Party Bag For 68 Year Old

My mum Eileen, will be with us for her 68th birthday next year, a few days before my son William’s 6th birthday. Here in Australia it is mandatory you supply birthday party guests with a party bag upon leaving the festivities – well for children’s parties at least. These bags usually consist of colourful sugary sweets plus other things like, a plastic toy, funny pencil, balloon, bubble mixture etc. My parents and I mused about what you might supply in a 68 year old’s party bag. We came up with the following:

• Broken pair of reading glasses
• Incontinence pad (unused)
• Imperial mint (sucked)
• Lost set of keys
• Hearing aid battery
• Large print book
• Unposted Christmas card
• 15 year old TV Remote control fixed with sellotape but only 3 buttons work
• Tea bag (got to have a treat in there)
• 7-day plastic pill box
• An odd kitchen utensil that no one under 48 has any idea what it’s for
• Something crochet, or maybe just the pattern
• A small bag of random buttons
• An audio tape (home recorded)

What else do you think would be good?

Some more thoughts:

• A drawing from a grandchild (under 6)
• A 5¼” floppy disk – blank (for back-up purposes)
• Denture cream
• SAGA tours brochure

Add your suggestions in the comment box below…