Bucket O' Fun Gift Idea

This is a gift I love to give young ones, but it would be good for anybody any age. I often find these plastic popcorn boxes in Target's dollar bin, and I grab a few. Add in a package of microwave popcorn, a movie-size box of candy (available at dollar stores or Blockbuster), and you're almost ready to go.

Then, the icing on the (birthday) cake -- a $5 or $10 gift card to Blockbuster, a one-month subscription to Netflix.com, or a gift-card to a local theater.

Keep the ingredients for a few of these around, and you're ready when your kids get invited to birthday parties, boy or girl.

You can dress the package up a little more than I do -- I'm just not much of a fluffer*.

*someone who fluffs, decorates, or otherwise makes things look better than they really are