Next month marks the 2nd birthday for my boy/girl twins, then 6 days later is my oldest son's 8th birthday. We are thinking of doing a joint party for all 3 kids at Pump It Up since it's something that kids of all ages enjoy and we don't have the space to do parties at home. I'm wondering how to word the invitations. I don't want the friends of my 8 year old to feel like they need to bring gifts for the twins and likewise, the friends the twins shouldn't bring a gift for the 8 year old. How do you word something like this on a small invite while still being polite and fun? Any ideas? Or any other suggestions for a venue that works for kids of all different ages? Thanks : )
I agree. Send seperate invites. For the guests for the 2y, just put that its their birthday. For the guests for the 8y, just put his name.
M.
I would send the invites to their friends w/o mentioning the sibling/siblings birthdays. That way, guests will come w/only a gift and/or expectation of celebrating with your respective child/children.
2 & 8 are far enough apart where the 8 yo's will probably play w/their own age group anyway, and the 2 yo's (or friends around the same age) will most likely stay close to their mommies/daddies. No one will get in anyone's way.
During cake time, I would just make an announcement that you are celebrating everyone's bday. I know a family of triplets where each child is sung Happy Birthday and gets to blow out his own candles on his own cupcake.
gl and hf!
I think that you should send separate invitations, like for two different parties.
I would just put on the invites for the 8 year old that it's a party for him/her. The same for the twins, and then for family, address is for all 3.
Just put your son's names on the people receiving an invitation from him, and the same for the twins. No need for anyone to know it's a joint party til they get there!
I would just say, "Alex's birthday" to Alex's friends, "Lucy's birthday" to Lucy's friends... that would avoid the confusion for kids thinking they need to get all siblings a gift. Really though, even if all your kids names were on there I think most parents would only get the gift for the child their child is friends with.
My sis always combined her son & daughter....so each kid picked their own theme for the paper products/invites/cake! Makes it so much easier!
Haven't read the other responses. I would just have each child invite a certain number of people. Kid A gives out invitations to his party, Kid B gives out invites to his party, and Kid C gives out invites to her party. Have 3 smaller cakes. You just have 3 separate parties that are in the same place at the same time. There won't be any pressure if there is only one name on the invitation.
I would put no gifts at all.
I would give different invitations to the different kids. The kids invited to the twins birthday party don't need to know about the older boy and vice versa. They are invited to their friends party.
The best way to do it is have two sets of invitations - one for your son and one for the twins. For those going to your older son's friends, just say "it's Jake's birthday. Come celebrate with us at Pump It Up." Likewise, for the twins friends, you can say "Mike & Beth are turning 2. Come celebrate with us at Pump It Up."
I have been to a couple of parties for multiple kids and the invitations always listed only the child that my son is friends with and not the other kid.
