Joint birthday party

[Kay3011]

My son will be 3 in August and him and his best friend have birthdays 1 day apart so we are doing a joint party this year.
They go to different childminder/ nursery so each friend group will not know the other. Of course gifts are optional anyway but Would you put on the invite something to say that people shouldn't feel obliged to bing a gift for both or assume that people would only buy for the child they know?

I am doing a joint one for my children. So I’ve made two invites. One says “Jack’s party” and then in small print at the bottom “this is a joint party with John” and then vice versa. Most people were given one invite some lucky people got 2. As opposed to “Jack and Johns Party”

I wouldn’t put that they shouldn’t feel obliged to bring a gift for both… because by implication you’re saying that they should feel obliged to bring a gift for your son.

We have lots of joint birthdays in DD’s class and the etiquette there is to say no presents at all. Lots of people still do bring presents for one or both kids, but it stops you being so grabby.

What LegoAirlines said. I wouldn't put it in the invitations either, and no gifts at all for joint birthdays sounds very reasonable, that was the rule for the joint birthday parties I attended with my DD as well. Handmade gift cards are welcome, but that's it. Even the smartshow 3d birthday videos have always been for all the birthday kids at once.