A jumbo surprise cracker is built for the table, not for the goody bag by the door. This one runs fifteen inches wrapped around a ten inch paper tube, finished in pink plaid fabric-print tissue with curling ribbon and fringed ends, and it holds seventeen to twenty small surprises inside. Set one at each place and your favors and your table decorating become a single job, which is the quiet argument for party crackers over a bowl of loose plastic trinkets.
Everyone opens them at the same moment, the mess stays contained to one tube, and what comes out is small enough to actually make it home in a pocket. The pink plaid reads playful rather than holiday specific, so it suits a birthday in March as easily as a dessert table in December. As kids party favors go, this is one object that decorates the seat, entertains the guest, and sends them off happy. Ages four and up; small parts inside.
What are party favors?
Party favors are small gifts a host gives guests to take home from a celebration, traditionally handed out at the end or set at each place setting. A cracker-style favor is a paper-wrapped tube holding a mix of small surprises, so it functions as both a place setting decoration and the take-home gift.
