Bday party: Saturday or Sunday

[Anonymous]

The age old dilemma. Six year old birthday at gymnastics gym. One hour of play then half hour for cake and snacks.

Times available:

Saturdays 1:45pm or 3:30pm
Sundays 10:00am, 1:45, or 3:30pm

The dates I’m looking at don’t conflict with any holidays.

I feel like Saturdays work well because the time is after morning sports, but Saturdays also tend to be busy and Sundays might be easier. Community we’re in is slightly religious (equal church goers and synagogue goers).
Toss up. Now for time….. 1:45 is cool bc it’s after lunch and you can still get stuff done in the morning and afternoon. I feel like 330 on a Sunday would be bad as people prep for the coming week, but it might be OK on the Saturday?

Somehow, struggling to make that decision, and I’m here to crowd source. Appreciate input!

[Anonymous]

1:45 either day is good for my family but could be hard if there are younger nap-taking siblings.

[Anonymous]

My personal preference is either of trh saturday options. We like to keep Sundays for low key family time as much as we can. But like so many things I think this is one that you will find lots of different answers based on different family cultures. Families who prefer to be pretty chock full with activities and sports may like a Sunday.

For what it’s worth I did a time similar to your Saturday options for my son’s 6th birthday recently and most kids came. I think it helps that it is winter so families have less activities

[Anonymous]

My preference of those would be Sunday at 1:45 or 3. Fewer conflicts, and I'm always looking for things to do on Sundays.

[Anonymous]

Saturdays or Sundays after church, 1:45 or later

[Anonymous]

At that age I would do Sunday afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Sunday after church.

[Anonymous]

I prefer Sundays because our kids often have sports on Saturdays. And afternoon is better for churchgoers obviously.

[Anonymous]

145 or 330 on Sunday would work better.
Saturday sports times are all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The age old dilemma. Six year old birthday at gymnastics gym. One hour of play then half hour for cake and snacks.

Times available:

Saturdays 1:45pm or 3:30pm
Sundays 10:00am, 1:45, or 3:30pm

The dates I’m looking at don’t conflict with any holidays.

I feel like Saturdays work well because the time is after morning sports, but Saturdays also tend to be busy and Sundays might be easier. Community we’re in is slightly religious (equal church goers and synagogue goers).
Toss up. Now for time….. 1:45 is cool bc it’s after lunch and you can still get stuff done in the morning and afternoon. I feel like 330 on a Sunday would be bad as people prep for the coming week, but it might be OK on the Saturday?

Somehow, struggling to make that decision, and I’m here to crowd source. Appreciate input!

Saturday mornings are ideal imo.

[Anonymous]

I prefer Sunday afternoons for parties for elementary age. Our Saturday sports are not always in the morning. And anecdotally, the Sunday afternoon parties my kids have been to tend to have fewer “no” RSVPs than the Saturday ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer Sunday afternoons for parties for elementary age. Our Saturday sports are not always in the morning. And anecdotally, the Sunday afternoon parties my kids have been to tend to have fewer “no” RSVPs than the Saturday ones.

+1. Sunday afternoons are the way to go in our group. Fewer sports/other activities conflicts on Sundays than Saturdays and afternoons are always preferable to mornings for elementary age kid parties IMO. Toddler and Preschool age kids morning parties are good but our early elem kids will happily stay in pjs, chilling at home til 10:30-11 on weekends if we have no other plans and I love lazy mornings like that.

[Anonymous]

Church people…..

[Anonymous]

Sunday 330. Not in the middle of the weekend and early enough to allow for all the usual Sunday night prep.

[Anonymous]

Sunday mid day or early afternoon, but not so late that it’s going into dinner time. Yes, some sports are on Sundays but more are on Saturdays. And in some cases kids will skip sports or leave early to be able to attend the party.