Kids "party" in the park gift etiquette

[Crunchymum]

Few kids from DC1 class invited to a party, parents mentioned date in passing, all good. Invitations say its at a local park, all good. I rsvp'd (was asked to).

What is the gift situation? Usually for parties I do a £10 token (book / cinema) but quite frankly this doesn't feel like a proper party to me? It's literally a few boys being invited to the park opposite the kids house to run around for a few hours and a cake?

Do you think a fiver in a card will be alright?

For me it involved a lot more effort on my part than if I'd thrown £200+ at a venue to deal with the party. To me that's actually the easy way out!
It absolutely is. I don't think anybody would really regard a park party as " not really bothering to do it right".
The kids have a ball with all the space to run around.

We’ve don’t parties in the park - picnic blankets, food, cakes, game of rounders, football, it’s a nice afternoon, no rushing round - kids dip in and out of drinks and have a blast with their friends.

More people should do it rather than agonizing over venunes and stuff.

I'm so annoyed at this thread. Just buy the kid a £10 gift FFS. People go on and on about nothing these days.

Notmytiep · Yesterday 12:50
I'm so annoyed at this thread. Just buy the kid a £10 gift FFS. People go on and on about nothing these days“

hear, hear.