I am a single mom, i have a three year old and this year we did his party at chuck e cheese. The kids wanted to play and were uninterested in opening gifts so we brought them home to open. I verbally thanked everyone at the party but i want to send thank yous. But upon arriving home to open gifts i discovered not every one put in a card or signed their name somewhere on the gift. Is it okay to just say thank you for coming to the party we appreciate your gift?
Personalize the ones you can & do the other for the ones you can't. most will be happy to even get a card. =)
Yes.
You can also make it more personal by saying something like:
thank you for helping us celebrate Johnny's 3rd Birthday! Johnny always loves your son's/daughter's company and it really made it special by having you there. We all had so much fun, and your child's thoughtful gift was very appreciated. It is so wonderful to have fun together for this special time.
That way, it does not sound like a "generic" impersonal "thank you" type thing. It sounds like you put more thought into it.
That is the way I write my/my kid's thank you cards... when missing in action cards/gift tags are missing.
Or you just say, that "you" "lost" their child's gift tag... and you want to be sure you know which gift they gave... because you don't want to be rude. Just honesty. I have done that too. The Mom/parent always understands.
all the best,
Susan
Make the ones you are aware of personal and all others who attended the party a general thank you.
Absolutely! Good for you for you for sending them! Most people these days don't. :)
I think it is ok to say. Most of the people who attended had kids? They will understand.
Hi D. - I have same issue right now where a couple of people didnt put in cards or a note or they were lost somehow. Cant do much else but say thankyou for coming and for remembering his birthday with a gift.
I would just thank my guest for coming and that should be enough said
My suggestion is to write a thank you note to everyone, naturally mentioning the specific gift if you know it. For the other thanks I would say something like, "Thank you, for your special way in making _____'s B-day a special one." Keep it simple.
In this case, that's the ONLY option you have. Usually sitting and opening the gifts at a party is not a favorite time but one that is necessary. It can take place at the same time as cake pretty quickly That is something you should do from now on so your son can say thank you to his friends personally and you can also make sure this problem of an unknown gift doesn't exist.
Good for you for wanting to send thank yous! so few people do anymore.
i agree with cdm2kk.
It would be really cute if you could get your son to "sign" his name (even with a scrawl). But don't sweat it.......
Hugs to you!
K. Z.
It's not only okay to snd a note saying "Thanks for coming to the party, and for your generous gift" even if you con't know who gave which gift, it's the right thing to do.
