Should I put bouncy castle and didi cars on the party invite?

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Or will that sound boastful/ make me sound like a knob when people are struggling financially?

I've hired a bouncy castle and didi car track for the party, do I put that on the invite? Will it encourage people to come?

It's my only DCs first proper birthday party. They will be 5, have had lots of health problems and are very anxious so have never been ready for a proper party before.

I am autistic and really struggle with social conventions around things like this. Please help experienced mums!

I wouldn't mention the didi cars as they can be a nice extra surprise but I would maybe put 'Come to X's Bouncy Castle Party' on the invite so parents know what sort of party it is, how to dress their children and whether they will stay to supervise them.

No, people won't care. If it's at a hall (which I would assume, unless your house is massive!), people will assume it's likely to be a bouncy castle, etc. for a 5 year olds birthday. People will come if they are free and their dc is friends with yours. They won't care what you've put on. It all sounds pretty standard for a birthday party.

Bouncy castles/cars/hired soft play/entertainers are all very standard for birthday parties. There's no need to put anything like that on invites.

Every party DS went to in Reception & P1 was a bouncy castle party. It's pretty standard these days and an easy way to entertain kids for an hour without much effort! I would mention the bouncy castles so parents can dress in comfortable clothes and decent socks!

Yes just mention the bouncy castle.

If it's in your home or a community hall I'd assume a bouncy castle tbh, but no one will think it boastful if you mention it. It can also be helpful in preparing some DC so they know what kind of party they're going to.

My kids loved a bouncy castle so they would have been happy to hear there was going to be one. It just makes looking forward to the party that bit nicer.

If your DC is very anxious and you have autism yourself (so DC is likely to also be autistic) I'd be very mindful of how many children I invited.

I did the whole class party thing because that's what you do and looking back there was definitely a bit of keeping up with the Jones' as I wanted to prove to myself that I could give DD what others had even though I was a single parent. When DD was older and diagnosed with autism she commented on how much she didn't like having that many people there,or balloons or going to parties with loud music, although she seemed to enjoy it at the time.

Well assuming you are not expecting people to pay to come to the party, its fine. Doesn't matter what parents think. It's for the kids and they Will love it

I would put both. My DS in reception has been invited to tons of parties recently - they all say ‘bouncy castle / magician / entertainer / diddy cars / pool party.

It wouldn’t occur to me that it was boastful.

I see no reason why not? It's good to know what clothes are required!

I mentioned it on my dc's invite so the dcs could dress appropriately. We had one for my dc's 5th party and only 2 others that year had bouncy castles, so it's not that common - people tend to use entertainers around here.