Children's Party Inviting Etiquette
Kid's celebration inviting etiquette makes putting together a kid's party more fun for everyone. The days of calling a few of your kid's friend's parents and throwing together a quickie celebration are gone. Which means the days of just guessing who may show up and guessing what kind of gift they will bring are thankfully gone also? Invites for a kid's party should be sent out about a month in advance. This gives the parents a chance to mark the date and plan for it which enough party supplies. The number of kids that should be invited is open to discussion. On one hand, unless you thrive on a house full of kids and the chaos that can ensue you may not want to invite too many children. On the other hand you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by leaving them out. If the child is younger than school age, chances are the party guests will be relatives; siblings and cousins. In this case the number of your family members who live close enough to come will dictate the number of guests. But the good thing is that you can ask the grownup family members who bring the kids to help out with the event without feeling awkward.
Once the kid begins school it may be a good idea to arrange with their teacher to bring snacks or small party favors like glow necklaces or pensonalized pencil to the school for a lunch time class party. Then invite a few of your kid's closest friends to a birthday party held on a weekend afternoon. The rule for the number of guests is normally the kid's age plus one or two. (Just becareful about leaving out and hurting feelings.) This gives you a reasonable number of kids to entertain.
Fortunately kid's party inviting etiquette also covers the rest of the party too. Age appropriate invitations for example, help to set the tone for the party itself. It is always a good idea to give the parents of the guest kids as much information on the invite as possible. Giving the age of the birthday kid and any theme that you are planning for the party helps the guest child's parents pick out a gift. If the invites have a picture of Spiderman and say that the kid is turning nine that gives the guest kid's parents a starting point for presents. Always be very clear about the type of celebration that is planned. Is it a black tie event, or a slumber party, or a pool party? If you want guest parents to bring some food, add that to the invite. If you prefer that the guests not bring a present, then be sure to add that on the invitation as well. Definitely put a RSVP date on the invitation. It could be possible that some may not have received the invitation so do call those who have not RSVP'd by the "call by" date listed. It can happen that unexpected guests come so be sure to have extras of everything.
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