Audrey
To ask guests to pay for their childrens passes instead of presents? Its my sons first birthday and we want to have it at a local working farm set up for kids (pony rides, hayrides, petting zoo... etc.) Its going to cost over 200 bucks. :( i really have no where else fun and safe to have it as im in out of state since all of our family and freinds are here. and how would i go about asking for this on the invitations?
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I wouldn't mind but technically its not good etiquette. You could ask your closest friends and family if they would like to help pay for the party instead of giving a gift, but not every guest. You would need to ask them in person or over the phone, not on an invitation. Just say, whatever you planned to spend on a gift would you be just as happy to give me the money instead so I can put it towards the party. Also be prepared for people to say no and you have to pay the whole thing. Don't expect them to give you money just because you asked. They should be able to give the gift they want and feel good about it. As long as you are just giving them the option to give it as a gift, I think its fine. Be prepared for people to tell you, you simply shouldn't spend so much on the birthday party. You may want to wait until your child's second birthday party for the petting farm because he will be able to enjoy it so much more and it will be safer for him. Have you talked to the farm owners about cutting you a deal? There is usually a group discount for things like that.
I wouldn't mind but technically its not good etiquette. You could ask your closest friends and family if they would like to help pay for the party instead of giving a gift, but not every guest. You would need to ask them in person or over the phone, not on an invitation. Just say, whatever you planned to spend on a gift would you be just as happy to give me the money instead so I can put it towards the party. Also be prepared for people to say no and you have to pay the whole thing. Don't expect them to give you money just because you asked. They should be able to give the gift they want and feel good about it. As long as you are just giving them the option to give it as a gift, I think its fine. Be prepared for people to tell you, you simply shouldn't spend so much on the birthday party. You may want to wait until your child's second birthday party for the petting farm because he will be able to enjoy it so much more and it will be safer for him. Have you talked to the farm owners about cutting you a deal? There is usually a group discount for things like that.
Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party?
Erin
I'm having an Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party for my 14th birthday. I googled it and it didn't come up with much. I'm thinking for the invitations, I'll take a small bottle, roll up the invite, put it in the bottle and put "read me" on the bottle. if anyone has ideas about food games or decorations, that would be great. Thanks!
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you can have your drinks marked as ''drink me'' and you can bake snacks that say ''eat me'' you can dine like how the mad hatter does. switch places all the time.....and you can even have that race..what was it called again??? the cacus rae was it?? where everyone runs in different directions. this sounds crazy but you could also have a petting zoo, let loose if your having it in your back yard maybe. like chickens, rabbits, lambs, and piglets....all running around.
loads of ballons.....
for games you could try this one... play really loud music....place team A in one corner and team B in another corner .... team A has a list on nonsensical sentences.... and they should read the sentences out loud to team B, while the Bs try to write the sentences down.... each member should have a different list...and each member in B their own writing utensils. and example of a nonsensical sentence could be ''it rains when clouds are pink'' ''my father's brother's daughter is five foot three'' all this should be done while loud music is playing....
you can have your drinks marked as ''drink me'' and you can bake snacks that say ''eat me'' you can dine like how the mad hatter does. switch places all the time.....and you can even have that race..what was it called again??? the cacus rae was it?? where everyone runs in different directions. this sounds crazy but you could also have a petting zoo, let loose if your having it in your back yard maybe. like chickens, rabbits, lambs, and piglets....all running around.
loads of ballons.....
for games you could try this one... play really loud music....place team A in one corner and team B in another corner .... team A has a list on nonsensical sentences.... and they should read the sentences out loud to team B, while the Bs try to write the sentences down.... each member should have a different list...and each member in B their own writing utensils. and example of a nonsensical sentence could be ''it rains when clouds are pink'' ''my father's brother's daughter is five foot three'' all this should be done while loud music is playing....
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