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Parties/celebrations

Whether you're planning a birthday or a hen do, you'll find plenty of ideas for your celebration on our Party forum.

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Mums and kids only party

15 replies

sugi · 26/01/2011 11:19

hi! my son will be turning 6 next month and planning to do a party with about 13 kids in some restaurant.

I'm thinking to do as mum and kids only party. Not sure about the wording on the invitation, would be great if anyone could suggest drop in some ideas.

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TrillianAstra · 26/01/2011 11:22

Mums and kids only - so no dads? Is that the thing?

Er, why?

thebrownstuff · 26/01/2011 11:23

mums and one parent would be more sensible

TrillianAstra · 26/01/2011 11:23

I thought at 6 most parents would drop off the chlid and go.

What if they have other children?

thebrownstuff · 26/01/2011 11:24

dcs and one parent obviously

flippinggorgeous · 26/01/2011 11:41

I would just add a footnote saying parents are welcome to stay if they wish. Some will, some won't. If the mums are your friends, talk to them and say you would like them to stay.

maryz · 26/01/2011 11:43

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going · 26/01/2011 11:44

Most oarents dump and run when children go to 6th birthday parties.

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sugi · 01/02/2011 12:22

Hi everyone! many thanks for your suggestions and i spoke to some of the parents and they said their children won't be comfortable without them, so decided to make it as a MUM AND KIDS party.

Moreover checked it out at some restaurant, turned out more expensive than i thought, so decided to do AFTER SCHOOL PARTY at HOME.

Can u suggest the timing and wordings which says siblings are welcome too...

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rockinhippy · 03/02/2011 11:04

Well mine certainly wouldn't be coming at that age, if anyone insisted on Mums only & no Dads, I've often looked forward to parties as its when DH can step in & take DD & give me a break, I'd find any parent not willing to accept in this day & age, that not ALL Kids come from single parent, Mums only homes, more than a bit odd

so if you are worrying/wanting help with your invite wording, dropping the Mums only bit would be a good place to start

Guitargirl · 05/02/2011 20:49

Is there a reason why you are specifying Mums and not parents?

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sugi · 11/02/2011 10:27

thnx for your suggestions, the reason for doing it as mums only party, been to couple of parties,mums had really good time talking to each other and let the dad to relax for sometime .

anyways, we are doing a Ben 10 Themed bday party at home next friday and i hope it will turn out best as my son expected his party to be....

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GrimmaTheNome · 11/02/2011 10:31

If you know that 'mums' works for your particular group, well OK, but in general it'd be a bit odd to specify which parent should bring kid.

Teenybitsad · 18/02/2011 09:22

"Let the Dads relax"

Ooookkaaay!

coatgate · 18/02/2011 09:26

I think you should concentrate on giving your son a great party and let the adults take care of themselves. I agree, when the mums got together to chat at soft play parties it was an opportunity to get to know each other, but that was not the point of the exercise.

Clarnico · 18/02/2011 09:30

Um, I think a lot of dads could do with being a bit more involved in children's parties, meself.

And also what Teenybitsad said.

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