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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes you'll need to either tell people no siblings or order more favors.  Once a kid is there it takes a special kind of person to take a cookie out of their hands and say "you weren't invited, were you, Larlo's brother?"[/quote]

I made a favor basket.  I was wondering more along the lines of a parent saying “no that’s Larlo’s” and taking one large gourmet cookie. I wouldn’t personally be policing it.  [/quote]
How is the parent supposed to know they should decline?  This is not a good strategy. You will end up with the last kids in the line (whether originally invited or not) without a favor, and it wouldn't be anyone's fault but yours.  Since you said yes to the guest, give them a favor.  Unless your secret revenge against these parents is to make their children cry and fight on the way home because one got the cookie and the other didn't (which, by the way, is not the fault of the kid who wasn't invited)?[/quote]

They respond with two kids on the evite- I thought it would be fine and even ordered extras, but then everyone did it! [/quote]

Next time specify on the invite that you cannot accommodate siblings at the party.  This is not uncommon and understandable.  Families who do not have alternate arrangements for the sibling can decline.  [/quote]

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