Birthday party

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I'm not sure where exactly to post this.

My son's birthday is in early December. And he's told me he would love to have a party and have his friends from school come. He'll be turning 6.

I've never planned a birthday party for him, and we've always just done a small house party with family. I don't know anyone in the area, and his only friends are his school friends.

My plan was to book the local soft play, however, I keep thinking what if no one turns up. It would honestly devastate both of us and it's the only thing putting me off.

Has anyone been through this?

Why wouldn't they turn up OP? Kids love a party. Has he said what kind of party he wants?

With an early Dec birthday I think get the invitations out with 4ish weeks notice to go and ask for rsvos by a set date, and then set up a little WhatsApp group called Johnny's birthday so you can issue a light hearted reminder the week before eg 'we' re so looking forward to next weekend, just a reminder to bring socks and just give your name to reception on arrival ' or something like that

@Findahouse21 thank you! I was goi to ask how far in advance I should send out an invite. However I've run into an issue. I wanted to invite everyone in his class so I asked his teacher if it was possible to receive a list of the children's names however she said no it was against rules.

So I'm not sure how to ask everyone in his class. I never see all the parents at the school gate and most of them are from the other class.

People will definitely come!

I hope your son has a lovely party 🥳

@DominicRaabsTravelAgent tbh there's not actually reason other then just a fear. He seems to get along with everyone in class

Will the teacher pop and invite in each book bag for you? They are usually fine to do this as long as whole class is invited. Put your number on and an RSVP date. Don't get upset if people don't respond- parents are bad for that! People will come!

I had a few parties for DS in primary school and everytime I felt nervous of being let down. But most would turn up. We were able to get a class list. I would ask reception if you could have a list of first names as there is no gdpr with that. If not ask how many are in the class and just send invites without names.

Do you have a class WhatsApp group?

Have you had a class photo through yet? Just wondering if you can use it to prompt your son's memory about who is in his class

Why would people not turn up? Every kid will want to go but a few won’t be able to advance and there will a couple I’ll and unable to.

If you have a class WhatsApp then put up a post of the details of the party and people will reply. A couple of days before you need to give final numbers ask if anyone else wants to come or is now unable to.

@DirtyDancing I think I'm going to ask her if she can do this, hopefully she does x

@OnlyFoolsnMothers no group yet
@Findahouse21 and no photo yet.

Although a WhatsApp group does seem like a good idea there parents never talk to each other at all. It's odd