Loot bags or 'party bags' as I prefer to call them come in all kinds of styles. When my children were younger you just seemed to get a few types but now there's a party bag for all occasions!

My granddaughter adores anything girlie and so Barbie is one of her favourites! We bought Barbie party bags from Amazon for her birthday party. Although the children loved them, I have to say they were quite poor quality and did disappoint me.

The bags are bright, with a picture of Barbie on the front and lots of pink, hearts and little girlie things on so any little girl would love them. There is a little handle at the top just right for little hands to hold.

The bag doesn't hold very much so it's fine for putting in a few token items but I found it began to strain a little with just a piece of cake in it! They are not very strong nor are they very thick so it can easily be torn.

What realy disappointed me was that when my granddaughter had held hers for a few minutes the colour of the bag began to rub off on her hands. The warmth from her hands made the colour come away and her hands ended up bright pink and the bag was all white! This is really poor and not what you would expect at all.

I don't like the way these bags lack quality. I know they tend to be used for a short time and then thrown away but even so I would like to have a party bag that is decent and not disappointing like this.

In future I'd like to buy party bags that I can see first so I can check their quality. Although little girls wil llike these I wasn't very happy.