Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you having a birthday party during a pandemic?

This!

Seriously.

This! Didn’t even occur to me to have a party for my 3 year old beyond us and grandparents outside this year. As far as I know no one from his preschool is doing that either, thank goodness. It was so lovely to just have a low key family day/party. And just because they are in school together actually doesn’t mean we should all be getting together on the weekends. Spread from adult to adult is higher than these preschool kids to each other. So getting a large group of the parents together actually isn’t great. Just call it a gift you don’t have to wrangle preschoolers and do something small

Cupcakes for the class, small private party for family or family friends

If you do not invite the whole class make sure you tell your kid not to talk about the party at school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you having a birthday party during a pandemic?

This!

Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it necessary to have a party when they are all together all day anyway? Just send cupcakes and hats and goody bags in to school and call it a day. a 3 or 4 year old will not care. Special feels special regardless of when it occurs.

Strange reply.

Actually think it's smart, if this is the entire friend group anyway.

Ditto. We decided a party wasn't necessary for my 3 turning 4 year old since she was going to be celebrating with her preschool class. She had a blast and felt very special. Didn't ask "what else". And I dodged a bullet bc it rained her bday weekend and I the absence of an indoor birthday option I would have had to cancel entirely, which would have been really sad for her!

This is the best reply. Bring some treats and goody bags to the class and celebrate with family at home. Save yourself the stress and hurt feelings from people who aren’t invited.

If you can’t invite everyone, then don’t invite anyone and just stick to family or friends outside of school.

Anonymous wrote:Historically i did whole class.

Pandemic - just a handful of friends masked & outdoors

+1 no one expects the whole class to be invited right now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it necessary to have a party when they are all together all day anyway? Just send cupcakes and hats and goody bags in to school and call it a day. a 3 or 4 year old will not care. Special feels special regardless of when it occurs.

Strange reply.

Actually think it's smart, if this is the entire friend group anyway.

Ditto. We decided a party wasn't necessary for my 3 turning 4 year old since she was going to be celebrating with her preschool class. She had a blast and felt very special. Didn't ask "what else". And I dodged a bullet bc it rained her bday weekend and I the absence of an indoor birthday option I would have had to cancel entirely, which would have been really sad for her!

The rule of thumb I heard is either invite the whole class or invite less than half of it.

Well how big is the class? Is it 8 kids or 20?

If it’s smaller then go ahead and invite everyone, ask everyone to wear masks, and only bring enough cupcakes for the kids, not adults. Keep it short (1 hour).

I’d invite the whole class as long as you were keeping within gathering limits. Some might decline anyway.