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For my DD's 6th birthday, we are planning a smaller party at our home. We plan to invite 10 or fewer kids. I'm wondering if I should include some wording to this effect on the invitation. Would the parents of the 8-10 kids that we invite make the party more of a priority if they know that the whole daycare or kindergarten class is not invited. If so, any suggestions on how to word this?
I got an invite to a kids party once where the mom wrote at the bottom something like "only John, Billy, and Richard are invited from the class" so that I wouldn't talk about it in front of the others. It was good to know, no matter how you communicate it.
I usually do an Evite - online which shows who else is invited. I have also used language to the effect that unfortunately becuase of space constraints we were unable to invite the entire class. That usually alerts the parents as to the situation.
I find things like that always go more smoothly if they are in rhyme. Don't know your theme but maybe something like:
Although our princess may think her home is her castle,
it is not the size of a castle,
She will only have 9 of her friends,
we hope you can attend.
Have fun! We will probably be doing the same thing this year.
I did this and was told by the kindergarten teacher that it was rude of me not to invite the whole class . Since some of the kids were talking about the party at school and how much fun it was and that made some of the other kids feel bad and she did not appreciate it . From that day on she did not like me at all and singled my kid out because of her anger towards me . I would say tell the kids that you do invite not to talk about it while at school and the wording should say something to that effect .
I don't think it would matter to most parents if they knew there were only a limited amount invited, because if they can't make it then they can't make it.
So, my interpretation would be that it's to let the parents know that not everyone is coming and to keep it quiet instead of hoping it would pressure them to come since there are less invited.
Our school does not allow birthday invitations to be handed out at school for exactly this reason. If the kids that don't get invited don't know they aren't invited there is less cause for hurt feelings.
I suppose you could always word the RSVP to state to please let you know if they are coming so that if they are not you can issue an invite to another child, since spots are limited.....but that can be regarded as somewhat rude as well.
Call each parent ahead and explain. Its only a few so its not so burdensome. Kids parties are just wrought with angst over things that shouldnt cause stress. I know - boy do I know.
I think I would tell the teacher that, if she wants to foot the bill for the whole class to go, then they are all invited.
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes you just don't have enough space or money, etc.
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