Would Old Friends Come to Birthday Party

I don't see why her old friends wouldn't come to the party. We've dealt with something similar from the other end, being invited to parties of children who were in a different class this year. My 6 yr. old is in 1st grade and none of the girls from her Kindergarten class are in her 1st grade class and only 3 of the boys she went K with are. We've been to a couple parties of former classmates already this school year and will be attending another one this weekend. It makes sense to me really. When kids have birthdays early in the school year they haven't had enough time to really make new friends in their new classes (or schools). I see nothing wrong with inviting your daughter's former schoolmates to her party. Those are the kids she spent the most time around and is probably most bonded to for the time being, until she's spent more time with her new schoolmates. I'd invite a few of her new classmates also, if there's any she's interested in inviting.

I will have to admit that I would not go. Only because I have come to realize that you get an unreal amount of invitations to kids birthday parties for people you barley know and sometimes don't know at all. It begins to feel like all they want is the gift. Now, with that being said if I got a phone call or email from the parent letting me know that their child missed playing with my child like your child does then yes I would attend but just getting an invite in the mail would not get my attention.

I think its a great idea. She clearly missed her friends and wants to see them. This will make her day even more special...

If my daughter were invited from a former classmate we would definitely go.

Have fun!

We would probably attend, but we'd let my DD make the decision. This way she can decide based on how close she feels to the birthday child. We're actually going to one of those this coming weekend. She's very excited to be seeing her friend Carter - she misses him at preschool and still talks about him. (Of course, it is early in the school year and he's only been gone for a little over a month, but she's been surprising me lately with remembering stuff that happened 2 years ago!)

I say invite them, it will make your daughter happy to see her friends again.

Good luck!

I would see if I could keep the party less expensive, which allow more kids there, by having it at a park or at home. I might ask her to invite whatever children she wants from both schools, not necessarily the whole class (I think it's allowed if you send invites to the home instead of in bookbags)

You can also encourage her to write letters to her old friends she doesn't see anymore, or have a seperate play date if you decide it's just too many kids and you want to invite just the kids from this school.

I let my 5 1/2 year old daughter invite whoever she wants, but I limit the number of children she can invite. If I was invited to a party of my daughter's old classmate, I would probably go even though she last saw the children in May. She still talks about children she knew when we were in Colorado 2 years ago and talks even more about her classmates from last year. Thanks and have a blessed day. C.