Alex is planning a birthday party and wants to prepare goodie bags for his 12 friends. Each goodie bag will contain 4 pieces of candy, 3 stickers, and 2 small toys. If each piece of candy costs $0.25, each sticker costs $0.50, and each small toy costs $1.00, what is the total cost for preparing all the goodie bags? Let's think step by step and output the final answer within \boxed{}.
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