I was out of my mind when I happened upon the back-to-school section in the back of my local Target store. Why, you ask? Because a 24-pack box of Crayola crayons was only $.22. Yes, twenty-two CENTS! Needless to say, I piled the cart with 35 boxes of these colorful sticks of wonder into my red cart, and announced to fellow shoppers in disbelief that the crayons were only twenty-two CENTS! What a deal!

My original idea was to buy each child a box of crayons at a local $.99 store. But, this was way better!

I asked the cashier how long the sale would go on until. She told me until the beginning of September. If the store were to run out before that date, then I would get a rain check. Nice!

The other bargain I was going gaga over was in their dollar section where everything was only a dollar! I found a pack of 4 4oz bottles of blowing bubbles for only a dollar, making each bottle only $.25 each. The cheapest I had found was $.50 each at the local Party City and Michaels. I stocked up on these for my second son’s birthday party. This section also had stickers, stamp pads, socks, bibs, toys, notepads, etc, that would have been great party bag stuffers–but, none went with the King of the Jungle Safari theme I was going for. May work for you, though.

Ah, gotta love target.

TIP: If you’re ever in need of some cheap, functional party favors, look in the most unexpected places. In this case, the back-to-school section of Target. Recall that the safari backpacks were also found at Target–in the clearance toy section.