My daughter just had her 4th birthday party. She had a lot of her classmates, many of which we had never met them or their parents. They were all very kind and generous so we want to be sure to thank them properly. The only problem is that when it was time to open presents it was chaotic. We forgot to have someone write down what she received as a gift from each person. Presents were opened so fast that we cant remember who got her what. Any suggestions for writing a general tuank you note to thank them for coming to the party and bringing a gift?
Thank you so much for celebrating my birthday with me! It was really special to have you there and I love my gift.
Thank you for coming to my party! I am so glad that you were part of my day. You made it special!
Dear so and so,
Thank you so much for coming to my party, and for the wonderful present!
Your friend,
Sally
I had a similar situation for my daughters 5th party this summer. It was the first very hot day of the year and things were rushed. I printed out picture thank you cards with a collage from the party. On the back I wrote something along the lines of thank you so much for making my birthday party a success!
I recieved several thank you for the great pictures almost immediately.
"Thank you for coming to my party and sharing my birthday fun and thanks for the generous gift.
She's 4.
People will cut her some slack! Lol
Thank YOU for teaching your daughter the importance of good manners! Getting to be a rare quality these days...
(Betcha you get 2 people to do a list next year! Lol)
One year a friend of ours wrote the words thank you in big balloon letters. She had her daughter color them in. Then took a photo of her daughter in a birthday hat. She put the photo into the paper made copies of that and wrote thanks for coming to Maggie's party we had lots of fun. I thought they were cute.
Honestly I would rather not receive a thank you card than get a generic one. Did your daughter thank the guests when she opened the gift or when they left. I guess it was a different situation but we went to a cousins child's bday and they chose not to open gifts at the party. It was at a bouncy place and it was busy. I get it but I like to really try to get them something they will like so I was mildly disappointed when I did not get to see them open the gift. The next week we got generic thank yous that were typed and printed and merely place in a thank you card. Ouch! So maybe that is why. I think it is more important for the child to thank them and make them feel appreciated in the moment rather than a generic something later. But that may just be me.
I posted this same question a couple of months ago! We actually wrote them down, but in the chaos of cleaning up at the park, the sheet of paper got lost. My children thanked each person personally at the time, so we did a little more generic thank yous:
Thank you so much for sharing our special day with us and your awesome gift. The best present was you just being there! I had a blast!"
My kids are 3 and 7 (birthdays 4 days apart). I had my son (7) write the thank yous to his own friends, and I did the ones for my daughter adorned with some of her own personal artwork. :)
It's good for your daughter (with your help) to write thank you notes for her presents. Enclosing a picture of your daughter hold in it would be a great idea, too.
Are you courageous enough to call the parents and say, "I'm a little embarrassed to ask you this. It got so chaotic that we didn't write down who gave what. Would you mind telling me which gift Shirley received from your child?" You're not the first mixed-up parent and you won't be the last! Once you know what the gift is, you can match the picture up with the note and send it off. Be brave! :^)
