Party Invite Question

I would maybe include something in the invite that while siblings are welcome to wait for big brother or sister, unfortunately the facility has a maximum occupancy and you will not be able to accomodate siblings.

You can put on the invites, "Siblings are welcome at parent's expense of $xx."

Call the place and ask how much additional siblings showing up would be, to let parents know on the invite, most have a per child amount for things like this. If they have a maximum limit of kids, then be sure to put that on the invite so parents know that siblings cannot stay.

Most parents understand this. Don't feel the need to have to provide food and party favors for unexpected siblings. But maybe having a bag of stickers for surprise visitors stopping by to pick up big brother/sister would be nice.

You're very generous! My kids would love to invite 30 friends to a party, let alone to Pump It Up :) In a perfect world, you wouldn't have to clarify that siblings are not invited. In a little less perfect world, the parents would call to RSVP and ask about siblings, at which time you could politely say "I'm sorry, but we can't include siblings because of the maximum children allowed." However, if there's a history of people assuming they can bring siblings and also do not RSVP, I would make a pre-emptive move: on the invite write "Unfortunately we cannot include siblings due to the maximum number of children Pump It Up allows. Thank you for your understanding." And don't feel one bit guilty about it. You really are being very generous about the number of children you're inviting.

Address the envelope specifically to the child you want to invite. Put on the invitation "due to Pump It Up's size constraints, additional guests cannot be accommodated. Thank you for understanding." It's always crazy to me that people assume siblings can come!

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Thats tough because there are a lot of single moms or moms with husband's demanding schedules. What are you suppose to do with the other child ( children) when you don't like to leave your little ones behind or choose not to. I personally don't believe in a babysitter.

Invite only closest friends of you child.

uum, I am always a bit shocked when someone's parents ask if the kid's siblings can come.. I mean, the party is for the specific kid and his/her friends not the siblings.. I don't think you should feel bad about not wanting to invite them... it gets expensive.. surely, another parent should understand that. Just say, we have a limit and it's too costly to invite more than the allotted amount of 30... I am guessing that alone will ward off some people, in that, if they can't bring ALL their kids, then no kids get to come.. oh well , so be it... hopefully, your child's closest pals will come..
either way, you don't owe anyone an explanation and just tell em, there is a limit..

I can't believe someone would assume you'd include siblings! That's just rude. Parties are expensive. It doesn't matter if you are maxed out or not.

I had a similar problem with another facility. Just invite the closest friends, and if you'd like, bake some muffins or cookies to bring to class for the rest of the class. Have the teacher explain to the kids that such and such a child wanted to invite all of you to his party, but could only invite up to 15 kids. If you want to take it that far. After all he is going to be 5. I don't think the kids will take it personally. Happy Birthday!

My daughter will also be doing her's at the same facility. She too wanted her whole class, our community kids as well. so i told her lets only invite girls from her class that way we could include the siblings as well. anyway i noticed that she would not be interacting with the boys tht much. so we are giving goody bags in the class to all the kids.ask your son if this would work out