Invite the whole class?

S and C have a lot of friends they still see all the time from pre-school. Their siblings are all in pre school now with my youngest. They would still want them invited I know this. I got a note from school saying that we are not allowed to bring invites to class unless we invite the whole class. Now, thats 22 kids. PLUS the kids from last year. That seems so crazy to me!!

I was wondering what you all do? Is it right to ask them to pick 2 friends and just take them bowling or something? 30 kids (If they all say yes) seem so exsessive and expensive! No? :headbang:

 

We aren't even having a real party this year. We are going out of town to the zoo and the aquarium

 

We just had K&M's Birthday party. They have a bunch of cousins and close friends so I let them each invite 2 friends from their class.

Their school has the same "invite all or none" policy so the invitations were handed to the parents at pick up one day.

 

Last year, Isabel invited just the girls from her class and I got their addresses and mailed the invites. We have the same rule that unless you're inviting the whole class, the invites can't come to school.

 

I have never invited the whole class to any bday party. Generally we let my oldest DD pick 8 friends for her bday party and send the invited through the mail (what kid does not love getting mail). This year she has a sleepover so she only got to choose 5 friends to sleepover.

Our school actually tells us to not hand out invitations at school.

 

I always told my son he could pick five to invite and that's how we did it. I'm going to let the girls pick three friends to invite a piece this year.

 

We are allowed to send the invites to school if you either invite the entire class, or the children that are the same sex as the child. The past two years we have invited the all the boys, so those invites went to school, and additional children were either mailed or hand delivered.

 

I invited the whole class. I figured they wouldn't all come anyway and if they did, we'd somehow manage the kid zoo for two hours. The party was held at our home so there wasn't a per-child charge like there would be at a bounce place and it was actually quite reasonable. 17 invitations were sent and I think 9 attended. Not bad, really!

I also figured that this would mean other kids will be more likely to invite them to their birthday parties which would make them very, very happy.

 

We have the same rule. Last year we had the girls' party at the skating rink. I had to invite over 50 kids because we have three classes to invite(we do a combined party for all three). We have done this several years. We usually have an average of 6 - 8 per class. This year we will most likely have sleepovers. They will be allowed to invite 2 friends each. Those invatations will be mailed on handed out at lunch.

 

Our Kindergarten teachers have a great idea...they sent out requests for a class address list. You get a copy if you share your info. This is so if you plan to invite only a certain amount you can mail invitations.

I can't imagine inviting two full classes for a party...expensive as well as having adequate supervision for that many would be difficult. I think if we had a party we'd invite 3-5 each so at least a few are certain to come...we just happen to be out of town so I'm bringing some class treats.

 

We invited the whole class this year and last year. We are not allowed to send invites to school, so I mailed them. Many did not RSVP. With preschool friends, siblings, etc. we ended up with 43 kids I think. Our party was not $ per person, so the extra kids didn't really add any expense other than some food/drinks.

 

We have the same rule either the whole class or same sex invites are aloud in school. This is our first year having a friends party and they were aloud to invite 3 friends each (well one invited 4) and we handed them out after school to either the parents or child and we mailed one (my one daughter didn't invite any kids from her class this year they were from other classes). I only had the address of one child the others I didn't have. I only got three yes responses so far and the party is in about 2 wks. I also put our phone number and my email on the invites so it would be easier for the people to respond.

 

We have not had a birthday yet since they have been in school. They started in March last year and have a December bday. Only one invite came home between the two classes and we were unable to attend so IDK how it was handled. This year I was hoping to have a bowling party for the boys and their friends from school but Im not sure how they are going to handle it. Dylan has 10kids in his class including him and Brandon has 12 including him. I know not all of them will show up but I still debating on having the friend party yet..... Several kids ahve had b-days already and no invites have come home.

Good luck with ur decision.

 

We have always invited the whole class. Last year the girls were in seperate classes so we just invited girls since it was a tea party. This next b-day they are having a Rock Climbing wall party so I am limiting them to 8 friends each.

 

Since dd has been in school, there has only been a handful of whole class parties. Most people just invite a few. I did invite the whole class in Kinder but after that it's a few kids. It also depends on the kind of party. As dd has gotten older she has the option of inviting 10 kids for a party at home, 6-8 kids and go somewhere, or invite 3-4 to sleep over. My son has not been given the sleep over option yet and my twins are in preschool for the first year this year so it hasn't been an issue yet with them.