the category. A favor that doubles as table decor, such as a wrapped cracker or tube set at each place, does two jobs at once and reduces how much separate decorating the host has to do.