How to ask for no gifts at a birthday party

The New York Times reported on the no - gift birthday party trend a decade ago, and how it caused confusion and. Gift us only with the honor of your presence. No Gifts Please Invitation Wording. Your presence is the best gift we can hope to receive.

No presents please, just your presence. LO (little one) needs more toys like a hole in the head!

Any suggestions on invitation wording? Do something with your kid instead. No party usually means no gifts. In our culture of more-more-more, there are parents and children who are deciding enough is enough and trying a no gifts please approach for birthday celebrations. But instead of merely asking for no gifts , families have used creative ideas . So how can you throw no - gift birthday parties – or at least one with more meaningful presents?

You can request non-perishable goods, pet-care items and toys that can be personally donated by the guest of honor to those in . When celebrating a birthday party , it is customary for guests to bring some sort of gift for the host or guest of honor. However, because of religious or personal reasons, not everyone is comfortable receiving gifts.

Then she sai “I wanted to write no gifts on invite but. But I always wonder if they really mean it. I asked Deborah Bolan an etiquette consultant, and founder of the . So, can I ask daycare friends to not bring presents (and if so, how do I word on invitations) or should I suck it up and deal with more . The following year, I wrote carefully worded birthday party invitations, welcoming friends and family for an afternoon of cake and ice cream—but stated that gifts were not needed. What “ no gifts ” really means. If the invitation says something to the tune of no gifts , respect the request.

We would like to request that our guests make donations to a charitable cause instead of bringing gifts to the party. We held our own no gift birthday party and it was amazing. I also asked for a letter for our daughter to open when she turns 16. We started the no gifts , please request at birthdays starting at age because we thought they really had plenty of gifts in life.

My youngest received a birthday party invite this winter requesting no presents. We are having a double birthday party and are requesting no gifts on the invite. You even thoughtfully crafted a sentence in the invitation that asked them to please bring a dish to . Should we or should we not ask for them? These are gifts my son received from his first birthday party , which, full disclosure, we had in July.

It was fun but not overwhelming for him and I think the secret was this: we asked people to not bring birthday gifts. Yes, we had a no gift birthday party for our three year old.

For the record: this is a highly unusual request where . After I read the first invite, from one of her first grade classmates, I almost missed the last sentence . Great idea for a Birthday Party when you ask No gifts please.