PFB party invite - is this ok?

[ManonCrochan]

First time doing a whole class party in our local church hall.

Do I need to include anything else in the party invite? We've not been to any yet so can't look at what everyone else is doing!

How lovely, looks good to me!

I would be careful with saying siblings welcome as if from your class of 30, loads turn up with a sibling(s), you could easily have 50 children. Would you have enough food, cake and party bags for all?

Looks good to me too.

Have you noticed you've still got an "enter text" party behind the cloud?

*partly

Looks awesome!! Have you got some other adult helpers lined up?? Big class parties like this are a lot of work so I always involved aunties / grandparents / friends of mine who didn't have their own kids to supervise.

Parents and siblings welcome makes it sound like its for the whole family. I think everyone will know a parent could stay with three year olds. I'd just put 'Please let us know if you need to bring siblings' at the bottom.

That's nice, can I come?!

I would be wary of offering siblings to come, I'd probably wait until someone approaches and asks if it's ok. You could end up with a lot of children, and not all parents will be the type to take their own food/explain no party bag

You could end up feeding a huge number if you are providing food for siblings. I’d had a note that the food provided is for guests only but obviously you are welcome to buy the same food for other members of your family.

Are siblings joining in with the activities?

A whole class party, so about 30 children. I really don't think you need siblings as well, you could easily double your numbers.

I also think siblings change the dynamic. Younger ones may limit the activities and games you can play, and older ones tend to dominate the party games.

Cute! Just in case you don't notice, you've got 'brining siblings', which is a whole other situation (from a design perspective I would also cut down on fonts and just use one for the details as it makes it easier to read)

I've not seen the food mentioned on an invite before and just as a heads up you may end up with a lot of replies saying things like 'my child doesn't really like pizza' etc rather than food intolerances which will be a stress for you
In my experience kids are too over excited at parties at this age to eat much and food takes about five minutes and loads gets wasted so I'd be tempted not to mention what the food is but maybe have a few bowls of crisps etc for any kids who won't eat it
I agree with others that having an open door policy for siblings could mean you have older kids dominating games etc
You will no doubt get some who stay anyway but it could really change the dynamic of the party to have loads of other ages there

Another "no" to the siblings!!

I have never heard of siblings being invited. Seems particularly mad for a whole class party, for all the reasons already listed. You might also get people just dropping all their kids off for a couple of hours free childcare. Really don’t do it!

Also no need to mention the food will be pizza, or for people to mention any food intolerances. If their kid is allergic/has dietary requirements, they’ll let you know anyway. And it’s just inviting people to tell you their kid doesn’t like pizza, which you don’t want to know.

I wouldn't specifically include/invite siblings - you could end up with 60 plus kids plus a load of grown ups. There may be a few who have no alternative but maybe 6-7 extras won't be too crazy?

It's a bit OTT
You need name of birthday child
Venue, date, time
RSVP phone number

I have twins in separate classes and don’t expect both to be invited despite them being the same age and often in the same friendship circle. I wouldn’t invite siblings, it could escalate the cost to almost double.

I’m assuming you expect a parent to stay if most of the children are 4. But you don’t need to offer to invite siblings

Another vote for not inviting siblings too, you might end up with more than double the original number of invited kids.

Unless it's something that you need to pay per head, I've always said it's fine for siblings but haven't put it on the invite. Parents that need to bring them will text and ask. You don't need to give them party bags though and most do bring them their own sandwich.

I would remove the sibling bit personally.

Another vote for not inviting siblings. If someone needs to bring a sibling they will ask. And another vote for not giving everyone the option to complain about pizza, take it off.

You could end up with siblings that are 18 months and others that are 7 or 8, are you sure you want siblings? You could end up with 80 or more people!

I’ve done lots of these parties and siblings are never invited explicitly. You really could end up with a party where your child doesn’t know loads of the children and that seems unfair.
I also wouldn’t mention pizza.

As PP have said, I would also remove the part about siblings also welcome. A lot of parents won’t bring a packed lunch and party bags / cake will be expected. But if you’ve budgeted for all of that, then great.

We’ve had many siblings brought along to parties across the years, without any notice and it’s been tricky with just a couple of additional children.

Keep it simple!

Lordy, take the sibling bit out.

In both my Y2 and Y4 kids classes almost all the kids have siblings either in the school or baby / toddler / nursery age. It would be a nightmare.

Also at that age, parents should stay. Don't give them the option as there will always be a few who would take the piss.

Agree with having one font, some of it is quite hard to read.

Don't mention the food, don't offer to cater for intolerances / allergies. People with intolerances or allergies will know how to deal with (they'll either provide their own food or contact you to see what can be done to cater for them)

This is why I'd never have dreamed of having a party for a 4yo