Planning 3rd birthday party - faux pas to avoid?
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Anonymous
| Echoing that that’s a really long party for this age; 2 hours is good. Most people do evite invitations (great bc they send out an auto reminder 2 days before the event!). You should mention the food situation on there. Also nice to mention if siblings are invited (but it’s okay if they’re not) |
Anonymous
| Have enough food. |
Anonymous
+1 trust me your close friends will stay later, you don't have to specify that. Do an elite. No mention of gifts. Have gluten free options. |
Anonymous
Meant evite! |
Anonymous
| I would just put a start time on with no specific end time and do cake at 5:00. Then people who want to go can go and people who want to stay can hang out longer. |
Anonymous
| No mention of gifts? What if you don’t want gifts to be brought? I *hate* gifts. My kids have enough. |
Anonymous
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Skip the magnets
That party is too long. Two hours. Say if siblings are welcome, and what kind of food you'll be serving. Snacks and cake is fine for mid-afternoon, but let people know. |
Anonymous
DCUMish types think it’s tacky to mention gifts at all. Like if you say “no gifts please” it’s rude bc it assumes ppl were gonna give you something. |
Anonymous
The absolute default when going to a birthday party where gifts aren’t mentioned is to bring a gift. Were people raised on mars? |
Anonymous
| All the invitations we receive from our daycare class have said no gifts please. We use the classroom group chat to send invites if we are asking the whole class. One parent invited only a few kids to a party place and they asked the teacher to discreetly convey the invites. Two hours is the maximum. |
Anonymous
| Yes, don’t have a party that late for 3 year olds. |
Anonymous
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7pm is way way too late for a preschool party.
You should announce the party for the daycare friends as 3–5pm. This gives the parents an idea of when to expect singing/cake (usually between 4 and 4:30pm) so they can make sure they’re not running late. Your family and friends can plan to stay later, but it’s generally inconsiderate to have such a long time frame for a young kid’s birthday party. |
Anonymous
| The timing is okay if the cake and food will be served around 5. Be sure to put that in the invitation. Then the daycare kids can stay as long as they want and people will usually start leaving around 5.30-6. Your other friends and family members can leave later. |
Anonymous
| Too late. 3:30-5:30 is better. |
Anonymous
That’s silly - it’s worth sticking your neck out to save $ and be less wasteful! “No gifts necessary” is just fine |