inviting preschool class to DS party?

DS has eight kids in his class, he asked me if he could invite them to his party. We plan to have a party at a place nearby our home. I don't really know any of the moms of these children and I kind of think it would be odd to just leave invites in their cubbies.....DH sees no issue and says other kids probably do the same although DS has never been invited to anyone's party at school.

I also think it would be odd as I am not sure how close he is with all of these kids-- I do know he is very friendly with two or three of them but I don't know if inviting jsut a few would be seen as odd.... I also kind of think it would be odd to have parents I don't even know dropping gifts off for my DS....am I over thinking all of this? WWYD???

Re: inviting preschool class to DS party?

You're overthinking it!!! Its fine to just invite a few. Just check with your school on their policy about leaving invites, some prefer you not leave them at school unless everyone is invited, some don't care. I got a list from DD's school of all the kids in her class and went through it with her and allowed her to tell me 10 friends she wanted invited. They are all kids she plays with daily and I am friends with some of their parents too.

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Personally, I think if you are going to invite any of them - you should invite them all. It's not like we are talking about 20 kids here. The kids will talk and the ones that are not invited will be hurt. Especially in such a small group. I don't think it's strange AT ALL to invite the kids whose parents you don't know - I think it happens all the time these days! I wouldn't think it was strange at all if I got an invite for a child in DS's class and I didn't know the parent - we would still happily attend if we could go. HTH!

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To me it is most important to invite the kids my child sees every day & talks about at home. We invited about half the class last year and then within the next month he became great friends with some kids who were not at his party. Then he was invited to their parties. I felt bad & now feel that if a class is small, invite everyone! CHeck back with me when my child is in a class of 25 but so far I really think that having the school kids is so much fun for them. It becomes a great way to meet their parents anyway.

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Posted by itsbabytime

Personally, I think if you are going to invite any of them - you should invite them all. It's not like we are talking about 20 kids here. The kids will talk and the ones that are not invited will be hurt. Especially in such a small group. I don't think it's strange AT ALL to invite the kids whose parents you don't know - I think it happens all the time these days! I wouldn't think it was strange at all if I got an invite for a child in DS's class and I didn't know the parent - we would still happily attend if we could go. HTH!

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I'm kind of having the same problem, except DD's class has 18 kids. 5 (including DD) are girls. So I just invited the girls, since that seems to be who she plays with. But there are 2 boys she wants to invite. So I don't know.

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I've been to dozens of parties over the years. The invites are usually handed out to DC at school (in their cubbies, folders, etc, depending on the teacher and DC's age). I typically don't know the parents. DC is 8, and I still rarely see any drop-off parents. Most parents stay with their child for the whole party. That's a great way for the parents to meet each other.