How Many Gifts to a Party?

I say one per household is fine. I can't imagine that anyone would expect more than that. But, when it's a party for more than one child I would definitely bring a gift for each one. I think that is the norm.

Jackie:

For me? If both of my kids were invited, both go and there is one child - each child - each child brings a gift. We have combined things when they both wanted to get an expensive game - like XBOX or Wii - then it's one.

Admittedly, I have NEVER been to a party for two kids from the same family at once - I think I would stick to my same guidelines - one present from each child for the birthday child/ren.

If there are two birthday kids I bring two gifts. Already sucks enough that they have combined birthday parties, no need to rub salt in the wound and bring one gift.

If I go to a party where both my kids are invited both kids bring a gift for the birthday child. Sometimes if there is something pricey the birthday child wants the two will go in on one gift.

I see too often this attitude of what is the minimum I can get by with..... That just flies in the face of my idea of a gift. A gift is not about how much or how little but making the receiver happy. What the heck happened to that?

One gift per birthday child.
If you take both kids you just sign the card/gift happy birthday, love billy and sally.

Ditto Talkstotrees, with the addition that occasionally, we might take one gift (for both my kids to give as a joint gift) if we do something "bigger" than we would do individually. You can get a nicer gift that way. But sometimes the kids have different ideas about what they'd like to give, so that comes into play as well.

we do one per household.

One gift for each birthday child, if it's a combined party. Rarely, if ever, do more than one of my kids get invited to the same party, and we never assume that our other children are invited to parties thrown by a friend of only one of them. But if two or more of my kids are invited, each of them brings a gift for the birthday boy or girl.

Well I only give one gift per household per child. So...I have 2 kids and we are going to a party today for one child...I am bringing one gift from both my kids. If there were 2 birthday kids I would give them one gift apiece and each gift would be from both of my children combined.

One gift from each family!

1 per kid coming, per kid at party (aka twins = 1 gift, each).

Which I say, because when I have the cousins, and we go to a bday party for twins, we bring 6 gifts. When it's just my son, going to a singletons party, we bring one.

It depends... if they are friends and not relations, one gift.
If they are relations (or really close friends that you count as relations) then I give one gift from my boys and one gift from DH and I.

We have always just done 1 gift from the family to the birthday child. If there are 2 birthday children, then we bring 2 gifts.

Depends on way too many variations.

If both kids are friends with the child they should both take one. If you are good friends with the family then I would even spend a higher amount on each gift too.

If you are spending a certain amount for a gift that is high then the gift could be from both kids. If it is not very expensive then I think 2 smaller gifts is acceptable.

If only one child is friends with the birthday child then that is the invited child, the other should not attend. Therefore only one gift is needed.

I take one gift and put both names on it.

DD has frequently received one gift per family. I think that's perfectly acceptable, though I personally might buy a slightly bigger gift if it came from more than one kid. On the flip side, if the birthday is shared (say, twins), I buy per recipient. I figure that the joint gifts can be their family's job and it is nicer for each child to have her own gift.

We will bring one gift, but if I bring both my kids to the party, and it's from both of them, I usually spend a little more.
Most siblings who have come to my kids' parties bring one gift. I think only on one occasion did we get one per child from a family.

One gift from your family is sufficient.

Now in the case of combining a party for two or more children, they each get their own gift. You're still spending the same amount of money whether their birthdays are the same day or six months apart. My twin brothers always received their own gifts, even if they were duplicates, because as Dad always said, they're two different people. They even got their own separate birthday cakes.

I take one gift for a child. I never wanted my child to get a ton of gifts, and I think most parents feel the same way - otherwise it's a "gimme fest" and it takes all day to open gifts, which is boring for the guests. But if gifts are opened later, the givers don't get the pleasure of seeing the birthday child open them. Kind of defeats the purpose. Also, if you give 2 gifts, it can make other kids feel badly that they "only" gave 1. Kids don't know about prices so they only count the number of items, not the value.

The only time I would give 2 gifts is if it were a sort of "set" - such as a book and stuffed animal that go together. But still, I would wrap them together so it was clearly "one" gift.

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I take one gift for a child. I never wanted my child to get a ton of gifts, and I think most parents feel the same way - otherwise it's a "gimme fest" and it takes all day to open gifts, which is boring for the guests. But if gifts are opened later, the givers don't get the pleasure of seeing the birthday child open them. Kind of defeats the purpose. Also, if you give 2 gifts, it can make other kids feel badly that they "only" gave 1. Kids don't know about prices so they only count the number of items, not the value.

The only time I would give 2 gifts is if it were a sort of "set" - such as a book and stuffed animal that go together. But still, I would wrap them together so it was clearly "one" gift.

It depends. I sometimes have combined my sons birthday parties, but each child invites his own guests. E's guests would not bring O a gift, and vice versa. If both of my boys are invited to the same party, we usually do one gift for the birthday child, although it might be a slightly larger gift because it is from both of them.

One gift per guest of honor! When the whole family is included I give a "bigger" gift than when it is only my older child.

I think you were describing two different things. If you are going to a party for one child but bringing both your children to the party you bring one gift from your family or children.
BUT
If you are going to a party for two children such as the party you described for your two children combined because their birthdays are close together then you would need two gifts one for each child being celebrated.