Child's Gift Thank You Note Conundrum

If I happened to be the mama in this scenario, I'd 'fess up. I'd call the other mothers and say, "I did a stupid thing! I lost the present list! We want to send you a thank-you note because I'm teaching my children how important it is to do that. Would you tell me what gifts you gave them? Can you see how red my face is over the phone as I ask you?"

And then I'd help the children write a brief thank-you, mentioning the gift by name.

You're not the first mother to misplace a list, and you want to teach your kids to be honest and aboveboard.

Your post remind me of an old story that's only distantly related, but maybe it'll make you feel a little better. There was a woman who let Christmas planning get away from her until the last week. She rushed around to get what she needed, including a box of Christmas cards which she liked the design of but didn't bother to look at the sentiment. She hurried home, scrawled a signature on every card in three minutes flat, addressed the cards in record time, stamped them, mailed them... and then went back home and noticed there was one card left over. She opened it up and it read: "This Christmas card/is just to say/a gift you'll love/is on the way."

Thanks for coming to my party AND for the cool present, you're the best!

Trust me, no one will notice how you word it, but they will notice you took the time to thank them for their time and gift :-)

I would probably just send one that says something like "Thank you for helping me celebrate my birthday! I am so glad you were there!"

I can totally understand this.. Ugh! Sounds like something that would happen to us..

One of the things I did one year was take a photo of our daughter holding a sign that said, "Thank you for coming to my party!" And then had copies made and had her sign the back.. I then mailed them out. This is all that we sent out as thank yous, because she was just learning to write.

I got so many compliments on that silly thank you..

"Thanks for coming and for the gift. Better than any present was having you there to share my birthday!"
Keep looking for the list!
Don't call & ask people!

Mamazita, Laurie and Julie all said the best answers. DO NOT call anyone and ask. It's tacky!

BTW, because of the hassles of this, I have started making thank yous in advance, and having my kids write inside every single one, saying thanks for sharing my special day with me, and we attach these to the favors and hand this out at their party. For a few of their closer friends, I will send a text message with a photo of them with the gift, or email or call.

I would call each person, tell them what happened, and ask what gift they gave...apologizing for the mishap!