How about having an entertainer come to your friend's home and do the work for you? We used Beading Buds. They came to our home, made jewelry with the kids in the basement (kids sat on the floor in a circle) and the parents hung out upstairs, kids loved it, each went home we a great necklace, I didn't have to do loot bags and they kids had so much fun!!! I'm still getting calls from moms asking for contact info for this company. website is beadingbuds(dot)com Good luck!