Would you put snap pops and sparklers in birthday party goodie bags for kids?

By Rayelle on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 10:28 pm:

It would depend on how old the kids were and I would let the parents know.

By Trina~moderator on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 10:32 pm:

Kids less than 10.

I wouldn't simply because of the obvious dangers. Fireworks are something that need to be used under strict adult supervision. What if a kid lights them up without the parent's knowledge and gets hurt or starts a fire, etc.? That's not a chance I'm willing to take.

By Debbie on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 10:41 pm:

No, I wouldn't, for the same reason you mention, big potential safety hazard.

By Luvn29 on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 11:34 pm:

snap pops, maybe...sparklers...definitely not. If I wanted the kids to have them, I would tell the parents I had them, and if they didn't care for their children to have them, they could take some home.

By Dawnk777 on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 02:04 am:

Snap pops. Those must be the thing, that we played with, out on the driveway, that we'd hit them with a rock, until they popped? I love playing with those.

Maybe those would be okay. Ditto on the danger of sparklers. Maybe handing them TO the parents, so the parents control them would be okay.

My parents let us play with sparklers, but of course, only when they were around.

By Karen~admin on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 08:46 am:

I figure if the kids are young enough for b'day party goody bags, they are too young for snap pops & sparklers. Period.

By Jackie on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 08:55 am:

I would not put those in a kids goodie bags

By Annie2 on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:41 am:

Touche, Karen!
Trina, "knowing" you for years, I wouldn't think that you were asking this question for yourself. Did B or T come home home with these in a goodie bag?

By Bea on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:52 am:

Simple answer from me....NO!!

By Colette on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:53 am:

I would would not put those things in a goody bag.

By Trina~moderator on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 11:33 am:

Thank you, girls! I knew you'd come through for me.

A mom on a different message board posted about putting snap pops and sparklers in goodie bags for her child's birthday party, which will be near July 4th. I politely and tactfully pointed out the dangers and how other parents may not approve. She blasted me claiming sparklers are great for kids. I apologized for offending her, but again stated how not all parents will agree.

By Rayelle on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 11:41 am:

Wow, there is a difference between saying some parents don't mind their children playing with sparklers and actually taking the stance they are great for kids. My kids play with the snappers, sparklers make me nervous but we used them when I was a kid.

By Melanie on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 12:49 pm:

I don't mind snappers but I hate sparklers. They are dangerous and absolutely should not be included in a goody bag.

By Breann on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 03:49 pm:

Sparklers are dangerous even when not lit. I would be upset if my under 10 year old child came home with sparklers. Imagine if they lit them on their own....would the parent that gave them out be responsible?
They are also dangerous just because of how sharp and pointed they are.

By Bellajoe on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 04:31 pm:

are snap pops those white things you throw on the sidewalk and they pop? I don't think those would be a bad thing, but definitely wouldn't even consider putting sparklers in!

My kids have probably never touched sparklers. And wouldn't want too. We go with glowy sticks, and necklaces!

By Dramamamma on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 09:24 pm:

Absolutely not! Those are items that parents buy for their kids if they want to have them. I'd be TICKED if Brendan got some in a goodie bag.

By Bobbie~moderatr on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 10:15 am:

"are snap pops those white things you throw on the sidewalk and they pop?"

Yes that would be correct..

By Bellajoe on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 03:10 pm:

thanks. I saw some at the grocery store today and got them for my kids.

By Bobbie~moderatr on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:00 pm:

I buy them for my kids too.

By Debbie on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:22 pm:

I buy snap pops for my boys, but I would not put them in a goody bag. I wouldn't want a child to have them, and risk the chance they would play with them without their parents knowing. And, I personally, hate sparklers. My poor deprived kids have never had them. I just think they are dangerous, even when supervised.

By Ginny~moderator on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:52 pm:

Sparklers are indeed dangerous, and a burn from a sparkler can leave a serious scar. My personal feeling is that while I myself played with poppers and sparklers, and supervised my kids playing with each, I would not have wanted someone else to give them to my children and run the risk that one of my children played with them unsupervised.

My feeling about goody bags is, first, I don't really like the idea at all, and second, they should contain some harmless gaudy cheap toys and nothing else. Certainly not edible goodies, given allergies and how some parents feel about candy and sugar in general, and definitely not any level of fireworks.