The Party bag is almost as important as the gifts themselves. We love these enamel pots from lovethelittlethings.co.uk, fabric bags from charliemoos.co.uk and party cones from partypieces.co.uk

Pippa Middleton, editor of thepartytimes.co.uk (partypieces.co.uk's online magazine), suggests using party cones as party bags. She likes adding height with thins like wands and windmills, and then hanging them between trees for a summer party.

Some of Pippa's favourite party bag fillers include:

Glittery pen & pencils (75p each)
Mini fairy wand (£1.10 each for pkt 4) Ice cream bubbles (£3.20 for pkt 4)
Party windmill (£3.99 pkt 16) Candy Watch (£1.99 pkt 12)
Skull & Cross bone colour pencils (£1.99 each)
British party windmill (£4.99 for pkt 16)
Magnetic fishing game (45p each) Chupa Chup lollies (£1.99 pkt 8)
Chocolate plane (£1.79 pkt 5) Balloon whistle (49p each)

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