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Etiquette for inviting kids from daycare to bday party

auburnbride2beauburnbride2be member
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I wasn't going to start inviting kids from daycare until DD turned 3, but looking at our invite list, there are just 2 kids (her cousins). I really think she'd have fun if I invited a couple kids from her daycare class.

 Basically, is it tacky to invite only a couple kids. Here's why -

1. I want to keep the party fairly small

2. The classes have been combined so much that the 1, 2 and 3 year olds spend a lot of time together and I really can't invite everyone.

3. The 2-3 kids I'm thinking of inviting are the kids she's been with from the beginning and the kids who's parents I have spoken to on and off and feel like I know.

Be honest. I just want DD's party to be fun for her, but I also don't want to piss people off, step on toes or be tacky. 

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Re: Etiquette for inviting kids from daycare to bday party

  • CMDR513CMDR513 member
    A kid in DS daycare invited all the kids (about 12). Only half came. I don't think it's tacky to invite the ones her age.
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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member
    My plan for the 2 yo party is to invite the kids in her group w/ teacher - 3 kids and maybe  1 or 2 others that she started with/we have a relationship with, but for whatever reasons are not in her specific class anymore. 
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  • 1SwtWld1SwtWld member
    we just invited one boy that gianna really likes to play with.  we didn't want to invite all of the mobile kids and their parents, in addition to our current group of family and friends.  That would be way too many people!
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  • **sunny****sunny**

    On the one hand, I doubt the parents talk enough to know if some were invited and some weren't. You could probably put a small white envelope in the 3 kids' cubbies with the parent report paper and no one else would be the wiser.

    On the other hand, it's probably nicer to invite them all. First of all, most of them might not come. But even if a few do, you get to know more people and might meet some new parents you like :) 

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  • MrsAmersMrsAmers

    For DD's 3rd birthday I invited the 3 kids in daycare that are clearly her friends.  She talks about them all the time and the teachers identify them as her close friends.

    There was no way I was going to invite 17 kids to her birthday party.  Even if only half of them came, that was more kids and their parents than I want to deal with/pay for.

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  • cmbrowncmbrown member
    I think it would be fine to invite just a couple.  I think when they get older, that gets harder... but it's not like a bunch of 2 year olds are going to be talking about the party in daycare... you know?
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  • carlab44carlab44 member

    DD's 4th birthday party is this weekend and we only invited 3 girls from her class. As a pp stated, there are about 20 kids in her class (many are part time) and no way was I inviting all of them. I invited the ones she is closest too.  

    As a parent if I heard about another party that we weren't invited to I wouldn't be offended.  

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  • carlab44carlab44 member

    DD's 4th birthday party is this weekend and we only invited 3 girls from her class. As a pp stated, there are about 20 kids in her class (many are part time) and no way was I inviting all of them. I invited the ones she is closest to.  

    As a parent if I heard about another party that we weren't invited to I wouldn't be offended.  

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