How should I word an invitation for my daughter and nephews joint birthday party?

Mom2Three

My sister and I are having a joint birthday party for my daughter and and her son. (Their bithdays are only 6 days apart.) She is only here for the summer while her husband is doing military training in S.C. We thought this would be the smart thing to do rather than to plan two separate parties only days apart. The only issue that I am having is this: I don't want her husband's family to feel obligated to buy a gift for my daughter and I don't want my husband's family to feel obligated to buy a gift for my nephew. How can I word this on the invite so that it doesn't sound tacky? I would just tell people when they RSVP, but hardly anyone does. What should I do?
I guess I should add the fact that, while my sister and I have a large family, our in-laws all know each other. Her in-laws know my kids very well and vice versa. I think if they know it is a joint party, they will WANT to bring a gift for both children, but I don't want them to feel obligated to. I just want them to come, eat good food, and enjoy themselves. Our kids have everything they need and will both have more than enough gifts to open.
I guess I should add the fact that, while my sister and I have a large family, our in-laws all know each other. Her in-laws know my kids very well and vice versa. I think if they know it is a joint party, they will WANT to bring a gift for both children, but I don't want them to feel obligated to. I just want them to come, eat good food, and enjoy themselves. Our kids have everything they need and will both have more than enough gifts to open.

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You do seperate invitations. People who are related to both get 1 invitation with both names. You can put a PS on the bottom that says she will be sharing this party with her cousin, but 2 gifts are not needed!

Co-hosted Birthday Party Invitation Wording?

cherrysoda

My son and 3 of his friends are having joint birthday party. The boys' birthdays are all only a few days apart. I am having trouble wording the invitations. The moms who are co-hosting the party with me all agree that we DO NOT want the guests to have to purchase a gift for each one of the boys (total of 4 gifts- yikes). Instead, we would like to the guests to bring only one gift. We'd like to suggest a gift card. That way we can evenly divide the gift cards among the birthday boys. We don't want to come of rude and or tacky. Any suggestions?!

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This is why people don't do joint b-day parties. I find it rude to also tell people what to buy and I don't think you can not come across as rude. Just send out the "joint" party invites and let the guests bring what they like. You might be able to write that gift cards only please or gift cards would be appreciated. But what are you going to do about the money on the cards? What if one card has 25$ and another has only $5 or 10$?

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