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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every year we write no gifts and we still get gift cards. I don't know how to make it clear that he really wants nothing.[/quote] We ask kids to bring a wrapped book in lieu of a gift. Then we do a book swap at the end of the party. Each kid picks a book and that is their goody bag. It works pretty well because people don’t feel that they are coming empty handed. It also saves me the trouble of coming up with goody bags. I just buy a couple of extra books in case a kid forgets to bring one. [/quote] How old are your kids? We did this up until a disastrous 2nd grade party when the offerings ranged from picture books to Reina Telgemeier graphic novels and there were lots of bad feelings. It probably would have worked again by 4th or 5th grade, but by then, the parties had gotten small enough for us to be ok with gifts. [/quote]
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